Medora, North Dakota, USA 27-JUL-2019 Calendar Year BLT 34 Strava Link Garmin Link I arrived in Bismarck at about midnight and started driving to Dickinson where my buddy Andy had a room already. Due to a time change between Bismarck and Dickinson I arrived at about 1am, good news for me, an extra hour of…
Month: July 2019
Madison Marathon 2019
20-JUL-2019 Ennis, Montana, USA BLT 215 Strava Link Garmin Link 2 years ago a group of my friends signed up for this marathon just outside of Yellowstone in a small town called Ennis (pronounced like tennis not like penis). The opinion among those friends was that this race is one of the hardest marathons in…
Grandfather Mountain Marathon 2019
13-JUL-2019 Boone, North Carolina, USA BLT #32 for Calendar Year 2019 Strava Link | Garmin Link Short version: All the beauty (and climbing) of a mountain trail race, but lots of blind corners on mountain switchbacks. After landing in the Charlotte airport there’s a 2 hour drive to Boone. Named for pioneer/explorer Daniel Boone, the…
Hatcher Pass Marathon 2019
06-JUL-2019 Willow, Alaska, USA Lifetime BLT #212 Strava Link | Garmin Link Short version: Climb 4,000 ft over 25 miles, natural beauty, HOT (even by Florida standards) The first time I’d heard of the Hatcher Pass Marathon it was because a friend, Jennifer Hatcher, had signed up for it as her Alaska marathon, because—well, because…