A cool day on a flat, mostly concrete Houston course. The race is well organized, quite well supported and has great community enthusiasm. If I had one criticism it would be the only gels I saw on the course weren’t until about mile 21. I’m not much for the big city races (Houston is the…
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Savage 7 Marathons-Newtonmas 2017
In 2009 avid marathoner, Chuck Savage, created a series of 7 races, one a day, beginning the day after Christmas until New Year called the “Savage Seven” The original series was on a track in Ocala, Florida. A few years hence it was moved to this park also in Ocala. The race consists of a…
Kiawah Island Marathon 2017
The Kiawah Marathon in Charleston, South Carolina completes a second circuit of a marathon or ultra in all 50 states. A flat, coastal marathon on roads and a little bit of bike path through the golf resort. Cold temperatures, 40 degrees, made for great running conditions. The nearly hour I spent in traffic trying to…
Palm Beaches Marathon 2017
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…
Stennis Space Center Marathon 2017
Big, long thing #150, at the Stennis Space Center Marathon in Stennis, Mississippi. A two loop course, very flat, but mostly along service roads in the space center. Not much support (crowd’s quite limited when you have to go through security) and the race caters to the half marathon from what I can tell. A…
Flying Monkey Marathon 2017
The Flying Monkey Marathon is hard. It’s 3200 feet of climbing whereas most “hilly” road marathons like Heart of America or Hatfield McCoy are 1200 ft. Why would people do this to themselves? Stockholm syndrome? Sure a few. A beautiful park? Certainly that’s a great reason. But for the most part it’s an atmosphere of…
Manchester City Marathon 2017
Pam Provencher’s big triple-digit half marathon day! Way to go, Pam I was happy to have shared at least a couple of races with you. I signed up for this race when Clarence DeMar was threatening to cancel due to heat. Instead today’s race was 30 degrees at the start. Fortunately no bone-chilling wind. Hills…
Marshall University Marathon 2017
In 1970, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 returning from a football game clipped a stand of trees and crashed just outside Huntington, West Virginia, killing the entire Marshall University football team, the coaching staff, several boosters and a crew of 4. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the story of the town would be the…