2019’s first marathon was auspiciously inauspicious… or maybe it was inauspiciously auspicious-ish. The Swamp Forest Trail Marathon actually offered a number of distances depending on the number of loops of the course one did. There was a 10K(-ish) for one loop, a half(-ish) for two loops, a marathon-ish at 4 loops, and a 50K(-ish) if […]
I still can’t figure out if it’s New Year’s Day or New Years Day. I think it’s possessive — The Day that Belongs To The New Year. I’m going with that but it’s like my ongoing inability to decide if it is supposed to be Season’s Greetings or Seasons Greetings. I think it’s again supposed […]
It’s New Year’s Eve. Let me first say, I think all of the best stories in life don’t just “start”… they “begin.” I thought I had a pretty great beginning with Sarah (with an “H” as it turns out). I had help from various people across the globe, people I knew, people I didn’t. And […]
Whoops. I goofed. I awoke this morning in a panic sweat, mumbling through the memory of REM, “Idiot! It’s not 2019 YET!” Turns out I put the wrong year on the Run Elf Run graphic and said it was Run Elf Run 2019. Of course, it’s still 2018. My only defense is that I very […]
This elf has been on a steady diet from the four food groups — candy, candy corn, cotton candy, and syrup. And because of that, a running I must go. Hey! It’s Mickey Santa! I know him! *** Got one honk and a few waves from passersby. Not a bad haul for this elf on […]
What’s next? Inevitably it’s the question asked when you reach an ending. Senior year of high school – what’s next? College, job, military service, a gap year? What’s next? Quitting a job – what’s next? Got something lined up? Writing the great American novel? The great Australian novel? Dating somebody? What’s next? Marriage? Kids? Break […]
I had promised friends and family that I’d cut back in 2018. And technically I did. 1/7/2018 Disney World Marathon 1/13/2018 Museum of Aviation Foundation Marathon 1/14/2018 First Light Marathon 1/21/2018 Clearwater Marathon (formerly the Florida Gulf Beaches Marathon) 1/27/2018 Mississippi Blues Marathon 1/28/2018 Big Beach Marathon 2/4/2018 Surf City Marathon 2/23/2018 Tel Aviv Marathon […]
Given the season, the best way to sum up today might be this clip from “A Christmas Story” (1983): What had started out so well, ended off the rails. And while that may be a bit of a mouthful, it also could very well be the title of my autobiography. I’ve run Jacksonville before. You […]
I’ve long been a fan of Raiders: The Adaptation. It’s a shot-for-shot remake of the original Indiana Jones adventure, made by a group of friends in the 1980s over seven summers of adolescence. There was just one scene they couldn’t do. Well, honestly, they could have — they were amazingly inventive and creative and just […]