Marathon country #12 done at the Maratón Internacional de Panamá in Ciudad de Panamá. Warm towards the end, but mostly flat with a view of the Casco Viejo, turning around at the Maracana (soccer stadium) headed back through the central business district, Panama Viejo (the original 1519 settlement of Panama) and some condo developments in…
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Reikjavík Marathon 2018
Big, long thing (marathon or longer) 168, country 11, Iceland, at the Reykjavík Marathon done in 4:18, a decent performance for me. Small rolling hills around mostly coastal Reykjavík on roads and bike paths. Well supported by both the race officials and the local community. A beautiful day in a place that can be very…
Zermatt Ultra 2018
10th country and 163rd big long thing down at the Zermatt Marathon in the Helvetic Confederation (aka Switzerland). Barely an ultra it was 45.5 km so I thought “How hard can it be?” Well, it was kind of like one of those Revel races but instead of starting at the summit and falling down it…
Maratona do Rio 2018
Marathon country number 9, Brazil, at the Maratona do Rio in Rio de Janeiro. A muggy day on a flat coastal course. Today was a tough day for me for the strangest of reasons: a sore neck and shoulders. By mile 7 it hurt just to hold my head up. Not sure what that’s about…
Melbourne Australia Marathon 2017
6th continent, 8th country done at the Melbourne Marathon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Cool day with the most mellow start I’ve ever seen at a big city marathon. Nice flat course for the most part past several of the major sites, finishing in the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. I ran the first 10 miles or so…
CDMX Marathon 2017
Marathon CDMX in Ciudad Mexico, Mexico of course complete, and my 7th country. Have you ever had everything go so well only to have it completely ruined in the end? That was the case with this race. Not my performance, it was a train wreck from the beginning, but the marathon itself was great, lots…
Carthage Marathon 2017
Marathon #121. Country #6 (Tunisia), Continent #5 (Africa)
Reggae Marathon 2016
Big, long thing (marathon or longer) number 48 of the year, at the Reggae Marathon in Negril, Jamaica, my 5th country this year (repeats in Germany and the US naturally). Hot, humid, and rather monotonous, a double loop of most of the 7 mile beach. Having passed almost all the properties in central Negril 4x…
Berlin Marathon 2016
Ich kann laufen, aber ohne Leidenschaft. I can run, but without passion. Lifetime BLT number 95, the 31st of this year. It’s a big city race with a lot of jostling, not really my thing, but even still it started well. Consistent splits for 7 miles, then I found myself in a fog, running 1.5-2…