I get asked a lot “Why do you do this? Why hop a 6 hour flight, drive 7 hours, get nearly no sleep, run a marathon and turn right back around?” I like seeing things and having these experiences. I like the challenge, but more than that, it’s this. If you knew the people I’ve…
Angel Fire Adventure Marathon 2016
Paced the Angel Fire Adventure Marathon, in New Mexico. No matter how many times he warned me I wouldn’t listen to Grant Stieglitz. Altitude out there is rough, and the hills didn’t make it easier. My pacee Karen was mostly worried about being attacked by a bear. I’m pleased to say we avoided a mauling…
Run 4 Troops 2016
Dubuque, Iowa, USA I was supposed to be pacing a slower group, but got moved to 4:00. 4:00 is hard for me on a good day. Today was not a good day. Super hot, and tummy troubles. I fell off pace, bad. 4:21. Not to be one of those people who posts pictures of what…
Grandma’s Marathon 2016
Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota. Hot day instead of the cold, or at least rainy I was expecting. Thanks to Juli Seydell Johnson for making a bib available from her family. I owe you one. Nice race along the lake and a bucket list race crossed off. Other people I saw but didn’t have the…
Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon 2016
Spent a lot of my weekend working, but had a little time to hang out with some friends and a race in North Bend.
Casper Marathon 2016
Casper marathon. Nice little race. Some hills, altitude, and a little warmth. And a little time to kill in Denver. Fun fact: Casper was named after Fort Caspar which was named after Lieutenant Caspar Collins, who died in battle in 1865 against the Lakota and Cheyenne. The city was accidentally misspelled in its incorporating documents….
Vermont City Marathon for Wusses 2016
The race that wasn’t.
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)…