It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Actually, it was neither my best nor my worst finish time, but I couldn’t resist the quote. In fact, this is the tale of six cities and the fun time I had running through them: The Worst of Times This means we’re talking […]
Davis Stampede Half-Marathon: a Photo Spectator Report
Okay, now that we’ve heartily congratulated Patrick and Chris for their stellar performances this weekend and berated Christina Aguilera for her craptastic one, let me tell you about a race a little closer to me: IronHubs raced the Davis Stampede Half Marathon and turned in a spectacular top-20 finish!! Between the two of us, we’ve […]
Of Course I Have More to Say About the Marathon
But you saw that coming, didn’t you? I sure do love me a bulleted list, so here it is: I didn’t mention the CIM before I ran it because I really couldn’t face posting about it if things didn’t go well. I knew you would all say super nice, supportive and sympathetic things because you […]
Victory and Redemption–CIM Race Report
I ran a marathon this morning. No, I hadn’t mentioned it on here. I talked about going for long runs, but not a peep about training plans or taper madness. And let me be really honest here, if today had been a barf-a-palooza like Long Beach, there still wouldn’t be any mention of this race […]
SILVERMAN Spectator Report
Okay, this is actually a recap of the entire weekend with about a bazillion pictures, so you might want to grab a snack before you get going on this post! We arrived in Lake Las Vegas Friday evening after a 9+ hour drive. Lake Las Vegas is a ritzy resort town and our hotel (The […]
A Few More Marathon Thoughts
During my long day on Sunday, I noticed a few things about the marathon experience: Some spectators are there to yell for their person and some spectators are there to yell for everyone. The LB Marathon had pretty hit-and-miss spectator support, but the worst was the long stretches of people who weren’t really cheering for […]
