OK THAT WAS A CHALLENGE...
WE CAN REBUILD HIM 2025 RACE #63Black Diamond Half Marathon Trail Race
Sunday, August 24, 2025
I first ran the Black Diamond Half in 2016 (the first year it was a half, previously it had been 15k.) It was hot and humid and I remember thinking first, they were lucky no one went down from the heat, and second, I'd need a good reason to run it again, the course (out and back on the Lehigh Valley Trail) just wasn't very interesting.
Cue 2020 and lots of races going virtual due to Covid, and for some reason I decided it would be good to run the course on my own. Which I proceeded to do in 2021, 2022, and 2023 as well.
In 2024 I decided to do it live to see where my fitness was at, after a late spring and summer of doing far too little running. This year I was going to run it solo again, but plans changed and I found myself in Rochester on race day so I switched to the live race.
So either I found my good reason or like the Red Wing Trail Challenge, I need to learn to ignore myself when I say anything about not running a race again in the future...
2025 Event Totals
Run 309.8 mi, 79 hr 16 min
Bike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 3 mi, 0 hr 59 min
Bike 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
Snowshoe 3 mi, 0 hr 59 min
Kayak 0 mi, 0 hr 0 min
STATES: CT, MA, NY, RI
