A Runner’s World Article: 3-Time Cancer Survivor Breaks World Record for Marathons Run in Most Countries After completing the Madagascar Marathon in June, Brent Weigner is on top of the world. Brent and Sue were some of the delightful people I met on the Madagascar Marathon trip. His world record achievement was mind-boggling to me… […]
So… there were snafus in the registration for the Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend. But I successfully navigated that obstacle course and paid my euros to, as the French say, “Mickey Mouse.” Side note: if you’d like to see an unofficial listing of Mickey’s names in foreign lands, here’s one. Now I’ve just received an […]
In order to run the Da Nang Marathon in August, I needed to sort out a visa to Vietnam. I could have sent in my passport with a SASE, along with a money order for $80, to the consulate in Washington, DC. Or, after a quick google search, I could submit the paperwork electronically via […]
The moonshot is most definitely in jeopardy. Given my recent training runs, there’s a strong possibility of exploding on take-off or a scrubbed no-go before I even start. This was today’s “run.” It’s a poor showing for the needed sub 7 minute mile average. it actually needs to be a 6:40 pace for 26.2 miles… […]
Several lifetimes ago I was an “entertainment journalist” for a weekly outlet based in Burbank, CA, USA. I went to round tables and press screenings and covered more than my share of Hollywood junkets as a “junketeer,” one of many writers sent to cover the meet and greets with stars and crew for films seeking […]
Because Abigail Adams was right when she wrote this to her husband John on March 31, 1776: “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies […]
I feel a little weird about this one. A few weeks ago I mentioned to my Mom that I was thinking of running a race in Vietnam and she told me about a few friends of hers who died in the war there. It really gave me pause on top of my own mixed emotions […]
One of my favorite race organizations has undergone a pretty big transition. Mainly Marathons announced today they have been sold to a new operating duo. Clint and Hannelore Burleson, founders of this crazy multi-day race group, are “retiring” which means I gather that they’re not going to be running the operations of the races and […]
I can’t. That’s what I hear in my head. That’s what I hear when I talk. I just… can’t. Not today. And yet having stuffed my face with half a jar of peanut butter, drowning my sorrows and frustrations and regrets in the crunchy goodness of peanut-y, buttery goodness, more than ever do I need […]