It’s been a tough few days of “training.” There’s been a lot more walking than I’d like during my “runs.” Yesterday for example there was at least a third of the distance done at Walking Dead Shuffle pace. Still, I’m going to call my shot for this weekend. Sometimes you gotta aim high, higher than […]
Ugh. Why do I always fall for this? The folks at the Pittsburgh Marathon posted this with regards to parking for the race on Sunday: Two hours early? Man… I’m so gullible and paranoid. I just know I’m going to go and park MORE THAN 2 HOURS EARLY to ensure I don’t have an issue. […]
It’s become de rigueur to see a supporter sign at races proclaiming, “May The Course Be With You.” I appreciate ANY support and any signs… but as a Star Wars kid from a long time ago in a town far, far away, I have a special place in my heart for LucasFilm signage. Today is, […]
I’m a planner. Like John “Hannibal” Smith, I love it when a plan comes together. I have a detailed Excel spreadsheet with race registrations and travel details from now until the Dopey Challenge in January. So I shouldn’t be surprised to get this kind of email: And yet, even though I am looking at some […]
It’s official. I officially use that word too much. Hell, this website is billed as the Official Running Website of Kevin S. Hanna. The other day, Nathan’s was officially named the official hot dog of Major League Baseball (but you know who ISN’T referred to in the “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” lyrics? […]
I was sorting through some old memories, paperwork, boxes, and artifacts of another life. It’s stuff from when I was younger, a lot of it stuff that perhaps never should have been revisited or saved… though there’s just enough, “hey! I’m glad I have this still!” to make me not just throw the lot out […]
Post-Script As Prelude: I had hoped to try and convey the experience with a recreation of the running internal discussion that happened during the 26.2 miles. But like my race itself, it fails. But it is what it is… so maybe it DOES capture the experience. That’s probably just rationalization talking. At least I can […]
I wasn’t the only one who used McKinley High as the GPS input. Arriving at the school, a number of us saw this sandwich board telling us we were at the wrong place. A caravan of lost souls crossed town to the expo. They say they’ve had a registration explosion this year – 7000 runners […]
I’m going to try and do a three-quarter assed post tomorrow summarizing the internal dialogue that happened as I ran the Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon today. I’m not sure which voice was the devil and which the angel of cartoon lore; perhaps real life is not so binary. But I think it’ll be […]
It’s 4:30 am. The Q70 bus should have been here by now. The bus after that bus should have been here by now as they’re supposed to come every 20 minutes. I’ve been standing here for 30. I made the decision to duck out of a delightful post show drinks and dinner chat to try […]