Stray photos from the Big Beach Marathon in Gulf Shores, AL. It was a tough day, a day when I felt defeated and deflated and unable to run. The closing miles were 11, 12 minute miles or more. I would run 30 seconds and then wave off the speed, struggling to even put one foot […]
It was a different time, a faster time. January 2013: *** January 2018: Older, Slower, Wetter.
This photo kinda sums up the day. Despite the rain stopping before the race start, it was a bad, bad day for me and a bad, bad run. My heart just wasn’t in it. The physical and mental issues are tough enough but if your heart’s not in it… well, it’s a really hard 26.2 […]
I’m wet, tired, and not at my best. This therefore will be a short, short update before I grab some dinner and curl up under the covers. On a positive note, the medical crucible of running the Mississippi Blues Marathon has burned off SOME of the germs that plague me. I’m still sick but maybe […]
January 26, 2018 Stray thoughts from a 10 hour, 43 minute drive to Jackson, MS: My hands are at 10 and 2, and as I check my rearview mirror every 13 seconds like Mr. Marion instructed us at Valley High during a half-term Highway Safety course, I catch sight of my new haircut… and specifically […]
I’m sick. I’ve been sick forever. Well, maybe just for 24 hours or so. But that’s just so far. I’m never going to be well again! I’m wallowing! This is awful! I’m a terrible sick person — I’m pretty nasty in general but man when I’m sick I’m absolutely a terror. Some might say I’m […]
The weather for this weekend’s double has both improved for Sunday but gotten worse for Saturday. Rain, unquestionable rain for Jackson. Considerable Cloudiness, says the Weather Channel, for Sunday in Gulf Shores, AL. But that’s better than yesterday’s forecast of thunderstorms. I should also note that both temperatures featured prominently above represent the highs for […]
I just googlemapped the basic route for this weekend’s road trip: It’s the first ever Blues2Beach Back2Back Challenge: Saturday: Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson, MS Sunday: Big Beach Marathon in Gulf Shores, AL So that 1456 total trip mileage listed on google maps should probably read 1508.4 miles.
It’s always a bit of a thrill for me to see my name up on marathonguide.com in the results write-up: It’s perhaps a silly thing to get excited about… like when I was excited to get my name in the phone book, only to realize that just meant telemarketers had an easier time ringing me […]
This morning, I ran the Clearwater Distance Classic Marathon in 3:15:26, 26 seconds over a BQ time: On the plus side, thanks in part to the two prior years’ events being cancelled at the last minute, the field was apparently quite small. How do I know this? Besides the bib numbers topping out at 1700 […]