Big long thing number 175 complete at the Flying Monkey Marathon. For those unfamiliar with the Flying Monkey Marathon it is a fundraiser for the eradication of a dangerous invasive species of flying monkey found in the Warner Park system in Nashville Tennessee. This is my third monkey and as I am wont to do…
Category: Running
2018 RDC Marathon
Marathon or longer #174 at the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Marathon in North Carolina. A 2 mile loop around a mall to spread out the field before sending them on a 24 mile out and back on the American Tobacco Trail, a rails-to-trails flat course, before wrapping the final quarter mile in the mall parking lot. This…
2018 Richmond Marathon
Big long thing #173 complete at the Anthem Richmond Marathon. A relatively flat trip out of town along the James River (the Jim to friends), and back into the Virginia Commonwealth Capital. Well supported and lots of coaches helping along first timers. I don’t know if it’s the friendliest marathon as billed, but it’s certainly…
2018 Onward Shay! Marathon
State #20 for the 3rd trip through the states done today at the Onward Shay! Marathon in Boise, Idaho. Cool and overcast weather made for ideal conditions running along the largely flat Boise River greenway. Plenty of support and mike markets at every single mile. Unfortunately I’m experimenting with this near carbless diet and I…
Jacksonville USO Armed Forces Half 2018
Sometimes a plan just comes together. I was happy as a pig in shit to be able to do a race with Karen, especially what would turn out to be her 200th half, so we headed up Florida’s east coast on a road trip to Jacksonville. At first I was a little worried we might…
Jack’s 50k Trail Race 2018-DNF
Sometimes a plan just falls apart. I was supposed to do five 10k loops at Jacks Trail 50k today. But because I’m an idiot who wouldn’t wear his sunglasses I drove into a curb and screwed up my wheel. Since it’s Sunday and nothing opens in the area until the late morning I decided to…
Southernmost Marathon 2018
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today.” It’s good advice. Like most good advice, it’s easier given than taken. I’m not entirely happy with my performance today at the Southernmost Marathon in Key West, but this is my second time doing it. In 2013 it was the third marathon…
Fort4Fitness Marathon 2018
Lifetime big long thing #169 complete in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Fort4Fitness marathon, a standard “finish in the sports arena” event. Two loops nearly identical to one another on a suburban course. I was the dead last starter due to a flub with my phone not changing over to eastern time from Chicago and…
Equinox Marathon 2018
3rd Alaskan Big, Long Thing at the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks, Alaska. A quirky and very hilly (1000m/3300ft of gain) trail marathon starting and finishing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. 45% Jeep road, 35% forest trail, 15% road, 5% rando grass. For a small town (30k) I was pleasantly surprised at the community…