With the hectic past 12 months, my race schedule has been reduced significantly. In 2016, I raced quite often, going so far as to complete four full marathons in five weeks. Then came the move,…
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It’s been a little while since I have taken the time to write another blog entry. The past 4 months have been filled with so much that I didn’t stop to write here. As of…
My 2016 Year in Review 2016 was definitely a crazy year for me! My 2016 year in review spans a wide gamut of activities, and emotions. I started 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ended…
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,…
Another one of those lottery races, where someone said, “hey Christian, you should enter this lottery, let’s run the race together” – unlike New York, where my friend was not fortunate enough to get a…
I have ran many races, and many races multiple times. For 2016, my third consecutive Sand Hollow Marathon effort was going to happen. Despite the number of races that have kept me busy the first…
March 8, 2016 – A day 82,000+ runners had been anxiously awaiting. This was the day the New York Road Runners club ran their electronic lottery for entry into the 2016 running of New York…
Aside from a few announcements I can’t make just yet, my credit card was just charged for the 2016 TCS NYC Marathon!!! This year, I hope to do it as I have done no other…