334 Days Until Race Day
Once the running bug hit me, I became borderline addicted to racing. 5k, 10k, 8k, half marathon, marathon, trail, road, ultra, etc I didn’t care. Get me an entry & let me race! Then 2016…
Read MoreOnce the running bug hit me, I became borderline addicted to racing. 5k, 10k, 8k, half marathon, marathon, trail, road, ultra, etc I didn’t care. Get me an entry & let me race! Then 2016…
Read MoreRace Day Eve Revel’s Mt Charleston Marathon 2018 was the third time they had held this event. So far, I have ran every year the race has existed, which is a pretty cool streak to…
Here we go, this weekend is the 3rd Revel Mt Charleston Marathon, in the oasis in the desert, Las Vegas! Most runners will taper from high mileage weeks, down to race day in a rather…
It wasn’t until Facebook’s “Memories” popped up that I realized something very interesting. April 14th has been a fateful day for me, when it comes to firsts. My running progress has surprised me, and I…
Runners, get ready; there is a hair over two months left until we race Revel Mt Charleston 2017! I have not gone this long between races in far longer than I can remember. Racing often…
There is a saying among runners, “Spring PRs are forged in winter.” For many people, it takes a special dose of dedication to continue running throughout the cold, snow, ice-filled months. When I lived in…
I really want to get a lot more racing in for 2017. This will be difficult for a few reasons, one of which is the limited number of races in this area. Another reason is,…
My desire waned to run more full marathons after my less than stellar 2016 running of the TCS NYC Marathon. Granted, I know part of that was due to other circumstances causing my training to…
TCS NYC Marathon: Experiencing The Five Boroughs of NYC, A 2nd Time Part 2 of 2: My alarms went off on time, not that I needed them. Sleeping the night before 2016’s TCS NYC Marathon…
Part 1 of 2: There is a train of thought among runners, that a marathon is not the 26.2 miles you run on race day, but it is the thousands of miles, the sacrifices of…
Here we are, eleven days out from my second attempt at running New York City’s five boroughs. Last year, I nailed my time goal by almost a minute. This year, I had high hopes of…
Since June, I have been in the Inland Pacific Northwest, for home, for work, for good. So many changes have been happening, keeping up with updates has not been a primary task. Despite the fact…
There are a few things that make the Crater Lake Marathon unique. One such item is their registration process. Runners must mail a physical entry form & a check to cover your entry fee via…
In 2015, I ran the Ogden Marathon for the first time at the suggestion of a friend. He was talking about how amazingly scenic, and fast this course was. Offering me a guaranteed entry code,…
What do you do when an inaugural race is being held a short drive from your home, with the potential for a serious PR? Why, you enter it, of course! It, in this case, being…