The race that wasn’t.
Category: Running
Keys 100 (50 Mile Individual) 2016
Super humbling weekend. So many people to thank. Amy Melissa Guimond for crewing me through this. Karen Eviltwin Vollan for trying to prepare me. Marcela Todd for being the only thing she knows how to be, an encouragement machine, while suffering through the 50 miler herself. My Frontrunners doing the race who took time to…
Sugarloaf 2016
3:52 or 3:53 something (edit: official time 3:52:56), not sure due to Garmin issues (specifically the idiot attached to the buttons) today at the Sugarloaf Marathon in Western Maine. Shotgun start (awesome) beautiful scenery (though mostly too wet to photo), and a heck of a lot of fun. Fun fact: Kingfield (where this race finishes)…
Kalamazoo Marathon 2016
Kalamazoo Marathon in 4:07:56 the fastest second day of a double I’ve run. I’m feeling better about my plan for the Keys in two weeks. Nice being back in my former hometown. Fun fact: While normally considered a matter of opinion, it is a known fact that Bell’s brewery has the best beer in Kalamazoo….
Wisconsin Marathon 2016
Windy AF this morning in Kenosha. I don’t usually like to have a positive split l, but I wish I’d banked more time in the first half since the last 8 miles were into a fierce wind, with some sand for good measure. Fun fact: Kenosha is one of the smallest cities in the U.S….
Kentucky Derby Marathon Festival 2016
A rainy race day in Louisville. Pacing 5:00. Finished 25 seconds under. Marathon #10 for the year, complete. A hello to all the people I saw and forgot to take pictures with: Hector Reyes, Nadia Guimont, Karin Herzmann Donna Dullys, Ken Fattmann, Andrew Wetterer, Amy Frederick, Greg Burress, etc. Fun fact: Louisville is the only…
Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon 2016
We run to remember. That’s the theme. That’s the thought. I’ve had this race on my list for a while, this Bataan, Joplin, and Marshall University are the only memorial marathons I’m familiar with. As often as we do these things it can be easy to just bang another one out without much thought. But…
Garmin Marathon 2016
Marathon #74, #8 Year to date, in Olathe, Kansas. I missed my sub-4 attempt by 24 seconds. 4:00:23.92 is a perfectly respectable time, but it is a failure to achieve the goal I set for myself. The important thing about goals is that they should be achievable, and challenge you. Did I give my best?…
Ann Arbor Marathon 2016
Ugly, but sub-4 by a hair at the Ann Arbor Marathon in miserable, 21° weather, with snow, ice, potholes and a few things on my mind. Fun fact: A collection of “fairy doors” is scattered throughout Ann Arbor. The first public door appeared in 2005, and since then locals have been leaving gifts like nickels…