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Beach to Beacon 10k Photos (2008)

Photos are available in various places on the internet for this year’s Beach to Beacon race. Here are the ones that I am aware of; please email me the website address of any other photos that you know about.

Official Photos by Action Sports International
Finish Line Videos by WCSH 6 (5 minute increments)
Dave Wilson’s view of [...]

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This Week Last Year » The Beach to Beacon

Topics this week last year were dominated by the Beach to Beacon.

I started the week off by offering 4 ways to determine the length of a pool in response to a reader question on the matter.
Maine Running Company hosted a talk by John L Parker, Jr. where he discussed his history as a runner and [...]

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TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k (2008)

The 10th annual TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. As always, it was a closely contested race that is great for spectating. While the temperature was not very high during the race, it was quite humid. Unlike last year, the fog never burned off so [...]

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Would you give your medical information to a race? (Part II)

Last night, I asked whether or not you would give your medical information to a race before running it, since that is what is being requested by the organizers of the Beach to Beacon this year. The founder of the company that is partnering with the Beach to Beacon to collect that information, Margie [...]

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Would you give your medical information to a race?

The Beach to Beacon is trying something that I haven’t seen a lot of to date. They are trying to collect relevant medical data on as many of their runners as they can so that if there is an emergency it will be available to the first responders who are on site.
I am relatively [...]

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Beach to Beacon goes paperless, registration opens tomorrow

The 2008 Beach to Beacon will be on August 2nd, 2008. In an effort to help protect the environment while reducing costs and administrative overhead, registration is now paperless and will be handled online only. That means that you won’t be able to avoid the extra 10+% fee that gets tacked on, but [...]

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Beach to Beacon 10k Photos (2007)

Photos are available in various places on the internet for this year’s Beach to Beacon race. Here are the ones that I am aware of; please email me the website address of any other photos that you know about.

Elite Athlete Press Conference & Media Photographers Meeting
Official Photos by Action Sports International
Don Penta’s view of [...]

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This Week Last Year: Shoes and Abuse

This week last year, I got married. Despite that, the website was pretty busy even after I started to ignore it. The end of this week last year and a good portion of the next week were devoted towards a series that I wrote ahead of time about shoes: how to choose them, [...]

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Don’t forget: You can run with the elites tomorrow evening!

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow evening’s Back Cove Weekly 5k will feature a run with the top Beach to Beacon finishers. The race begins at 6:00 p.m., and you can register for free in the parking lot across the street from Hannaford’s.
Click here for more details.

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This Week Last Year: Beach to Beacon, Tapers, and Runs on the Sun

This week last year, just like this week this year, involved a lot of preparation for and the running of the Beach to Beacon 10k. At least there was not nearly as many doping scandals this week last year as there were two years ago.

The Beach to Beacon was won by Tom Nyariki last [...]

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TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k (2007)

The 10th annual TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. As always, it was a closely contested race that is great for spectating. While the temperature was not very high during the race, it was quite humid. The fog burned off over the first 4+ miles [...]

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Joan Benoit Samuelson speaks on marathons and Beach to Beacon

The Beach to Beacon road race is tomorrow morning, and today an interview was put up on the website between race director Dave McGillivray and Joan Benoit Samuelson. I believe that this interview may have originally appeared in New England Runner, but I could be wrong. It seems familiar. In the interview, [...]

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Beach to Beacon Tips & Packet Pick-Up Reminder

The 10th annual TD BankNorth Beach to Beacon 10k road race is this Saturday morning at 8:00. Since there have been searches here for Beach to Beacon tips, I would like to highlight some important points about the race.

First, do not forget that you need to pick up your packets this evening between 4:00 [...]

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Watch the elites race, and then go for a run with them!

On Saturday (August 4th), you can watch the elite runners as they battle for the win at the 10th annual TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10k. After you have watched them race, you can then go for a run with them.
On Wednesday, August 8th, the top finishers from the Beach to Beacon will be [...]

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