Now I Have To Tell You… It’s An Incredibly Complex Issue. Nobody knew how complicated the sub-3 hour moonshot would be. There were no dogs today… but I was well off a sub-3 hour pace. Doing the math, I need to run 9 miles per hour, or 6:40 minute miles for the 26.2 mile distance. […]
What’s the old chestnut? If it was the other way round THEN it’d be news? HEADLINE: Dogs Bite Man. And yeah, it was two dogs. And I’m the man. And I guess that’s not all that uncommon – as I said above, had I bitten two dogs, well, maybe that’s worth reporting. But what about […]
There’s been a lot of buzz recently both in runner’s circles and the mainstream press about Nike’s sponsored “Moon Shot.” Bringing to bear science, technology, and talent, Nike and three runners sought to break the sub-2 hour marathon barrier. Working for over a year on nutrition, shoes, course conditions, pacing, the team announced the big […]
I need to be careful not to write when I’m angry, upset, or tired or a combination thereof. Last night while I was trapped in an airport layover, I dashed off the following to the Pittsburgh Marathon organizers and submitted via their “Contact Us” website form. I was upset (still am) about the 90 minute […]
After numerous false starts on the organizers part, they finally posted the link to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon photos from the 2017 race.
Forged in the sleepless air travel, an album of photos from the Pittsburgh Marathon. I tried uploading the images as a WordPress Photo Gallery (TM) so I think if you click on them they embiggen biggly.
At mile 24, I stopped to have a handful of Herr’s salted pretzels. Those pretzels made thirsty and I needed to walk while gulping down some H2O. The clock doesn’t always reflect the time spent. And the photos predominantly involve essaying antic dispositions and are culled from the chaff of too many entirely bad shots. […]
I suppose it’s good that the rain percentages are down… I finally drifted off to sleep around 3-ish. My alarm went off at 4 to allow time to get parked per Pittsburgh’s warnings/instructions. It’s not going to be a good day. So says the mirror as a bleary eyed, weathered and weary faces stares back […]
I’ve been here before… time after time… the Orlando Airport. I’ve been to the destination of this morning’s flight before too… and recently at that. Last week I flew in and out of Pittsburgh to run the Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon in Canton, OH. I’m back… back again this weekend to run the […]
I took a time out from Facebook. In deactivating the account for a week I hoped to recharge my social tolerance. There’s a lot of noise in the world, both in real life and in virtual realms. Having re-established the conn room to the social network, I am inundated with matters of import and insignificance… […]