Swampscott, December 16, 2016. Race Director Allie Vered, a member of the North Shore Striders for several years, knows how to best lay out a race course. The resulting course was flat and fast, but then Allie really went above and beyond and arranged for a tailwind over the last 1+ mile down Humphrey Street. North Shore Strider Lauren Hamilton took full advantage of … [Read more...] about Run a Latke 5K
2016
Festivus 5K
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
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
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