Aw, hell. So the Seven Continents Club got me again. Marathon Tours has finalized plans for their inaugural Madagascar Marathon and like a lemming of that small island off the coast of Africa, I am just following along. In June 2017, I’ll be there. It’s going to cost a small fortune but I’ll be there. […]
June 5, 2016 – Rapa Nui Marathon Last night the course overview and pasta dinner was a disaster. It was scheduled to start at 7 pm and we thought we would therefore have plenty of time to eat and head to the show for 8:30. We were told it was a fifteen minute walk but […]
June 1, 2016 The Goo Goo Dolls. Steve Perry. Pearl Jam. Air Supply. The Santiago Airport is jamming to the 70s, 80s and 90s US hits. After a delirious trip through a mood-lit Bogota airport onto my flight to Chile, I’m feeling particularly time warped. The trip started with me miscalculating the tram system at […]
I believe it was John “Hannibal” Smith who famously said: “It’s always darkest before it goes completely black.” Indeed, a quick google search for “A-Team always darkest” yields the quotables page on imdb for the episode ‘The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas.’ I’m not running today. I said I wasn’t going to run, I was […]
In the summer of 2015, a race company opted to try something different. They opened an indiegogo campaign to crowdfund a marathon in their hometown of Destin, Florida. Within 40 days, they amassed $57,000, exceeding their target goal and became the World’s First Crowdfunded Marathon. The best summary I can give comes from their own […]
In 2012 I was lucky enough to run the Boston Marathon on behalf of Children’s Hospital. My partner was Christian Boyles who was awesome then and has only grown more amazing in the ensuing years. I had wonderful support from all across the land, including folks who came out to cheer me on during one […]
Maybe I wasn’t in the mood. Or maybe I was just overwhelmed with the volume of people and noise. But I was in a bit of a snit as I went through the Star Wars Half Marathon (Dark Side) Expo this afternoon. They had opened at 10 AM and I was there around 12:30/1 o’clock. […]
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 […]
As you’ll know if you’ve read the recent posts, I just completed the Antarctica Marathon, and thus have now run a marathon on all seven continents. It was a project years in the making, costly from financial, physical and emotional standpoints. But it was a thing. It was a very personal thing for me but […]
What have I been doing with my 16.5 hour layover? It’s not over yet, but at midnight I did this: It just seemed like I might as well do something. I’ve been on a boat and I can’t fathom trying to sleep in these uncomfortable terminal chairs. The airline lounge closed at midnight and so […]