Big Long Thing #10 for 2019 at the Fort Lauderdale A1A marathon, my hometown throw down. This year in addition to the usual cast of local characters oodles of marathon maniacs joined us. It was great to see so many people, but I’m afraid I was slow or thoughtless with the camera and missed several…
Mercedes Marathon 2019
Big long thing number 190, at the Mercedes-Benz Marathon in Birmingham Alabama. A modestly hilly double loop course through Birmingham, the Pittsburgh of the south. The course was very well supported, and I managed to goof off a little bit and see friends. So basically I won. Birmingham seems to be a city on the…
Mississippi River Marathon 2019
Big Long Thing Number 189 at the Mississippi River Marathon a point to point road marathon from Lake Village, Arkansas across the Mississippi River to Greenville, Mississippi. It was a cold, windy, overcast day that made miles 8-22 an endless slog against a biting wind. I set a goal of 4 hours and missed it…
Sun Marathon 2019
7th BLT of 2019 at the apparently ironically named “Sun Marathon.” A chilly morning gathered around a few fire pits trading stories with John G Lent and then the point to point, net down hill race through southwest Utah began. Several good rollers but nothing intolerable, all under cloudy skies with light on and off…
Miami Marathon 2019
Another Miami Marathon. Rain stayed in check mostly, some winds but not bad. There was a course change this year effectively reversing the direction of the last 13 miles from previous years. I don’t know how I feel about that change. Instinct is that I liked the old way, but that may be me just…
Skydive Ultra 50k 2019
Skydive Ultra 50k in Clewiston, Florida. A looped course around an airfield and sugarcane fields just south of Lake Okeechobee. A few words about logistics because that was something I had a lot of difficulty understanding until I had shown up today: each distance on offer (200 miles, 150 mile, 100 miles, 50 mile, 50…
Punta Arenas 50k
Big, long thing #185, and 4th ultra continent done at the Punta Arenas 50k in Chile. A multiple loop course on a bike path along the Strait of Magellan. Another beautiful day, 50s with a 20mph wind (relatively mild). It was the first time I got my room rekeyed in the midst of a race….
White Continent 50k 2019
Big, long thing #184, country 13 and continent 7 complete at the White Continent 50k. A looped course on rolling hills of rocky jeep road. We flew in for 24 hours to make camp, run our race, and some small excursions on King George Island. Camping overnight was an experience for sure. Glad I went,…
Spring Hill Marathon Mania 2019
BLT #183 at Spring Hill Marathon Mania in Spring Hill, FL. A Florida-flat out and back course on the Suncoast bicycle trail in Hernando and Pasco Counties. The good: This was a cheap race when I paid for it in 2018. When I was a no-show last year due to injury/depression The race director took…
Wild Azalea Trail 27 Miler 2019
25th State for the 3rd go around done at the Wild Azalea Trail 27 miler today in the Kisatchie National Forest near Alexandria, Louisiana. An up and down trail race through Forest Service land, the course had to be modified due to the shutdown no permits would be granted for common gathering areas. One of…