BLT #23 for 2019 complete at the Starved Rock Country Marathon in Ottawa, IL. 5 miles of suburbia, and 21 of farm land and hills in the state park. The regular course was changed this year due to flooding. I found the course rather dull, but the community was very supportive. I suppose it might…
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Chicago Marathon 2016
Lifetime marathon or longer number 97, the 33rd of the year, at the Chicago Marathon. 3:58:42 a sub4 I didn’t need or intentionally try for. It’s been almost 3 months since I finished a marathon in under 4 hours and this is a huge psychological boost I really needed. Fun fact: In the first running…
Rockford Marathon 2015
31-MAY-2015 Rockford, Illinois, USA Rockford Marathon is in the files. State 36, Illinois, the institutional corruption state–er, Land of Lincoln. Fun fact: Rockford is known as the Screw City. Read that however you like.