I was just reminded that a year ago I was headed to Antarctica. That’s… astonishing. In more ways than one. It was a helluva trip and a helluva a marathon.  Here’s an index of the posts from then. Be warned — I never did go back into the text and fix the thumbnails that are […]

Rough. That’s the only way to describe how I’m feeling, how I ran this morning in Albany, GA, and how the day as a whole has gone. In other parts of the world, the Snickers course would be considered pancake flat; as a Central Floridian, I am conditioned to parrot the statement that there were […]

Albany, GA, is the birthplace of Ray Charles. And the town gets extra credit for doing the commemorative plaque at Ray Charles Plaza in Braille. Twenty four hours a day, Ray sings the songs there… and it’s quite a view of the Flint River to boot.   The packet pickup was across the street from […]

In December 2016, I ran the 44th Annual Honolulu Marathon. The local newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ran an article giving a brief history of the race and it was a smart, charming, informative piece. The writer, Michael Tsai, had recently published a whole book about the race and I thought it would make for an […]

It is a dark time. On top of everything else, I’ve hit a moment where I find myself wondering why I even bother running. With a lingering illness and doctor’s orders to not run for a few days, I find my motivation at a near historic low. It’s funny, this thing that I love to […]