It’s 26.2 miles to the finish, we’ve got a hastily put together table of Dunkin Donuts, half a pack of goo lies on the ground, it’s dark… and I’m wearing sunglasses. Hit it. *** It’s a little after 5 AM in Ormond Beach, FL. I got here in decent time, leaving my house around 3:30-ish […]
Heading to the airport, lugging two just a hair under 50 pound bags, I am off for another double marathon weekend. First up is the Surfside Beach Marathon in Surfside Beach, TX. Then after jetting back to Florida, it’s the Gainesville, FL, Five Points of Life Marathon. Both races are kindly offering race day packet […]
A while back, my brother mentioned the prevalence of news coverage that invariably included the WHO in the story as being, “Florida Man.” The WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and HOW also invariably were about how this Florida Man did something incredibly stupid and the news story helped point out just how stupid was this Florida Man. […]
This weekend marks the first back to back marathon days of 2016. There have been multi-day events already to be sure — from the Dopey Challenge to the Star Wars Half Marathon weekend to last week’s Marathon/Half Marathon. But this is the first 26.2 miler Saturday followed by a 26.2 miler Sunday for the new […]