Gainesville isn’t the bright center of the universe. Nor is it on the rock that is farthest from that bright center. It just… is. I am once again breaking my rule about visiting places as I run. I’m just sorta checking this race off as a means to an end, a training run […]
It’s been a long night’s journey into day. A minor delay last night by Southwest Airlines has thrown off my schedule. An hour’s drive from Houston Hobby to my hotel meant I checked into my room around 11 pm. My alarm was set for 3:45 am so I could shower and wake up a bit […]
Heading to the airport, lugging two just a hair under 50 pound bags, I am off for another double marathon weekend. First up is the Surfside Beach Marathon in Surfside Beach, TX. Then after jetting back to Florida, it’s the Gainesville, FL, Five Points of Life Marathon. Both races are kindly offering race day packet […]
NOTE: This is a remix of the February 14, 2016 post. Everything looked fine when I published it but certain photos were rendered upside down or askew when I viewed the page on iOS devices. I cannot for the life of me figure out why so I’ve gone back and redone the images and tweaked […]
I knew this was going to happen. Decisions, decisions.
I recently watched the documentary The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014). I first heard about the Barkley run from friends several years ago. When they first started telling me about it I thought, “Oh, I absolutely have to do this!” But the more they told me and the more I later […]
I’m struggling today. After a pretty good showing at the LA Marathon yesterday (a 3:22:20 chip time), I’m in a funk. Part of it is the natural come-down from the adrenaline and endorphin high of running. And part of it is a series of moments and events that have contributed to a general post-race blues. […]
A lot of people have asked me over the years what I think about when I’m running. It depends on the day. Not the answer which is that it depends on the day; I don’t make up different answers for people depending on the person asking. The truth is sometimes I think about a problem […]
A few weeks ago I read a runner’s blog posting on the ever increasing runDisney registration prices. It was a worthy topic, one I agreed with, but I didn’t love the way it was written. Maybe that’s ironic, that I would be judging anyone else’s writing given the posts I’ve done here. But if the […]
Dammit. I had decided not to register for the LA Big 5k official warmup run out at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, February 13, 2016. But as I picked up my LA Marathon packet at the convention center today, the sign up was right there. I’m pretty sure there isn’t a law about predatory racer sign […]