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…
Honolulu Marathon 2016
Marathon or longer number 49 for the year, at the Honolulu Marathon, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin–er, Honolulu, Hawai’i. First, congrats to my friends Margaret Tollner and Michael Rhodes for finishing their 50th state this weekend, and many thanks to Tom Craven, Maniac extraordinaire, for hosting me and keeping me out of hours of traffic and parking…
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…
The Texas Quad 2016
Big, Long Things Number 44, 45, 46, and 47 for the year at the Texas Quad in Dallas this Thanksgiving weekend. Only 5 more to go before New Year. Loops are a lot more fun when you’ve got your friends to hang with. Despite being pretty chatty I stuck to my plan to get faster…
Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon 2016
Year-to-date Big Long Thing #43 The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee. A notoriously hilly marathon (about twice as hilly as the Jerusalem Marathon) in the Percy Warner Park which is known to be inhabited by a rare breed of flying monkey who feasts upon the blood, sweat, and tears of participants. In…
White River Marathon 2016
Year-to-date Big Long Thing #42 the White River Marathon in Cotter, Arkansas. This race benefits Kenyans, but not in the usual sort of way, one of them who just happens to run REALLY fast. It was a pleasant double-looped course along a portion of the White River with a very generous cut off. Cool weather…
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…
New York City Marathon 2016
The New York City Marathon, in, of all places, New York City a 4:06. Beat my previous NYC time by about 5 minutes. I’ll take it. Had a hope of sub4 until the last 3 miles. Story of my life. Where was this time in the last 6? Oh well. Fun fact: New York City…
Marine Corps Marathon 2016
Triple Double (two marathons each weekend, three consecutive weekends) completed at the Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia. The worst of the six. I’ll do the math on them later and lick my wounds, but suffice to say I did not meet my time goal, and I spent most of the race telling myself all…