I ran in a new pair of shoes. They’re actually a year or so old, just new from my closet but my heel is wonky now. Not sure if the shoes aren’t right for my severe overpronation problem, if they’re just disintegrating from having been stored too long (shoes are like produce — they rot […]
Yesterday was a blur. After a sleepless red-eye and a late night/early morn post of the Honolulu Marathon finish line, I didn’t do much. I ran a recovery run to shake off the stiffness of long haul flights but it was a slow, lumbering ordeal. Today has so far been more of the same. I […]
I went in and updated the 12/11/16 post but here’s the link to my Jumbotron Finish Video from the 2016 Honolulu Marathon.
I spent the morning on a recovery run, a last bit of mileage on Oahu’s shores. Running in the moonlight along the surf isn’t a bad way to start a trip back home… but it does offer a definite portrait of paradise lost to reality. This crappy iPhone shot is barely able to convey a bit of the magic […]
2:30 am. Good Gravy, Marie! It’s astonishingly early. But with a 5 AM start time a few miles away at Ala Moana, I thought I needed the extra time to get down there and navigate my way through the masses to get closer to my targeted pace time. The Honolulu Marathon prides itself on being […]
Karen Hanna – Finisher! Mom did it! The Inaugural Kalakaua Merrie Mile is in the books and written on those pages is the name Karen Hanna! I’m proud of mom for laci g up her sneakers, donning her bib, and getting out there! Way to go Mom! What follows is my attempt to photo document […]
Super Duper Uber, Yabba Dabba Doo-ber, Double Platinum slow today during my morning wake up run. Just sluggish and lethargic and meh. A constant light spittle, never quite rain and never quite clear, accompanied me. Perhaps that weather contributes to my ongoing back pain. I know it’s non-mosh dive related but given the year milestone […]
12/8/16 – No One Expects The Merrie Exposition Punchbowl. That’s the road to turn on to get to the City Holiday Lights of Honolulu and the King Kamehameha statue outside City Hall. And unlike the night time viewing and the mad crash of folks post sunset, at 5 am I had my own private tour […]
In order to avoid what is a crowded affair at Pearl Harbor today, the day marking 75 years since the Japanese attack on Hawaii, we opted to go the opposite direction on sightseeing. We’ve got tickets to go to the memorial on Friday. I headed out for a run this morning at 4 am. Still failed […]
A few years back, I took my then girlfriend on our first ever MarathonTours adventure to the Rio Marathon and Half Marathon. There I met Richard St. John. He seemed obsessed with humidity levels of the race and its impact on potential for the race itself and I snarkily made snide comments about it to […]