As summer kicks into high gear, it’s that time of year again when many area residents will be participating in the fantastic array of running and biking races hosted across the Upper Valley. The Standard’s sportswriter will be lacing up his running shoes and heading to Waitsfield on Sunday for the Fourteenth Annual Mad Marathon — and with 2,100 feet …

Whether you are heading out for a pickleball match at Vail Field, some gravel biking around Mt. Ascutney, or just a morning run along the river, it’s the time of year to practice responsible heat safety measures when exercising outdoors.  Early summer heat waves like the one we had during the last week of June — when daily temperature records …