The Rolling Stones are usually right, especially about getting old. But every so often there’s a slight silver lining to the grey hairs. Maybe it’s a free pancake breakfast at Denny’s. Or… No, that’s usually about all to look forward when the age odometer clicks over another year. After 25 when you can rent a car […]
As Joel Goodson’s father tells him in “Risky Business” (1983): Sometimes you just gotta say “what the heck.” I’ve long wanted to visit Monument Valley, a natural wonder and part of the Navajo Nation Reservation. It’s perhaps made most famous in the Westerns of John Ford… but the location has also appeared in any number […]
Chaos. The start line was chaos. The “water monster” cup dispenser didn’t show, and even if it had the valve was apparently broken. The speakers weren’t working so the PA system had all of enough range as two tin cans tied together by a three foot string. The corral market signs hadn’t turned up so […]
Dark. Lonely. Altitude… And a killer up-hill at mile 11. Those were my initial impressions of the inaugural East Canyon Marathon in Morgan, UT. The race director was a it flustered at packet pickup, apologizing for the late start (he was all of three minutes past the time he said he’d have packets ready). This […]
I’m sick. A nasty head cold that seems to be getting worse not better. My teeth hurt in that sinus pressure kind of way. Hell, my hair follicles on my head hurt. I’m stuffy, sneezy, fought, achy, NyQuil is a lie sick. I told my Mom I was off to Ogden, Utah, for a marathon […]
TravellingFit sent out an email regarding new adventures and giving a few details of the recent Iceland “Run the World” reunion trip.
It all goes a bit too wonky and detailed for casual readers, delving into minutiae that even I find a little too much. But the Reykjavik Marathon tour posts are all up and indexed. You can access them via the TOURS link above or by clicking the link below. At some stage I’ll go in […]
August 21, 2016 – The Golden Circle and Back To Where We Started As our opt-in additional tour with TravellingFit, we had prebooked the Golden Circle tour. It was billed as “the” tour to do in Iceland. The following is based on my notes I tapped into my iPhone as it happened. It’s written and […]
August 20, 2016 – The Reykjavik Marathon and Culture Night Festival Dawn. Mom wears her Eddie the Eagle inspired, “I’m Kevin’s Mom” shirt and I’m in the official TravellingFit performance tee. For days we’ve been hearing Mari Mar’s promises that she has an inflatable kangaroo that will help mark the TF cheer spots and help […]
Kevin’s Note: I took notes and tapped out ideas and phrases as things were happening but got behind on the actual writing and collating of photos for certain days. The summary of our trip to the Blue Lagoon is unfortunately especially cursory. But I like to think this is because I was so relaxed from […]