by Laura ClarkLaura talks about her experience running the Hairy Gorilla. "With temperatures in the low twenties and two inches of snow on the ground, Thacher Park resembled Jack Skellington’s Halloween Town in Tim Burton’s film, The Nightmare Before Chri…
by Laura Clark With temperatures in the low twenties an https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/november/trick-or-treat-hairy-gorilla
by Laura ClarkLaura lived in Germany for several years where fests were plentiful and much loved. There were races in many distances that were usually walked by all members of the family. The Thacher Park Festival had an assortment of distances to run but…
by Laura Clark Once upon a time https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/october/you-cant-take-fest-out-thacher-park-trail-running-festival
by Laura Clark"It used to be if you made it to the 70-year-old age group fairly intact, you were pretty much guaranteed an impressive medal collection to pass down to your grandkids. Not anymore." Laura examines 3 books about runners who defy age. …
by Laura Clark It used to be if you made it to the 70 https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/september/taking-deep-dive-your-70s-and-80s-water-wings-optional
by Laura ClarkLaura loves trail races especially when they have story book characters leading runners on a merry pace over treacherous terrain and are lovingly organized by Josh Merlis. Her favorite part was "the Magical Mystery Tour through the swamp and…
by Laura Clark For the ARE…
by Laura ClarkDue to the pandemic and the changes it wrought, Ms. Clark relates how she went from loving to run races on trails and roads to running them virtually through the miracle of fiberoptics and enjoying them – sort of!! For ful…
by Laura Clark It had always amused me when my husband https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/august/behind-mask-life-lived-virtually
by Laura ClarkLeave it to the ARE to host the inaugural and perhaps only live event of the Capital Region summer running season. For full article, click here
by Laura Clark Once more Dodge the Deer has pulled up s…
by Bill HoffmanWomen are well represented running on roads, but not trails. Bill Hoffman interviewed a score of female trail runners to gather data to analyze why this is so. From the responses he received, he hypothesizes on why there are fewer women run…
Laura Clark https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/march/women-and-trail-running
The HMRRC offers cash awards for runners who place in its Grand Prix series. The awards go seven deep in six age-group categories (29 and under; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70 and up) for both men and women. Only active club members at the time of an even…
Anny Stockman Eiko Bogue Ginny Pezzula Laura Clark https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/february/grand-prix-awards-2019
The Grand Prix Awards for 2017 have been announced. Ben Heller and Irene Somerville were the top winners. See the others who did a spectacular job and won money for their race results.
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100 12 Susan Wong 75 10 Laura Clark 50 https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2018/january/2017-grand-prix-awards
One hundred sixty-nine dollars for the economy ticket to Tough Mudder Boston or … $25 for Indian Ladder 15K in conveniently located Thatcher State Park? Let’s see … is there even a contest here? (continued)
by Laura Clark Year 2016 did not disappoint. After an unu https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2016/september/tough-mudder-comes-indian-ladder