I posted this last night to Facebook after we landed in Orlando. It sums up the flight: When there’s a screaming kid, a supposed service dog who is amongst the worst behaved canines not named Cujo, and the large man next to you should have had to buy an extra seat given that he’s taking […]

I feel terrible. Kevin’s Law is in full force. I’m normally too cheap to pay for a luggage cart but I had two huge bags to move some stuff and last night (or was it this morning?) I decided as the plane taxied to the gate that I would just suck it up and pay […]

Jack Smith has a park named after him in Needles. I’ll need to google that to see what’s his story. Feels made up. When I went in search of the race location yesterday to scope out where I would be going this morning, my GPS tried to take me on a dirt road parallel to […]

6:21 AM. The wind is howling. This ain’t Oklahoma where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain. This is Bullhead City, AZ. Contrary to all known hopes and forecasts, it’s actually WINDIER and cooler than yesterday. I’ve added a long sleeve shirt lyter to my running gear; I’ll probably get warm as I go loopy […]

A sore throat. An inconsistent wind chill. And a temporal worm hole wherein I’m staying in a pacific time zone and a ten minute drive puts me into mountain time for the race start at Rotary Park in Bullhead City, AZ.  I’m discombobulated. It’s either 5:12 am or 6:12 am. The race starts in 48 […]

Ugh.  I’ve been sitting here for an hour trying to upload photos for today’s post.  I’m suffering rage blackouts at the progress bars approaching full and then kicking out error messages. Enough!  I’ll post the rest at a later date. Meanwhile, here’s an ” in-the-moment” shot fellow SW runner Allison Leer posted to Facebook:

I’m having a night of darkness. No biggie, right? The night is SUPPOSED to be dark. The sun has set, the supermoon is a thing of history for another few decades and in the case of Laughlin, NV, the clouds have blown in as the winds whip through the desert. The partially burned out neon […]

Run. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Mesquite, NV, Day 2… or Southwest Series Day 3… or runcation race day 5… or runcation race 6… I slept terribly last night. You’d think after the miles I’d be able to collapse and lose some hours to Queen Mab. But amidst tossing and turning and clock watching I’m not sure […]

I’m staying at a middle of nowhere casino called Virgin River Hotel/Casino. It’s not a bad room, especially given that it’s $30 a night with tax. Plus, it’s only a ten minute drive to the Mesquite NV Sports and Events Complex where we’ll be running today and tomorrow. The course is a 14-loop affair, out […]

Hurricane, UT – Sand Hollow State Park Twelve loops. Twelve at times mind numbing loops.  Twelve times to see the iconic MM black cone marking the turn around for the out and back loop.  Twelve rubber bands around the wrist at marathon’s end.  The night before in Vegas I slapped two glow rings on as a […]