Sunday, December, 11, 2016, 10AM: Writeup by Mike Pelletier: Temperatures were cold in Salem on Sunday (a chilly 21o) , but the welcome from Race Director Rick Johnson and the Finz Restaurant was warm as thirteen North Shore Striders joined 389 other runners and toed the starting line at 10 am. The Festivus 5K was the 15th race in the North Shore Striders Grand Prix series … [Read more...] about Festivus 5K
Race Info & Recaps
Mill Cities Relay
The results are in for the Mill Cities Relay. The highest scoring teams were our most experienced teams: the Veteran Women of the Baby Boomer Chicks (Bonnie, Annajean, and Linda D.) who earned a coveted MCR brick awarded to the 3rd place team in each division and the Super Veteran Men of WTF!!Where’s The Finish? (Armand, Mike, and George) who also won a coveted MCR brick for … [Read more...] about Mill Cities Relay
Wild Turkey 5 Miler
North Shore Striders competed recently in Salem's Wild Turkey Five Miler. We had a little trouble navigating the result site, so if you ran this race and we somehow missed giving you due credit, let us know! 10th VANESSA DIRANIAN 40 | F 40:50 6th ROSIE KYES 45 | F 39:06 1st LAUREN HAMILTON 52 | F 37:03 7th JENNIFER O'NEIL 54 | F 40:03 2nd BONNIE HALLINAN 67 | F … [Read more...] about Wild Turkey 5 Miler
Strider Women Roar!
In addition to the Run for All Ages last Saturday, there is news from the North Shore Striders women’s long distance running group. Over the weekend, Kate Gage ran the Fort Myers Half Marathon in Florida and was the F40-49 Silver Medalist in 1:39:20.3. On Sunday, at the Manchester City Marathon, the USATF/NE 2016 Marathon Championship, three North Shore Striders … [Read more...] about Strider Women Roar!
Run For All Ages
Wakefield, MA, November 5, 2016 - Recapped by Mike Pelletier. Linda Desjardins said to me, “On a chilly, cloudy day, in a race which truly was represented by all ages, on a course built for speed with zero inclines and great traffic control, the North Shore Striders strutted their stuff at this humbling, yet enervating and inspiring race.” It is always a humbling … [Read more...] about Run For All Ages