12-OCT-2019 Hartford, Connecticut, USA State 45 for 3rd round Strava Link Garmin Link This week was the beginning of my “make my smartphone a dumb phone” project, and as a result I was completely unprepared for traffic on 95 to the airport. I nearly missed my flight, were it not for lightning on the runway….
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Wineglass Marathon 2019
06-OCT-2019 Corning, New York, USA Gary’s 50th state Strava Link Garmin Link I first met Gary in West Virginia at the Marshall University Marathon. We were running at about the same pace, and I had noticed his Ironman tattoo on his calf. I’m always impressed by the Ironman folks. I mean it’s all I can…
2019 Berlin Marathon
29-SEP-2019 Berlin, Berlin State, Germany 3rd German BLT, 7 continents in 258 days Strava Link Garmin Link When I began the year in January I was headed to Antarctica for the White Continent 50k to complete the last of the continents. Of course when one goal finishes a new one (or often two or three)…
2019 Maratón de Buenos Aires
22-SEP-2019 Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Country #19 Strava Link Garmin Link I attempted to get to Buenos Aires last year with Kevin and bad weather in the Dallas area prevented us from being able to catch our connecting flight. This year Buenos Aires was the location for the Marathon Globetrotters‘ Annual…
2019 North Umpqua Trail 50k
07-SEP-2019 Roseburg, Oregon, USA Calendar Year BLT #40 Strava Link Garmin Link My third attempt at Oregon this year finally succeeded. The first attempt (the Bend Marathon) I missed due to weather related flight delays. Just as well, since apparently the course was short this year and it would have been a long training run….
Pocatello Marathon 2019
31-AUG-2019 Pocatello, Idaho, USA Lifetime BLT 220 Strava Link Garmin Link What to say about the Pocatello Marathon that I haven’t covered in the previous two race reports? It remains my favorite Idaho marathon. For a town of about 50,000 people it seems to get an outsized number of volunteers. This little town seems to…
Nebraska State Fair Marathon 2019
24-AUG-2019 Grand Island, Nebraska, USA 42nd State for Round 3 Strava Link Garmin Link I arrived to Wichita (about 4 hours away from Grand Island, but it was the best deal I could find) just before midnight. An uneventful drive to Grand Island where I met up with Andy, Gary, and Gaby who had been…
2019 Anchorage Runfest 49k
Anchorage, Alaska, USA 8th ultramarathon state Strava Link Garmin Link Saturday 3pm Pacific I’m in SeaTac Airport getting ready to board and it dawns on me “I’m going to miss packet pickup.” Frantically I text and call anyone I can think of. I hadn’t anticipated the degree to which abandoning the Book of Faces would…
Humboldt Bay Marathon 2019
11-AUG-2019 Eureka, California, USA BLT 51 in the last 365 days Garmin Link Strava Link The original plan was to double this weekend with the Crater Lake Rim Marathon in Klamath Falls, Oregon, but a late arrival to PDX coupled with me starting to fall asleep on the 4.5 hour drive in the middle of…