Marathon CDMX in Ciudad Mexico, Mexico of course complete, and my 7th country. Have you ever had everything go so well only to have it completely ruined in the end? That was the case with this race. Not my performance, it was a train wreck from the beginning, but the marathon itself was great, lots…
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Swan Lake Marathon 2015
14-JUN-2019 Viborg, South Dakota, USA State 38. Hot, humid day. Did a lot of talking and walking on what is a boring course at a Christian Camp. Fun fact: South Dakota is the home of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota tribes, which make up the Sioux Nation.
Marathon to Marathon 2015
13-JUN-2015 Marathon, Iowa, USA State 37. Moderate temp, very humid. Fun fact: Quaker, in Cedar Rapids, is the world’s largest cereal company. Not so fun fact: Today is the day 6 years ago when my dad died. I very much miss him, but it made me very clear-eyed about the people, things, and activities that…
Rockford Marathon 2015
31-MAY-2015 Rockford, Illinois, USA Rockford Marathon is in the files. State 36, Illinois, the institutional corruption state–er, Land of Lincoln. Fun fact: Rockford is known as the Screw City. Read that however you like.
Med City Marathon 2015
24-MAY-2015 Rochester, Minnesota, USA State 35, Minnesota, the Gopher State. Med City Marathon in Rochester (home of the Mayo Clinic), cold and wet, rough race for me today. Fun fact: Minneapolis has a skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown, which makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going…
Tobacco Road Marathon 2015
15-MAR-2015 Cary, North Carolina, USA It’s March, and that can mean only one thing in North Carolina: Tobacco Road Marathon! Just beat 4 Hours for state 25. Fun fact: founded in 1789, UNC is the oldest state university in the US. We won’t be discussing Notre Dame.