#OceanRunnerNH: Horseshoe Crabs 101
Horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, are often referred to as dinosaurs of the sea. Fossils show that the have lived on earth, unchanged, for about 480 …
#OceanRunnerNH: Saunders 10K Recap
Ocean Runner Nichole fills fans in on her experience running the Saunders 10K held in Rye, NH on August 18, 2016, and points out some of the …
#OceanRunnerNH: Beach to Beacon 10K
Ocean Runner Nichole recently completed the iconic Beach to Beacon 10K, held in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on August 6, 2016. In this short video, Nichole …
#OceanRunnerNH: The secret behind sea glass
Ocean Runner Nichole looks to Seacoast Science Center’s Heidi Duncanson to learn the secrets behind sea glass. As pieces of glass are “weathered” physically, by …
#OceanRunnerNH: Portland Head Light
Ocean Runner Nichole recently completed the Beach to Beacon 10K on August 6th. The race, which begins in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, near Crescent Beach State …
#OceanRunnerNH: Who’s drilling holes in the shells?
Ocean Runner Nichole is curious about the perfect little round holes she has seen on empty periwinkle, mussel and clam shells. Seacoast Science Center’s Ashley …
#OceanRunnerNH: Cross-Training with a Hike
Ocean Runner Nichole is training in earnest for a marathon but sometimes she switches up her running routine with a hike on the weekend. Check …
#OceanRunnerNH: Seaweed on the Rocks
Our Ocean Runner does her training along Seacoast beaches as much as possible, and was recently wondering why she never sees seaweed growing ON the …
#OceanRunnerNH: Color Run Fun
Ocean Runner Nichole and friends just completed The Color Run, held in South Portland, Maine on June 26, 2016, and she shares the answer to …
#OceanRunnerNH: Crackly Crabs
Ocean Runner Nichole learns all about how crabs, like the green crabs show in this video, shed their exoskeletons when they outgrow them and how …
#OceanRunnerNH: Moon Jellies at the Atlantic Grill
Ocean Runner Nichole and her running partner, Susan Labrie of the Atlantic Grill, learn more about the moon jellyfish in the tank at Atlantic Grill from Seacoast Science Center …
#OceanRunnerNH: Little blobs on the beach (comb jellies)
Ocean Runner Nichole spots little gelatinous blobs when running on the beach. Suspecting that they are a type of jellyfish, she goes to Seacoast Science …