I may not be cut out for social functions, social interactions, or social transactions. I landed in Hartford, CT, this morning and hopped on the rental car shuttle to Alamo Rent-A-Car. They share their facilities with National as I believe one or the other gobbled the other’s tail in a merger and acquisition somewhere along […]
Spruce Run Recreation Area in Clinton, NJ, was the site of my final day with Mainly Marathons; as the rest of the Mainly Marathoners headed to New Platz, NY, for Day 5, I was off to Delaware for my Sunday race. But first there was a matter of 14 loops to get through. Norm was […]
Ah, the Daniel Boone Homestead. Although I grew up not too far from here, I can’t recall ever knowing this is where Daniel Boone was born. To be fair, to this day I still sometimes confuse Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Not sure why that is — I mean, I know Davy killed himself a […]
After Delaware’s 16 loops, we wound up with 18 loops in Elkton, MD. The Fair Hills NRMA (Natural Resources Management Area) had stables, fairgrounds, and proved to be a long course. By the end of the 18 loops (18!!), my Garmin was showing I had run 27.4 miles. It’s okay — I consumed more than […]
I was trying to decide how best to go about uploading photos from the Independence Series. I briefly considered just updating the initial draft posts with revisions but felt that betrayed the spirit of the daily notations. The initial drafts reflect the contemporaneous reactions to the events of the day and should remain. Sadly, the […]
I just flew in and boy are my legs tired. No, wait. That’s not quite right. Not only are my legs tired, every fiber of my being is tired. I suppose that’s to be expected post-multi-day-marathoning. It was a great trip, made all the better thanks to my brother, Steve. There were a few early […]
Today was only a two loop course. Of course, that made each loop 13.1 miles but still… There’s a noticeable difference between the multi-day series loops and this two loop race. As is conmon at city races with multiple loops, the second loop becomes sparsely run as half marathoners finish their loop, and it gets […]
Rain, rain. Go away! Come again some other day! Somebody must have sung this early this AM, as the forecasted morning of showers turned out to be a swing and a miss – it was overcast, a little dreary and a chilly 49 degrees, but the rain never came. Indeed, late in my loop de […]
It was one soggy day at the Daniel Boone Homestead. But I survived. Just under four hours. Full details to come later but in the meantime just a quick shout out thanks to all the ” behind the scenes” Mainly Marathon team. Their smiles and words of encouragement were the only rays of sunshine during […]
Due to spotty, shoddy, persnickety, pfrustrating (the P is pronounced) internet access, the daily write ups will be short and sweet and a full write up will be posted after the fact once I’m in a First World place. Short, short version is that Day 2 was an exceedingly early start due to a later […]