Race Plan

I had a plan. I spent a lot of time and effort making said plan. It was bold and ambitious with all sorts of fun shenanigans in store for the year. However, 2020 decided to throw me a huge curve ball and destroy all of my beautiful hopes and dreams for the year.

But just because I can’t get an Immortal Medal this year doesn’t mean I can’t still run to support Camp. As of right now, these are my 2020 plans:

  • I was going to run the Boston Marathon in April. When the race was postponed, I still ran my own marathon around the neighborhood. It was the only way to squeeze in my first marathon before my 40th birthday.

  • Camp set up Newman’s Virtual Adventure as a fundraiser. I am running 120+ miles between May 11th and June 27th. You can make a donation to this fundraiser here.

  • As part of my virtual adventure, and as a kick-off to my Boston Marathon training, I decided that it would be a good idea to run a day long marathon like Beau Miles did. I am literally in the middle of doing this marathon as I type these words.

  • I will run the postponed Boston Marathon in September. You can donate to my marathon fundraiser here.

Below is what Past-Me said about his glorious plans……

I currently have 17 races on my radar for next year — Twelve in the current plan plus a few potential back-up/alternate races. My thoughts regarding race selection are as follows:

  • My plan includes only road and trail races.

  • Since I live in New England, I will do as many of the Northeast races as I can to save on time and money.

  • I’m not a big trail runner, so I am limiting my trail races to just those in the Northeast.

  • I tried to get a decent spread throughout the year, though that didn’t always work out (I have three races in May!!)

For some races, I am fielding half-team and and joining another half-team. For other races, I am farming myself out as a solo runner and bringing a friend along when possible. I am also fielding full teams for several races.

I will be building my teams from runners in my work running group, my running club, and some random friends/acquaintances. I will also potentially include runners who have previously run races for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

For information on each race, including my plan and current status, click the corresponding link on this page.

As my training and racing progress, I will try to keep an up-to-date blog of my adventures. I will also try out this whole Instagram thing the kids are using these days.

If you want to get involved by donating to Camp or joining a race, head on over to the Get Involved page.

For general questions and such, feel free to send me an email.