Another year, another promise to cut back on the marathoning. Each year I’ve said this I find myself hitting a new personal MILEstone for record number of marathons run in a calendar year. But this year may be different. I’ve already resisted registering for two races so far. TWO! The other thing I’m trying to […]
A quick post-mortem on the Savage Seven (2016 – 2017): My name’s in the paper! And online! Right HERE. *** Chuck hasn’t posted the results to the official website but I’ve done a “meaningless stats chart” from my daily Facebook posts and blog entries. Consider them “unofficial” until or if they post the times. What […]
The end is the beginning; the beginning is the end. It’s the dawn of another year and to kick it off, I was out in Ocala before the sun rose. I opted to join the 5 AM start which meant my alarm went off at 2:30 AM, a mere few hours after Mariah Carey dropped […]
This is a far from exhaustive list of a few personal MILEstones for 2016: Most marathons run in a single year: 64 Longest stretch of consecutive race days: 10 races in 9 days, with 8 marathons over 8 days Qualified for Boston New PR: 3:05:27 Accepted into Boston Marathon 2017 New7Wonders of the World Visited: […]
It was a cold, cold morning in Ocala, and it got colder with every mile I drove closer to the start line. The one saving grace was that there was a stillness in the air; had there been a buffeting windchill it would have been really brutal. As it was, I was chilled throughout the […]
Runner’s Log: Loopsylvania, Loops 16 – 20. Frank, who celebrated his 800th marathon at Monday’s event, took a moment this morning to acknowledge Lauree (I think that’s how she spells it — there’s two “E”s I know). Lauree/Loree was celebrating her 50th marathon days before her 50th birthday on January 5th. She also was running […]
It was a rough day in Loopaloosa… er, I mean Ocala. Here’s a headline that maybe never made it into the pages of Runners World because it’s obvious to most but wasn’t apparently to me: leftover Christmas cookies and a box of white wine do NOT make for a good recovery plan. Last night’s indulgences […]
Nine times. That’s how many times I had near misses on my drive back from Ocala today. Nine times. From cars running red lights, to not using turn signals to shift lanes or make turns, to merging with impunity and disregard for lanes or cars, to zipping in and out of lanes within inches of […]
I’m afraid all we’ve done is awoken a lumbering giant. Not a slumbering one — a lumbering one. Because big freakin’ cement shoes and dis-graceful plodding were the order of the day. Yesterday before leaving I asked what time the start was looking to be. The general advice I got was to assume it was […]
The alarm went off at 3 AM this morning. Happy boxing day, Kevin. Little did I realize just how many rounds I’d be going with the world. I stopped at a light before getting on the the Florida Turnpike to head for Ocala. The FL Turnpike is billed as Florida’s Less-Stress Way as means of […]