I’ve been here before. A decade ago. The year was 2012 and I ran a 3:39:41. A lot has changed in the ensuing ten years. The race was sold from the founder at Calico Racing to an antipodean upstart. The mileage has taken a toll on me, as well as the years. But the course […]
Oh, man, it was cold. But not as cold as it could have felt as there was zero wind — it’s the wind chill that’ll get ya. Sure, sure. Because the race began at altitude — 8000+ feet — my eighth grade science teacher Mr. Ennis would have been able to explain the air gets […]
Oh. It’s the same course as the Shoreline Marathon. Huh. Well… Shoot. At least I ran it a little faster this time. And I’ll say this — they shot a lot of photos of me along the way… 65 photos to be exact. Also… the tacos at the end were pretty good. They probably […]
Trick – the crappy airline I still have a few million miles to use on had maintenance issues and delayed my arrival in the Land of Cleves last night. Sadly, that meant I didn’t have time to duck into the duct tape museum. Treat – I’ll just have to wait until June to go to […]
Yeah, yeah. Lousy headline, lousy text. I’m tired. I’ve been getting up at 4:30 most days this week trying to get a short-ish run in before work. I’m bleary eyed and… what’s the opposite of bushy tailed? Call it method training for my zombie runner costume. I leave at 5:15 AM tomorrow to head to […]
From the professional race photographer at the Tacoma Mud Mountain Marathon…
Thirteen years ago, my brother and I ran the Long Beach Half Marathon. I was commuting back and forth to England for a project that proved incredibly time consuming… but I still tried to make time for me and for my family. In 2018, I ran the full marathon. Inbetween, I ran a number of […]
Tacom-again? Just another strong start and really rough finish. It’s a long way from one corner of the continetal United States to the other. And this weekend’s trip was made all the longer as we had endured the build up and fallout of Hurricane Ian down in Florida (and beyond). On the plus side, we […]
What the–?! I had pretty much submitted it as a lark, as a “well, it’s nice just to be nominated.” But looks like I’ll be (back) in Boston in April.
Got an email today from the BAA: I thought my qualifying time was 3:15 and below… and that probably is true for actually getting to toe the start line. But according to the link above, for my age group the qualifying time is 3:20. Even that has proven elusive to my old, fat, covid-19 pandemic […]