Pants it is.

No time for posting. Have to get to Mobile for tomorrow. Short-short version: two loops, kinda boring, super cold.

It’ll warm up as we run but I’m cold this morning and thus going with pants.  It’s supposed to be even colder tomorrow in Mobile. I hate running in layers.  But I hate being cold more.

A long, cold weekend of driving and running. Saturday: Museum of Aviation Marathon in Warner Robbins, GA Sunday: First Light Marathon in Mobile, AL

This is a virtual re-creation of the Wines & Vines photo book I had made for my mother and brother after our Medoc Marathon trip in 2013.  I was chatting with a running buddy (and my former lawyer) and he mentioned a group of them were headed to Medoc later this year.  I flashed onto […]

I needed to book a hotel for a night after my return from the Star Wars tour in Tunisia and before my flight out early, early the next morning. I found this place on Orbitz where I can use my Orbucks for a (mostly) free stay… but I’m still on the hook for the tourism […]

Long time readers will know that I often seek out murder hotels to stay in during my marathon travels figuring that if a murder occurred in the hotel that should be worth at least a few bucks discount off the going rate.  “Every little helps” as an old English jingle used to say. But this […]

One of the nice things about the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend is that it brings a lot of folks to the area, friends and family from far and wide. And do there’s a chance to reunite and catch up face to face. That includes two of my Table 44 shipmates, Jean and Kerry. Always […]

After four straight days of 2:47 AM wakeups, it isn’t really surprising to find myself wide awake by 3 AM. I finally decide to go fora s-l-o-w recovery run around 4 AM. After all, there’s another marathon this weekend and it’s time to taper.

Just the facts now as my legs hurt with the pain of too many miles and the bags under my eyes indicate it’s been four straight days of 2:47 AM wakeups. Parking row: Discover 14 Wait times for photos: high before the race so I skipped them. Time to walk from the holding pen to […]