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…
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Miami Marathon 2019
Another Miami Marathon. Rain stayed in check mostly, some winds but not bad. There was a course change this year effectively reversing the direction of the last 13 miles from previous years. I don’t know how I feel about that change. Instinct is that I liked the old way, but that may be me just…
Skydive Ultra 50k 2019
Skydive Ultra 50k in Clewiston, Florida. A looped course around an airfield and sugarcane fields just south of Lake Okeechobee. A few words about logistics because that was something I had a lot of difficulty understanding until I had shown up today: each distance on offer (200 miles, 150 mile, 100 miles, 50 mile, 50…
Spring Hill Marathon Mania 2019
BLT #183 at Spring Hill Marathon Mania in Spring Hill, FL. A Florida-flat out and back course on the Suncoast bicycle trail in Hernando and Pasco Counties. The good: This was a cheap race when I paid for it in 2018. When I was a no-show last year due to injury/depression The race director took…
Wild Azalea Trail 27 Miler 2019
25th State for the 3rd go around done at the Wild Azalea Trail 27 miler today in the Kisatchie National Forest near Alexandria, Louisiana. An up and down trail race through Forest Service land, the course had to be modified due to the shutdown no permits would be granted for common gathering areas. One of…
HUFF 50k 2018
Lifetime Big, Long Thing (Marathon or longer) #181 completed at the Hoosier Ultra Frigid Fifty (50k) in Chain O’Lakes State Park in Albion, Indiana. A chilly but tolerable day for December in Northern Indiana (Overcast with a high of 31) made this two loop course with about 2300 feet of elevation gain a nice workout…
Jacksonville Marathon 2018 and Jungle Bell Jog
Andy’s birthday marathon, Cade’s 250th, a PR for Kevin, and even me—the Grinch—in a Santa suit for a 5k. It was a full weekend at the Jacksonville Marathon and the Jingle Bell Jog 5k with fellow Frontrunners and Amy. The rain held off at Jacksonville and it was its typical flat suburban course on a…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon 2018
Year to date big long thing #25 completed at the Mississippi gulf coast marathon in Biloxi, Mississippi. Chilly and overcast, on a super flat course along the beach. The only hill was an overpass with a wicked camber in the last 2 miles. Last year this race was too short because of a turnaround. Having…
Rehoboth Seashore Marathon 2018
Alicja’s 50th State. She was hit by a car in California, threatened with a missile strike in Hawaii, and nearly drown in Vermont. So glad I could be here for it at the Rehoboth Seashore Marathon in Delaware. The course is a flat but interesting mix of road, dirt, some boardwalk in the park and…