The pro photographer for Rockin’ the Beach snapped a decent-ish shot of me on Saturday. I’m still not buying as really how many shots of me running do I really need? But here’s the watermarked version: One of the folks working the check-in/aid station at Cruise the Marina was good enough to snap some photos […]
As part of my Charlie Alewine Marathon Trifecta, I wound up back where I first ran with them in 2016: The Long Beach Marina. Whereas that day in May ’16 I clocked a 3:31:29, today in July ’17 I ran a dispiriting 4:00:43. It was six loops and I just never seemed to find an […]
July 15, 2017 – Rockin’ The Beach Marathon Same course, different day, worst time. Back on the California Coastal Trail, running the same route as last week’s blast, I arrived in Long Beach with enough time to start with other early birds. Running the four quarters yet again, I did… poorly. The opening loop was […]
In the mid aughts of the 21st Century, my brother and I were pretty big fans of the current zeitgeistian show Deadwood. Somewhere along the way we found out there was a Deadwood Marathon and, well, one thing led to another… The race was one of the toughest I’ve ever done. It was 13.1 miles […]
A long time ago, in an internet galaxy far, far away I wasn’t blogging on a daily basis. But I would occasionally scribble down notes and try and send out email missives to family and friends. Those chicken scratches were the forerunners of Run Kevin Run Dot Com. It being Thursday, a day that for […]
In June of 2017 I altered my rankings of travel companies specializing in marathons. At that time I decided I would only use this one particular company as a last resort. After the most recent two weeks of failed communications, I now think there is less disappointment in simply missing an event entirely versus using […]
I don’t know if it’s extreme dehydration, food poisoning, depression, cumulative sleep deficits tipping the scales, or a combination of the above with various unnamed elements. But the reality is I’m feeling awful. Debilitatingly, nauseated, curled-up-on-the-couch-and-would-welcome-death-as-the-only-release-Black Hole-the-movie-style awful. I meant to go for a 13 mile run this morning to account for at least a […]
Well… they were able to replace the touchscreen on my phone so I could unlock it. Unfortunately because it had previously been opened to have a screen replaced (thanks again, The Marathon of the Treasure Coast!), and because there was a significant amount of water/perspiration due to uBreakiFix not putting the right gasket on the […]
While running round the California Coastal Trail for the Blast the Coastline Marathon I ran past a guy sporting a short that read: “Winner Train, Losers Complain.” I’ve increasingly realized which camp I seem to find myself in. There’s been a litany of setbacks and frustrations and mishaps. This morning during an aborted run that […]
Whenever I find myself on the West Coast, I try and hit the Monday night trivia at this local British pub. During a game interlude, they call up players from each time to compete in a “quarters” contest to try and win a round of drinks. My team, a rotating band of usual and unusual […]