Marathon or longer number 49 for the year, at the Honolulu Marathon, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin–er, Honolulu, Hawai’i. First, congrats to my friends Margaret Tollner and Michael Rhodes for finishing their 50th state this weekend, and many thanks to Tom Craven, Maniac extraordinaire, for hosting me and keeping me out of hours of traffic and parking…
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The Texas Quad 2016
Big, Long Things Number 44, 45, 46, and 47 for the year at the Texas Quad in Dallas this Thanksgiving weekend. Only 5 more to go before New Year. Loops are a lot more fun when you’ve got your friends to hang with. Despite being pretty chatty I stuck to my plan to get faster…
Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon 2016
Year-to-date Big Long Thing #43 The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee. A notoriously hilly marathon (about twice as hilly as the Jerusalem Marathon) in the Percy Warner Park which is known to be inhabited by a rare breed of flying monkey who feasts upon the blood, sweat, and tears of participants. In…
White River Marathon 2016
Year-to-date Big Long Thing #42 the White River Marathon in Cotter, Arkansas. This race benefits Kenyans, but not in the usual sort of way, one of them who just happens to run REALLY fast. It was a pleasant double-looped course along a portion of the White River with a very generous cut off. Cool weather…
Azalea (FL) 24 Hour Race 2016
Big, Long Thing (26.2+) #41 for the year, the Azalea 24-Hour Race in Ravine Gardens State Park in Palatka, Florida. The concept: race starts at 8 AM, you keep going until 24 hours later, or you don’t care to go anymore. Course is a 2 mile loop, plenty of opportunity to visit the aid stations…
New York City Marathon 2016
The New York City Marathon, in, of all places, New York City a 4:06. Beat my previous NYC time by about 5 minutes. I’ll take it. Had a hope of sub4 until the last 3 miles. Story of my life. Where was this time in the last 6? Oh well. Fun fact: New York City…
Marine Corps Marathon 2016
Triple Double (two marathons each weekend, three consecutive weekends) completed at the Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia. The worst of the six. I’ll do the math on them later and lick my wounds, but suffice to say I did not meet my time goal, and I spent most of the race telling myself all…
Silver Comet Marathon 2016
The Silver Comet Marathon in Mableton, Georgia. My 25th state for the second time through the states. Another rough day with no one to blame but myself. Anyway, here’s some pictures and a fun fact. Fun fact: Atlanta is on the Eastern continental divide. East of the divide waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean, west…
Atlantic City Marathon 2016
Double weekend number two completed. The Atlantic City Marathon in New Jersey. The good news is that I was very consistent with yesterday. The bad news is that I was very consistent with yesterday. No more than six seconds slower per mile today. A flat, fairly uninspiring course with some wind, but otherwise perfect conditions….