I’m flying up to Beantown tomorrow so I’ll start posting 2017 Boston Marathon pics then. Today though – shots from the 2012 race. Five years.  Man.

Five years ago I was running for Boston Children’s Hospital at the 116th Annual Boston Marathon. In a few days, I’ll be at the 121st Annual Boston Marathon expo, a little heavier and with a few more miles on the ol’ odometer.

Boston Marathon Memories: In 2012, The Boston Marathon was the culmination of my quest to run the 50 states. It was a primary selling point for fundraising to help support my bib sponsor, Boston Children’s Hospital. It was also a celebration point for family and friends — Meg customized cowbells to give to people, both […]

The final countdown is on! That regionalist of regional holidays, Patriots’ Day, is in seven days. And that means the granddaddy of the US Marathon scene, the Boston Marathon, is in 7 days. I last ran there five years ago on a charity bib for Boston Children’s Hospital (and I really owe my patient partner […]

I’ve been here before… on the wings of a demon! I know I’ve used that misquote before for a runkevinrun post… maybe multiple times. It’s an indictment of my limitations and shortcomings as a writer that I recycle and reuse things. But that may be befitting for this phrase, a bastardization of a line from […]

It all comes rushing back now. My Tulsa based lawyer and running pal Jim said he thought the Hogeye Marathon course was boring… and I think he may have undersold it. To be fair, after the 40th anniversary race last year they moved the start out of Fayetteville and into Springdale, AR, so it’s a […]

The Boston Marathon is in 10 days. I suppose it’s time to taper… so I’m headed to Fayetteville, AR, for their Hogeye Marathon tomorrow. En route to pickup a rental car in Tulsa for the drive, I’m connecting via St Louis. Feel free to make your own arch comment. ZING! *** Tulsa. Ten years or […]

I either forgot to “stop” it or I had neglected to charge it for a few days. Or both. Or neither. Whatever the “how” it came to pass, the reality was my Garmin had no juice. The GPS watch had no get up and go… and the whole morning neither did I. But at that […]

I need to get a visa for Madagascar.  They don’t accept personal checks fr credit cards and instead want cashier checks or money orders. An MO costs $8 at the bank, $1.25 at the Post Office, or 70 cents at Wal-Mart. I went to Wal-Mart… albeit I just googled area prices and apparently Safeway grocery […]