Assuming the world is still here, I’m set to run the Bali Marathon in a week. I’m trying to sort through logistics as I sit here at my computer. It’s not going smoothly. But then, much like true love, the course of marathoning road trips never did run smooth. I purposefully booked a long layover […]
My brother is a good sport. Despite a series of unfortunate events last night that had us scrambling to make plans, reschedule, break, rebreak, reschedule, and then throw up our hands, he still agreed to head down to Long Beach with me at 7:30 AM this morning. And per usual with me, despite being told […]
I’m skipping a race this weekend. There’s always a possible marathon every weekend and while I was tempted to try and get some mileage in in anticipation of Bali next week, I’m just not feeling it. The closest, easiest option is another one down in Long Beach and I’ve run those courses too often recently […]
There have been a number of hiccups on my quest to run the 2nd Annual Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend. While in Madagascar I ran into trouble just logging in to sign up. You’d think it may have been due to spotty internet access because I was in, ya know, Madagascar. But no. EVERYONE was […]
Not a good day on the ol’ training miles. I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe the way I’ve been feeling these past few days, weeks, months, etc. It’s like a dark force is reaching into my soul, a la Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners (1996), and squeezing, like I were a human Panic […]
The Bali Marathon posted a driving view of the 42.195 km course I’ll be running next weekend. It’s a humbling reminder of just how far a marathon is, given that even by car and in time lapse, it takes 8 minutes and 45 seconds to go the distance. And here’s the course map they sent […]
“If The World Should End” Don’t think about tomorrow We’ve only got today There’s nothing I want from you Not a word you have to say You are all I need And all I can defend All I need to hold on to If the world should end In my imagination I could not have […]
Last year was the first time I qualified for Boston. I then ran it in April, five years after I had been able to participate in the marathon as part of the Children’s Hospital charity team. I received a reminder notice from the Boston Athletic Association that the 2018 registration is coming up. I’ve got […]
I did not go down to Long Beach for the Cruise the Shoreline marathon this morning. But after a series of late night bing eating of empty, soulless calories, and given some restless minutes not hours of unconsciousness, it seemed necessary to get some mileage in today. Not having the strength or wherewithal to face […]
The coin and the bathroom scale said go. I’ve been eating way too much, feeling slug-like. And it was heads. All this to say that once again I found myself at 5 AM at the the Long Beach Marina, running with Charlie Alewine Racing. It was the same course as I’ve done before in this […]