I’ve been meaning to pick up a ticket to the Hollywood Bowl while I’m in Los Angeles. Checking the seat prices online, Ticketmaster wanted a $5.50 “convenience fee” on top of the $14 back of the bowl ticket price. That’s a 39.2+% convenience fee. Today then I detoured my running route and added a stop […]
It’s been a jetlag crazed, mileage scrounging, setback fueled few days back in the City of Angels. There’s a variety of reasons I’m trying to cut this place from my traveling routine, not the least of which is that I’ve nearly been hit by motorists and bicyclists every single run I’ve gone out for since […]
Part of this was cross posted on Facebook today. Original Text: On our recent flight back from the Big Five Marathon, Mom and I watched EDDIE THE EAGLE. As a result, Mom wanted to get a supporter shirt like Eddie’s mum rocks in the film. I decided to get an equally supportive one for me. […]
For the big marathon adventure tour things, I try and collate an index of the postings under the TOURS menu option. I just finished uploading the mostly proofread and photo-enhanced posts from the Big Five Marathon. You can see the index and read the posts in date order by clicking on the bib below:
I was incredibly honored to be asked by Mainly Marathons if I was okay with being featured in the July 2016 Runner Spotlight. Okay? I’m thrilled to be included in such amazing company. George Rose sent me a message with some questions to answer that he was going to use for the piece. I was […]
June 28, 2016 – Out of Africa Veronica was very clear — we were being picked up at 5:30 via a Land Rover for the half hour drive to the gate. There we’d board a minibus for the drive to Johannesburg airport departing at 6 am. And that’s what happened. But unfortunately, Lakeside was apparently […]
June 27, 2016 – The Last Game Drive It had been a leisurely morning. Intermittent Internet access, food, and Coke Zeroes as we waited for the other folks to return from their white lion zoo-Ian excursion. Following lunch, we went back to our room to pack up for the early morning shuttle to the airport. […]
June 26, 2016 – Celebrating in Plain Sight “He’s right there!” Adam says. “Near the Y-shaped tree!” “I don’t see him,” I say, scanning the South African savannah in front of the Land Rover. “Do you see the tree?” Gibson the ranger asks me. “I see A LOT of trees,” indicating the bush before us, […]
June 25, 2016 – The Big Five Marathon There’s a charity challenge at some marathons wherein a runner is the very last person to cross the starting line. For every person he or she passes on the course, a dollar or five dollars or some amount is donated by the sponsor to a charitable organization. […]
June 24, 2016 – A Three Hour Tour Entebani means “place of mountains.” And they ain’t kidding. Today we had the route inspection tour wherein a caravan of Toyota Land Rovers (note: I may have previously incorrectly identified them as Range Rovers) took us kilometer by kilometer of the entire marathon course. The whole thing […]