Why aren’t you running? The original plan was to participate in the Revel Kulia marathon Saturday on the island of Hawai’i (aka the big island), hop a flight to Maui and do the Maui Oceanfront Marathon on Sunday. That was before I realized plantar fasciitis had kind of turned me into a hobbling mess after…
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Millinocket Marathon 2019
Millinocket, Maine, USA Strava Link Garmin Link State 49 for the 3rd round The original plan for Millinocket was a quick trip. Fly in, run, fly out. With a flight leaving out of Bangor, one hour South of Millinocket at 2:50pm. Then I realized the race started at 10am. Ooops. So I figured I’ll still…
Seattle Quad Day 4 2019 (Seattle Marathon)
Seattle, Washington, USA 01-DEC-2019 Strava Link Garmin Link 5th Washington BLT After 2 days of healing up and site-seeing in Seattle I was ready to have another go at the marathon. I trundled up to the start line in the shadow of the Space Needle from my hotel in Queen Anne a few blocks away…
Baltimore Marathon 2019
19-OCT-2019 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Lifetime BLT #227 Strava Link Garmin Link I returned to the Baltimore Marathon this year with my race wife, Amy, and a whole passel of friends since the race would officially be a 50 State Marathon Club reunion location. The only thing notable about our outbound journey is that I was…
Steamtown Marathon 2019
13-OCT-2019 Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA BLT #45 for 2019 Strava Link Garmin Link Swag. In the context of a marathon the word usually means there’s dust collectors for you to take home (a towel, a mug, a pint glass, a water bottle, a sweatshirt, whatever). The Steamtown marathon has swag in the urban dictionary sense of…
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 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….
Manitoba Marathon 2019
Country 17 completed at the Manitoba marathon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a flat meandering course that seems to pass all the major landmarks in town and finishes in the University of Manitoba stadium (Go Bisons! Pedantic aside: Yes, I am aware that the plural of “Bison” is in fact “Bison”. It would seem that they…
Maratón Internacional de Panamá 2018
Marathon country #12 done at the Maratón Internacional de Panamá in Ciudad de Panamá. Warm towards the end, but mostly flat with a view of the Casco Viejo, turning around at the Maracana (soccer stadium) headed back through the central business district, Panama Viejo (the original 1519 settlement of Panama) and some condo developments in…