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First, congratulations to Halbert Walston on his 200th marathon. After years of conflicts I finally got the chance to try the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati. The much ballyhooed “hills” were little to write home about. It is a moderately hilly marathon (less than Mad, Atlanta, San Francisco, but more than Pittsburgh and New York)…

Please forgive while I brag on my childhood neighbor’s first marathon today at the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio. Joseph R. Elder somehow found time to train while working a more than full time job and raising two kids. Apparently he fell in with the wrong crowd on a Z Adventures cruise and caught…

Marathon #13 for calendar year 2017, and my 17th double or more at the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio. A nice suburban marathon on road and bike trail. Slightly chilly, well organized, pretty race, with some light roller hills. It has all the makings of a fast race. Today was an okay performance, a…