Vegas. I’m not sure you will find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy outside of Tatooine. On the plus side, no one accosted me about my attire; in fact a cop directing traffic asked me if I was going to set any records today. I told him only if the internet crashed and […]
It ain’t always the happiest place on Earth. Upon arriving at the parking garage, I once again paid $18 for a couple of hours in Anaheim. Last year, runDisney comp’d the parking for the half marathon but I guess finances must be tight. Things went further downhill as security lectured me about my Captain […]
Part of the storyline for Dr. Strange posits that in the mystical realm there are acolytes and disciples of competing philosophies for time, space, life, the universe, and everything. In that regard, perhaps the banter of the race announcers and their Marvel Universe stars was the very model of subtle wink-wink, nudge-nudgery. This is because […]
I posted this to Facebook: “Thank you to those who have served, who are serving, and who will serve. And thank you to the brave families who sacrifice so much to support the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, daughters and sons who have ever put on the uniform. Those on the front lines and those on […]
I did run more than 26.2 miles in Milwaukee. Good to know I wasn’t crazy. Mistakes happen. We all need to acknowledge that and we all need to work to make things right.
There is an old Vulcan proverb: “Only Nixon could go to China.” -Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country I don’t understand half of my country. Last night I watched gobsmacked as Donald J. Trump successfully ran his improbable campaign all the way to Electoral College victory in the 2016 Presidential Election. I originally was […]
A few months back I got on a plane wearing my Run Kevin Run jacket. Donning my headphones and pulling out my iPad I was settling in to watch some forgettable movie to pass the time… when the guy next to me turned out to be one of THOSE people. You know the ones, the […]
I did a recovery run this morning around 5 AM. It was a slower than I’d have liked but perfectly acceptable run. This daylight savings nonsense has mucked up my schedule even more than usual. You’d think with the travels and time zone skipping it wouldn’t matter and yet… it kinda does. The sun is […]
A few stats from the pre-race announcer: there are 4000 runners across all the events. They come from 41 states and 3 countries, “truly making this an international event.” The marathon is supposed to start at 7; the half at 7:12 am. How they arrived at a 12 minute split in start times is never […]
Not tonight, Milwaukee. I have a headache. I knew going in it was going to be a whirlwind, whistle stop, barnstorm of Milwaukee. I landed at 3:15 pm local time and it’s only thanks to the daylight savings adjustment that I’ll be here for 24 hours. My rental car company was out of cars. They […]