SMAC News and Information
SMAC Summer Track Workouts Are Back! SMAC invites you to our weekly Summer Track Workouts beginning Wednesday, June 14th at 5:30 PM being held at the Deerfield Academy Track. The ten-week program is being Read more …
A blast from the past of photos from SMAC’s 50 years! Photos compiled by Ben Kimball presented at the SMAC 50th Anniversary Celebration held on Saturday, November 19th.
Join or Renew Your Membership for 2023 Fitness, fun, and competition The Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club’s purpose is to promote running as both a recreational activity and competitive sport by Read more …
Back on July 6, Crush on the Community posted a painting of Don and Sue Grant on their Facebook page (see the post here). This was the glowing caption that Read more …
Original artwork by SMAC member JoEllen Reino. Originally published in the May/June 2021 issue of The Sugarloaf Sun.
Original artwork by SMAC member JoEllen Reino. Originally published in the January/February 2021 issue of The Sugarloaf Sun.
by Abbie Goldberg-Zaret In the early days of the pandemic, running was not an escape. I ran, but my body and brain were not connected. My brain was on overdrive, Read more …
Name: Aleks Kajstura Age: 37 Town: Sunderland Job: I’m the Legal Director of the Prison Policy Initiative, a local non-profit working nationally to end mass incarceration. Where are you from Read more …
by Tom Van den Broeck Raffensperger What a season. This year I was going to set a goal and carve out the time for training to really see what I Read more …
Some of you ran on a track, some on road or grass. Some of you ran a stand-alone mile and for others, it was part of a longer run. If you Read more …
It may be quite some time before we go back to running the races we love. For those among you who are missing the ‘spice’ of going fast and pushing it, Read more …
Dear SMAC friends, For each of us, life has changed dramatically over the past couple of weeks. Between re-organizing work, family, and changing all the plans you made for the Read more …
Dear SMAC community, While the SMAC Board of Directors has not yet cancelled or rescheduled any of the running events we organize, there is a very strong likelihood that we Read more …
by Arielle Knudsen Ultrateering: a word coined by my good friend Erin Hazler to describe long volunteer shifts at trail/ultra races. Who can be an ultrateer? Why do it? What Read more …
by Jeannie LaPierre It’s a topic we all will grapple with, wrestle, ponder, ignore, deny, dismiss, and eventually accept. Lately, I run more local races. Two decades ago, waking at Read more …
by Jason Sarouhan My coach is looking at me intently. She tells me, “I’m a little confused by the words that you chose about how going on a run like Read more …
by Carla Halpern The idea of running 100 miles made me really happy. Whether the reality would make me happy remained to be seen. I had no idea whether I’d Read more …
by JoEllen Reino As soon as I received the promotional email for this race last fall, I knew I wanted to participate. My husband John and I were going to Read more …
by Laure Van den Broeck Raffensperger In July 2018, SMAC sponsored me to attend the RRCA-level 1 coaching course in Bloomfield, CT. It was awesome! Two days were crammed full Read more …
by Ben Kimball Hills. We all know how hard they can be on a run. From the brutes like Crittenden Hill in the middle of the Bridge of Flowers race Read more …
Name: Nate Olson Age: 30 Town: Sunderland Job: I teach Pilates at The Pilates Studio in Hadley. Right now I’m working on developing a Pilates-based mobility and conditioning program geared Read more …
Name: Francie Lin Age: 41 Town: Florence Job: Writer Personal Records? I haven’t done very many races, but last year I ran my second half-marathon in 1:48, which was a Read more …
by Patrick Pezzati I love running; I love races; I love hanging out with runners; and I love to ride my bike, especially on rural dirt roads. Given all that, Read more …
This map shows towns the 2018 SMAC members live in. It is limited to just western MA, though there are also several members from other states and countries who Read more …
by Laure Van den Broeck Raffensperger Coaches often say that “running relaxed” is crucial to having a good race. And it’s true. The races where I have chased a time Read more …
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