Introduction Introducing… Sam Fields! Sam is a junior physics major and history minor at the University of Maryland, and has been a member of UMD Club Running since his first semester on campus, Fall 2021. Sam’s passion for physics began as a young lad, having a brilliant physics teacher at Towson high school. Since then, in his first […]
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2023 Ice Cream Trifecta Run Recap
On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023, Club Running saw the return of the Ice Cream Trifecta Run. It is a challenge of speed, endurance, grit, strength, intellect, humor, dedication, wit, balance, agility, and most importantly, consumption. Beginning at SPH, competitors run to the Maryland Dairy at Stamp, then down to Cold Stone Creamery on South Campus, then up Route […]
Hot Takes: Club Running Routes Edition
After an afternoon spent in line waiting for a 3D printed emotional support Testudo, club running communications intern Andrew Cullen joined me for an hours worth of “studying” (Anime) in the School of Public Health. Later joined by VP Lillian Hsu, I was commissioned to make a new blog post. Lillian told me to write up some more […]
2023 Frederick Half Marathon Recap
On Sunday, May 7th, 2023, while most of College Park was still asleep, a brave group of Club Runners awoke before 5 am to make the trek over to Frederick, Maryland for the Frederick Half Marathon. A cool, sunny morning made it a great day for some big PRs and great performances from the club. On the Men’s […]
All I See Is Matrices
All I see is matrices. I wake up and I don’t see a popcorn ceiling, I see a 1583 x 2329 matrix of little specs sprinkled above me. I walk to the mirror and see not a face, but rather a 3 x 3 matrix bearing the shape of a smiley face. I look at my shirtless torso […]
Meet Recap: Dashing Dukes Track Invitational 2023
We’re bringing back meet recaps (maybe). What better way to end Spring Break than with a fun and competitive club meet. Those who competed at the Dashing Dukes Invite last year surely appreciated the significantly better weather this year. Just the drive down to JMU brings a lot of excitement from the views of Blue Ridge Mountains. The […]
Some Running Poems
One of the things I think I get asked most when random people find out I’m a runner is “WHY????”. I think that this question deserves more weight than I usually give it. Sometimes I respond with something like “I’m crazy” (true), “I might be addicted” (also true), but usually I just say something like “well I guess […]
NIRCA Track and Field Nationals 2022 Day 2
As the sun rose Sunday morning the club enjoyed a second Kroger bagel breakfast in the lobby of our hotel. We boarded the bus on another chilly and rainy Michigan morning. All one square mile of Olivet proper passed us by as most of us pass through for probably the last time in our lives. Having arrived at […]
NIRCA Track and Field Nationals 2022 Day 1
What happens when the world deprives 40 of College Park’s best and most fiendish athletes of NIRCA Track Nats for three years? We wake up and pile into a bus on a Friday morning, ride for 10 straight hours, sleep, and then we THROW DOWN! We start as day one of NIRCA track nationals 2022 wound down. I […]
Building Back Stupid
My name is Nate, and I am stupid. Running has been a major part of my life since my sophomore year of high school. I decided to try outdoor track that year. After dropping impressive times of 6:05 in the 1600m and 2:49 in the 800m I decided that I should probably stick with it. As my high […]