I'm dreaming of a summer vacation!

Ted Corbitt just turned 80 years old on Jan 31 and was honored recently. Check out the articles listed in the February Ultramarathon World web site! You will also see an article I wrote about Ted featured there as well as another article called Ted Corbitt at 80: Still a Humble Pioneer written by the gifted editor and owner of the web site, David Blaikie. If I were you, I'd bookmark it! Any runner will enjoy this site - runners that have completed marathons, as well as those who have never considered running a thon!

Summertime and summer vacations seem so distant, yet it really isn't that far away. One of the things I like to start focusing on is what I plan on doing for the running season and what I may be doing for a vacation.

Now I must say I haven't decided what I will be doing this summer yet, but I am thinking about it.

Every year I publish my article on my favorite vacation; which just happens to be a running camp vacation! I plan on trying to get back there this coming summer if things work out.

Without further ado, here is my article on what running camp was like! Enjoy!

Did you ever go to a summer camp when you were a kid?

Well, a summer camp for adult runners where you don't have to cook a meal or wash a dish, where you can bask in the sun or go on group or solitary runs, is my idea of a perfect summer camp. No worries, no chores, no hassles! Just spending time with people from all walks of life who also love running.

I thought it would be fun to discuss a great running camp my spouse and I went to. With the last few weeks of cold weather before us and spring not too far away, I find myself yearning for the warmer days ahead.

In Pennsylvania, where I live, the temperatures are still in the teens and twenties. I'm ready for a change!

In the early part of March one year, as snow still blanketed the frozen ground, I called and made a reservation at a running camp located in beautiful Craftsbury Vermont. I had researched

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