Big Long Thing #15 for calendar year 2019, and state 31 for the 3rd time through the states done today at the Georgia Marathon. A moderately hilly big city marathon last every single post-secondary school in the Atlanta except Emory University. Some course changes since the last time I did it. Namely they took out…
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Raccoon Mountain Marathon 2019
What in all of hell was that?! I had my 4th worst “just a marathon” time today at Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga. The race was challenging (2238 ft elevation gain), and I’m injured (a number of places but most painfully my left glute since Hawai’i) but I really don’t have an explanation for why I…
Revel Kulia 2019
My 13th BLT of 2019 and Evil Twin’s 50th State complete at Revel Kulia in Waikoloa, HI. A windy day on a 5,000 ft net drop point to point course starting in 40 degree weather and finishing in the 80s mostly on the shoulder of an active roadway. Great support and while I don’t care…
Tokyo Marathon 2019
BLT 193, country 15 complete at the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo, Japan. A 4:07 finish on a cold and rainy day on a relatively flat, but crowded course here in Tokyo. Very well supported road race through the more central special wards of Shinjuku, Chiyoda, Taito, Sumida, Koto, Chuo, and Minato Cities. Tokyo, it should…
Red Rock Canyon Marathon 2019
Due to the recent snow in Vegas the regularly scheduled marathon course was replaced with a looped course. 3000 feet of climbing made this feel like endless hill work. A beautiful course, but I was bored by mile 8. Add to that a sinus infection and today was a rough day. Fun fact: Fredrick Smith,…
A1A Marathon 2019
Big Long Thing #10 for 2019 at the Fort Lauderdale A1A marathon, my hometown throw down. This year in addition to the usual cast of local characters oodles of marathon maniacs joined us. It was great to see so many people, but I’m afraid I was slow or thoughtless with the camera and missed several…
Mercedes Marathon 2019
Big long thing number 190, at the Mercedes-Benz Marathon in Birmingham Alabama. A modestly hilly double loop course through Birmingham, the Pittsburgh of the south. The course was very well supported, and I managed to goof off a little bit and see friends. So basically I won. Birmingham seems to be a city on the…
Mississippi River Marathon 2019
Big Long Thing Number 189 at the Mississippi River Marathon a point to point road marathon from Lake Village, Arkansas across the Mississippi River to Greenville, Mississippi. It was a cold, windy, overcast day that made miles 8-22 an endless slog against a biting wind. I set a goal of 4 hours and missed it…
Sun Marathon 2019
7th BLT of 2019 at the apparently ironically named “Sun Marathon.” A chilly morning gathered around a few fire pits trading stories with John G Lent and then the point to point, net down hill race through southwest Utah began. Several good rollers but nothing intolerable, all under cloudy skies with light on and off…