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Members’ 2023 Achievements and 2024 Goals
by 30 Members+2023 saw many great achievements involving races we love and some with exotic ones like a 50K race in the Swiss Alps (Bill Hoffman). Some involved incredible achievements like running 6 marathons in a year with the last three being sub 3 hou…
Bill Hoffman Best running event was getting the firs https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/january/members-2023-achievements-and-2024-goals
The Buck 50: The Birth of an Epic Trail Race
by Bill and Naomi Hoffman"The idea of traversing a staggering 32+ miles through remote wilderness may seem like a foreign concept to 99% of the population. However, the growing sport of ultra trail running routinely has people doing that and more." …
photo credit Bill Hoffman…
Squirrely Six and the Hairy Gorilla Half-October 29, 2023
by Chris Bishop, Danielle Eckler, Tom Dansereau, Aaron Major and Bill HoffmanEven though this year's weather was brutal, the Hairy Gorilla participants loved every muddy minute. The array of costumes was spectacular with people actually running in them. S…
Aaron Major and Bill Hoffman The weather was brutal for this year…
Grafton 15K- Trail Race Coming on April 23
by Bill HoffmanFor the second year in a row, Mountain Dog Running will be holding the Grafton 15K on Saturday, April 23. This course runs through the fun and challenging terrain of Grafton Lake State Park. It is 9.3 miles with 900 ft. of elevation gain. G…
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2022 Favorite Races and 2023 Planned Races
by Members of the HMRRCOver 35 runners responded to this question and their answers ran across the board. At the end of the responses, there is a poem by HMRRC Poet Laureate Brina Seguine that encapsulates the running year of 2022. For fu…
Bill Hoffman Let me see https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/january/2022-favorite-races-and-2023-planned-races
Best Pace Setter Articles of 2022
by Christine BishopIt's fun to choose the best Pace Setter articles for 2022 and you can too. Click on the month and all the articles will appear for you to enjoy. Happy hunting. For full article, click here
and Bill Hoffman were fun but the most riveting article talke…
Wakely Dam 55K Ultra
by David Roy"Wakely Dam 55K is a low key, old school ultra ... It wasn’t even on my radar until Bill Hoffman brought it to my attention. Words have meaning.... For full article, click here
t even on my radar until Bill Hoffman brought it to my attention. 2001 was the fir…
Broken!
by Bill HoffmanTwelve years ago, at the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon, Bill Hoffman became hooked on distance running and we do mean hooked. He has run numerous ultras including 100 Milers and it wasn't until recently... …
by Bill Hoffman My next mishap was at the Patch Sprint 1 https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2022/august/broken
50th Anniversary of Boston Allowing to Women to Run Its Marathon
"That women were being allowed to run the Boston Marathon only 50 years ago indicates how slowly paternalistic and chauvinistic attitudes change. The word "allowed" indicates that it was males who "allowed" females to run..." Members weigh in on this. …
1 Bill Hoffman Shocking that 51 years ago women were n https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2022/may/50th-anniversary-boston-allowing-women-run-its-marathon
Boston Marathon Voices
An array of runners from our area kindly share their experience at Boston: Caitie Meyers, Megan James, Alejandro Guana, Jeremy McNamara, Jessica Northan, Joe Sullivan, Emily Ann Boerger, Lauren Scarupa and Kelly Virkler. For full article, clic…
13849 Bill Hoffman 55 M Clifton https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2022/may/boston-marathon-voices