It was a long trip home yesterday. We sat on the runway both in MSP and once we landed in LAX. All told, we finally exited the plane about 40 minutes later than scheduled. I was every bit knackered six ways to Sunday… and by the time I caught the rental car shuttle, it was […]
It’s been a long weekend with A LOT of driving. I’ll endeavor to post a few more coherent thoughts tomorrow but in the meantime, here are start line and finisher photos of me. According to the text messages I received as part of the runner tracking, I clocked a 3:32:56 for the day. The highlight […]
After 519+ miles from Fargo to Green Bay, I’m a bit exhausted. Not the smartest thing I’ve ever done; also not even close to the dumbest thing I’ve ever done. It’s only on the middle of the stupidity continuum. Regardless, this is going to be a short photo filled post. But before that, two notes […]
Last night as I was scrambling to pack up for this weekend’s trip, I clocked my foot on a door frame. I would say it demonstrated what happens when an immovable object encounters an unstoppable force… But neither of those conditions were absolutely true. The one true takeaway is that I really smacked my foot […]
The good people at Travelling Fit forwarded me the course info and description for the Easter Island Marathon in June. The island itself is 63 square miles, and is one of the most remote inhabited islands on Earth. It may be best known for its 887 giant head statues or “Moai.” As a result, I’ve […]
This has been my week for getting picked. First I get called to Jury Duty and am randomly selected to go through voir dire… albeit I was NOT selected to be a juror, the attorneys assured those of us not picked that we shouldn’t feel bad about this. Done and done. But today I opened […]
Yesterday afternoon I felt my throat close in upon itself. Perhaps the wind, the hail, and miles logged had finally caught up to me. It wasn’t just because I got called to Jury Duty today and was looking for a Ferris Bueller excuse to get out of it. After all, I dutifully got up this […]
I’m still a little delirious from yesterday’s run. Could be a lingering runner’s high or it might be my quads screaming out in agony for all the downhill action they endured. They’re hurting no question but it’s a sweet sort of pain when I see this on MarathonGuide.com: So let’s run some numbers as I’m […]
Can you tell me how to get… How to get to Boylston Street? Yes, indeed, today I hit my Boston Qualifying time. It may have been the skin of my teeth, but it happened. The race started at a chilly 37 degrees; I wasn’t too worried about the temperatures as when I left my hotel […]
In 2015, 23 people ran the inaugural Rhinebeck Hudson Valley Full Marathon and 74 people ran the half. A year later, the race tripled the field. Race packet pickup opened at 6 AM and I assumed that meant the race would start at 7. But sure enough, I had just made an ass of me. […]