The Pray Hope Believe 5K is held every July 4th in memory of Tony Merk. Tony was a six-year-old boy who died of brain cancer on July 4, 2011. It’s a large event with over 600 runners and 500 walkers this year. One nice touch was a separate start time for the walkers, allowing the […]
Reviews of races we've run
Hyde Park Blast 4 Miler 2019
This was my first time running the Hyde Park Blast 4 miler. There were a lot of fast runners out today: when you’re being passed on a steep climb by a guy pushing a double stroller (with two kids), you know the competition is stiff. This race is an odd distance, four miles. So running […]
West Chester Lei 5K 2019
I generally don’t like evening races, and the West Chester Lei 5K is no exception. I’m a morning runner and tend to go to be early. So when a race starts at 8:00 at night, I’m already dreading it. Add ninety-degree summer heat and no shade, and I’m done with the race before I start. […]
Flying Pig Marathon 2019
The Flying Pig Marathon is billed as “more than just a marathon” because it is. Flying Pig Weekend starts Friday afternoon with the Health and Fitness Expo. Now we’ve all been to the expos at the big races and they’re basically ways for vendors to suck some money out of the runners caught up in […]