Dry Land™ is not a myth! I have returned from the South. I’m not sure how best to post what has happened, whether I should do the update in one big go or post the daily journal piecemeal. My personal logs were written contemporaneously and are riddled with inaccuracies and typos. Some are vastly superior […]
It was a fitful red eye to Sao Paolo. One of those flights where I just couldn’t get comfortable. And I ate too much — they brought me food and I ate it. But now as I sit on my connecting flight to Buenos Aires, I’m flying a bit under the weather. The stomach […]
NOTE: This is a remix of the February 14, 2016 post. Everything looked fine when I published it but certain photos were rendered upside down or askew when I viewed the page on iOS devices. I cannot for the life of me figure out why so I’ve gone back and redone the images and tweaked […]
A lot of people have asked me over the years what I think about when I’m running. It depends on the day. Not the answer which is that it depends on the day; I don’t make up different answers for people depending on the person asking. The truth is sometimes I think about a problem […]
I actually have met some people along the way who have undertaken this crazy World Marathon Challenge. Some did it for charity, some did it for themselves, some did it to say they did it. It was conceived as a means of doing seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. It’s a shortcut (sorta […]
It dawns on me today that in eight weeks I’ll be on my way back from Antarctica. That means that in just about six weeks I’ll be heading to Antarctica. Marathon Tours, who are handling the majority of the logistics on this crazy adventure, are sending me weekly emails now with last minute details and […]
Whenever I’m asked about running in the rain, I try and tell people that once you’re 100% soaked you can’t get any more wet so you might as well keep running. That mantra didn’t help this morning as my alarm went off at 2:30 AM for a 2.5 hour drive up to Jacksonville, FL. I […]