Spruce Run Recreation Area in Clinton, NJ, was the site of my final day with Mainly Marathons; as the rest of the Mainly Marathoners headed to New Platz, NY, for Day 5, I was off to Delaware for my Sunday race. But first there was a matter of 14 loops to get through. Norm was […]
Ah, the Daniel Boone Homestead. Although I grew up not too far from here, I can’t recall ever knowing this is where Daniel Boone was born. To be fair, to this day I still sometimes confuse Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Not sure why that is — I mean, I know Davy killed himself a […]
After Delaware’s 16 loops, we wound up with 18 loops in Elkton, MD. The Fair Hills NRMA (Natural Resources Management Area) had stables, fairgrounds, and proved to be a long course. By the end of the 18 loops (18!!), my Garmin was showing I had run 27.4 miles. It’s okay — I consumed more than […]
I was trying to decide how best to go about uploading photos from the Independence Series. I briefly considered just updating the initial draft posts with revisions but felt that betrayed the spirit of the daily notations. The initial drafts reflect the contemporaneous reactions to the events of the day and should remain. Sadly, the […]
I’m packing up for a ten day trip to the Northeast. In the end, it’ll be six marathons in eight days but the real benefit is that I get to hang out with my brother for a bit. I’m doing last minute laundry and packing up as I type this. I just tossed in Steve’s […]
Yesterday a running friend posted onto Facebook this intriguing event. I have to admit, I’ve always wanted to go to Cuba. In college, the very last final exam I took for my undergraduate degree was a written exam using the infamous collegiate “blue book” composition pads. It was for a Cuban history class. I was […]