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It Takes a Community to Run a Race

Posted on January 6, 2011

The first — of many we hope — Stissing Sprint Triathalon of Pine Plains.

The race itself was only part of the story.  In fact, the shortest part.  There were months of planning, organizing, recruiting and training local residents to be part of something they had never even seen before.   That took the longest.  The race itself was over in a couple of hours and there is no telling how long the memories will last.  That’s the job of these videos — to keep them going!

Enjoy!

The morning of the race…

And race time!

 

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WHY THIS WEBSITE

I came to Pine Plains by choice, not by chance of birth.

But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

And, like the land, people, too, are becoming subdivided as difference breeds distance rather than discourse.

I have been making these videos to preserve and reconstitute what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community.

On a more personal level, I am making this website as a way of holding on to the reasons why I came here.

Stan Hirson

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