Earth Day. Seemed like as good a day as any to do the Forrest Gump virtual half marathon I signed up for during this Covid-19 mess. Quick note on the above: the swag may be shipped for free, but the swag itself wasn’t free. But I get what they mean. There have been a lot […]
In solidarity with the running community, I thought I’d get up early today and run a marathon. It’s Boston Marathon 2020 (original) day after all. The COVID-19 situation has prompted the race to be postponed for now until September. But I thought wouldn’t it be a good idea to run “Boston Strong” today? But aches […]
In October of 2015, I had scheduled a tight weekend of running. Saturday I would run the Petrified Forest Marathon out in Arizona and then fly back that night to run the inaugural Cocoa Beach Half Marathon in Florida. The latter was inspired by the setting of I Dream of Jeannie and going to feature […]
Well, this is another fine mess I’ve made. I don’t even have a straight man to my bumbling ways to make it seem like a comedy routine. It’s just a screwup. A few days ago I signed up for a virtual run because: a) it was cheap — $29 including a medal and shirt shipped […]
It was going to be a sub-3 hour effort. I was hoping to break 3 for the first time ever. The course was a massive downhill and it seemed like an opportunity not to be missed. So I paid the exorbitant fee for a Revel race, famed for their PR and BQ friendly courses. But […]
The stars at night were big and bright… but I was NOT deep in the heart of Texas. As the Irving Marathon was cancelled (technically changed to a virtual run), my weekend plans to fly into Dallas and see some friends between running didn’t quite pan out. So me being me… I went for my […]
The coronavirus, aka Covid-19, has wreaked havoc on the globe. It’s a pandemic and it’s a major stress on people, places, markets, institutions, and just about every facet of life as we know it. It is not a hoax. It is not going away anytime soon. But we do our best, united, standing together… albeit […]
Google Translation: We are also in trend! We are also in trend! But seriously, in connection with the latest decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers and Kharkiv City Council, we are forced to transfer Avantazh Kharkiv International Marathon for Autumn 2020. Of course, our team does not consider the event cancellation option. All member registrations […]
It’s not funny. The world is in a panic. And the Trump Administration is seemingly less effective than a little Dutch boy standing before the crumbling dam. But in a gallows humor kind of way, it’s funny that even with the 30-day(*) travel ban from Europe, a ban imposed unilaterally and without consultation with others […]
The Tokyo Marathon had elites only. Hong Kong cancelled outright. Rome cancelled. Paris postponed to the fall. I’ve run all of those in past years and it was a bummer to know folks who had been training and looking forward to running them missed out this year. I was actually kind of surprised LA went […]