Forged in the sleepless air travel, an album of photos from the Pittsburgh Marathon. I tried uploading the images as a WordPress Photo Gallery (TM) so I think if you click on them they embiggen biggly.
At mile 24, I stopped to have a handful of Herr’s salted pretzels. Those pretzels made thirsty and I needed to walk while gulping down some H2O. The clock doesn’t always reflect the time spent. And the photos predominantly involve essaying antic dispositions and are culled from the chaff of too many entirely bad shots. […]
I suppose it’s good that the rain percentages are down… I finally drifted off to sleep around 3-ish. My alarm went off at 4 to allow time to get parked per Pittsburgh’s warnings/instructions. It’s not going to be a good day. So says the mirror as a bleary eyed, weathered and weary faces stares back […]
I’ve been here before… time after time… the Orlando Airport. I’ve been to the destination of this morning’s flight before too… and recently at that. Last week I flew in and out of Pittsburgh to run the Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon in Canton, OH. I’m back… back again this weekend to run the […]
I took a time out from Facebook. In deactivating the account for a week I hoped to recharge my social tolerance. There’s a lot of noise in the world, both in real life and in virtual realms. Having re-established the conn room to the social network, I am inundated with matters of import and insignificance… […]
It’s been a tough few days of “training.” There’s been a lot more walking than I’d like during my “runs.” Yesterday for example there was at least a third of the distance done at Walking Dead Shuffle pace. Still, I’m going to call my shot for this weekend. Sometimes you gotta aim high, higher than […]
Ugh. Why do I always fall for this? The folks at the Pittsburgh Marathon posted this with regards to parking for the race on Sunday: Two hours early? Man… I’m so gullible and paranoid. I just know I’m going to go and park MORE THAN 2 HOURS EARLY to ensure I don’t have an issue. […]
It’s become de rigueur to see a supporter sign at races proclaiming, “May The Course Be With You.” I appreciate ANY support and any signs… but as a Star Wars kid from a long time ago in a town far, far away, I have a special place in my heart for LucasFilm signage. Today is, […]
I’m a planner. Like John “Hannibal” Smith, I love it when a plan comes together. I have a detailed Excel spreadsheet with race registrations and travel details from now until the Dopey Challenge in January. So I shouldn’t be surprised to get this kind of email: And yet, even though I am looking at some […]
It’s official. I officially use that word too much. Hell, this website is billed as the Official Running Website of Kevin S. Hanna. The other day, Nathan’s was officially named the official hot dog of Major League Baseball (but you know who ISN’T referred to in the “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” lyrics? […]