A hot and humid day at the Palm Beaches Marathon in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. My fifth Florida marathon this year. A flat, flat, flat course along the intercoastal waterway. A multi-tenant structure fire/explosion was the big surprise of the day. Maniac ambassador Heather Schry was along the course to provide refreshment. At…
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Tomoka Marathon 2017
Marathon #125 at the Tomoka Marathon in Ormond Beach, Florida. Sometimes you have a bad day; sometimes you have an awful day. When that awful day comes when you’re a pacer, the knowledge that you are letting more than just yourself down makes the pain of your failure visceral. I didn’t take but a few…
Treasure Coast Marathon 2017
Marathon #122, 20th Florida marathon, at the Marathon of The Treasure Coast in Stuart, Florida. A breezy day that mitigated temps in the 70s. Started out up front to say “hey” to Aaron Braunstein, who was pacing the 4:00 group. I decide to drop back but a mile in we all take a wrong turn…
Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon 2017
Lifetime marathon #120, the hometown throwdown, A1A marathon in Fort Lauderdale. Hot and sticky weather this year made for an unpleasant experience, but it’s over now. Fun fact: Of all the people residing in Broward County, 31% were born in Florida, 39% in other parts of the U.S. and 30% in a foreign country.
Miami Marathon 2017
Cold and rainy Miami Marathon today. I got to hang with Jim Diego and fellow NYC Frontrunner Marcus. Also great to see Paul Clifford, Loan O’Brien, Kevin Brosi, Liz Gmerek, and Loren Starr and others. I took it easy, but not as easy as I thought I might in prep for next weeks race. Fun…
Jacksonville Marathon 2016
Year to date marathon number 50 at the Jacksonville Marathon, in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia–no, Jacksonville, Florida. Anyway hot and humid day. I got to meet Jacksonville’s own animal-saving machine, Cameron Moore, hang with pacer extraordinaire Ken Fattmann and try out Galloway (Run/Walk interval) pacing. It’s a little more challenging, but interesting and seems to…
Azalea (FL) 24 Hour Race 2016
Big, Long Thing (26.2+) #41 for the year, the Azalea 24-Hour Race in Ravine Gardens State Park in Palatka, Florida. The concept: race starts at 8 AM, you keep going until 24 hours later, or you don’t care to go anymore. Course is a 2 mile loop, plenty of opportunity to visit the aid stations…
8 Hours of Hell (FL) 2016
Lifetime BLT (Big Long Thing, marathon or longer) number 94. Number 30 for the year at “8 Hours of Hell,” part of a series of six 8 hour events through the summer in southwest Florida. Today’s race was in Coloosahatchee Regional Park in Alva, Florida. The course consists of mostly singletrack BMX course with a…
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…