cOACH jOHN’S RACE REPORTS
Bobby Doyle Classic/USATF-NE 5-mile championship
(Liberty AC racing results the week of August 10, 2025)
Liberty AC racing results the week of August 10, 2025TheBobby Doyle Classic/USATF-NE 5-mile championship finally arrived, and, eventually, so did the athletes once they made it through all the traffic backups (and perhaps a few didn’t make it because of them?). The maxim by which I’ve lived for years, “arrive an hour before the start and you’re fine” didn’t apply yesterday–I’ve never seen traffic backed up so far, or so early, for this race…
Liberty AC racing report, July 26 2025
Lots of weekend Liberty racing news, almost all of which was concentrated on a 400-meter track in Weston. First, though, we were pleased to have a Loomis encounter last Thursday – for those new-ish to Liberty, Amanda Loomis (always call her Loomis) is a veteran club member, great person, fine runner, and fellow denizen of West Roxbury…
Liberty AC weekend racing report, July 13 2025
The USATF-New England Road Mile and Falmouth Sprint Triathlon topped the marquee this weekend, with excellent group and individual results for Liberty. In its second year and again staged at Hopkinton HS, the road mile championship was #3 of the six-race grand prix series (designed as seven, the February 4-miler cancelled due to weather)…
Liberty AC racing report, June 21-22, 2025
One again a weekend with no shortage of activity, with Liberty athletes all over the place. This who raced on Saturday had the better weather, while a three-day heat wave moved in Sunday morning after some early cloud cover and light sprinkles.
Liberty Athletic Club weekend race report, June 6-8 2025
June is a time when racing of all kinds merge – the tail end of track season, the kickoff of triathlon season, plus trail, mountain and road races. This weekend was unusual, featuring aqua/tri/duathlons and track only, but what memorable events they were…
Liberty Athletic Club race report: weekend of April 26-27, 2025
A week ago we were saying, “What a weekend of running and racing that was!” This week we’re saying, “What a weekend of running and racing that was!” It’s not often that big-race weekends come back to back, but the James Joyce Ramble frequently falls six days after Boston, and since becoming the USATF Masters 10K championships a decade ago it’s not an unusual occurrence, sort of like two planets lining up in the night sky…