Registration is now open for The Double Burn 5K, a race in support of the non-profit Anna’s Pals.

Anna’s Pals Night of Remembrance and Light will take place on Friday, November 29th at Jamaica Pond in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston. The evening will start off with The Double Burn, a 5K race around Jamaica Pond and appropriately gets its name as you will be burning off your Thanksgiving calories and then will burn a candle in remembrance of a loved one.

The 5K race begins at 2:30 PM with the lighting of candles to follow at 4:30 PM. All race participants who register before September 1st are guaranteed a tee-shirt.

Anna’s Pals is a 501c3 non-profit charity founded in memory of Anna Jerome who passed away after a courageous battle with leukemia. Anna’s Pals is working  to preserve Anna’s kind spirit by using her wish to help others in their battle against leukemia and funds from The Double Burn 5K will go to continue the work in Anna’s memory. To learn more about Anna’s Pals, please visit their website by clicking here and “Like” the organization on Facebook here.

To register for The Double Burn 5K in support of Anna’s Pals, please click here.

If it has been said once it has been said a million times. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.

As runners, we all have our off days/nights of running and tonight the humidity beat me pretty good. It was sort of a last minute decision to head to the Raynham Monday Night Fun Run this evening after a bit later train commute home and it would have been easier to stay home and just put the feet up. But I changed into my running gear and made the short drive a town over and tackled the 3.25 mile course.

It rained here earlier just a few hours earlier and the summertime humidity was in full effect. Within the first mile my shirt was already a soupy mess and the air was so thick you needed a fork and knife to cut through it. Having run this race more than a few times, I know what to expect out on the course but the humidity really was the wild card this evening.

I still ran a decent race and finished with a time of 26:19 on the 3.25 mile course which is good for 8:05/miles. Overall the pace was not terrible but I definitely felt the humidity take its toll and struggled more than normal. Nonetheless, another race complete and putting the feet up post-run was even more well-deserved than had I not run!

Today only! Take advantage of $5 off registration fee for the Run for Jess 5K in memory of what would have been Jess’s birthday today.

The 6th Annual Run for Jess is in remembrance of Jessica Thurston, who passed away from breast cancer. Jessica fought her battle for 2 years but ultimately succumbed to the disease on 8/30/2013. Jessica was an an avid runner and lover of life. Please come join us on 8/31/2019 to remember Jess, and help support the Jessica C. Thurston Memorial Fund.

To honor her memory the Jessica C. Thurston Memorial Fund was established by her family and friends. By holding events throughout the year, and raising funds for breast cancer research it is our sincerest hope to one day put an end to this dreaded disease. We have also been able to support graduating students at the East Bridgewater High School with a scholarship in Jess’s name.

The Jessica C. Thurston Memorial Fund is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization.

I have run this race a few times since it started and the race is absolutely a must run for those looking for a great course, the ability to support a meaningful organization and the post-race picnic complete with food, raffles and a cash bar. To register today and save $5 off your registration fee, please click here.

After putting in a full day in the office one of the best ways to unwind is to go for a run! So yesterday after doing big things in the insurance industry it was off to South Boston for the Jim Kane Sugar Bowl 5K.

Two of my colleagues joined me at the starting line and tackled the run on what was a perfect night for running. Having run the Sugar Bowl in the past, this mid-July race has a propensity for being run on an absolutely scorching night but last night afforded runners temperatures that were in the low 70’s with a little bit of a breeze coming off the ocean and overcast skies that didn’t hurt either.

The Sugar Bowl 5K starts and finishes at the end of Carson Park right near the Boston Teachers Union building. The course is quite flat as runners make their way alongside the beach and the water and the road in the heart of Southie is closed down to all traffic for the race.

Last night I was feeling quite strong on the course and logged a sub-7 first mile and didn’t feel like letting up. I took the water on the course just past the first mile marker and around the two mile mark, as well, and wanted to keep up a good pace throughout the race. With the weather in my favor and with an overall flat course it was a good race to stretch the legs out on and focus on trying to maintain some speed.

I finished the Jim Kane Sugar Bowl with a time of 22:23, good for 7:12/miles. Last year I ran the race with a time of 23:07 and the year before that with some intense heat ran an 8:44/mile pace so overall some really nice improvement on this course over the past three years. I’l take it!

Thanks to Mrs. Running Griffin and my colleagues for joining me at the race!