Showing up in Chicago, I felt mentally and physically ready for the marathon. If there was anything on my mind that was making me nervous, it was knowing how the last couple of weeks my feet were dealing with the onset of blisters that I hadn’t dealt with since the first week of July which…
Category: Race Recap
That Time I Completed Two Virtual Marathons
Why do I sign up for these things? It’s a question I ask myself in a half-serious and half-jokingly way every single time I land on race day morning. In this case, it was October and it was the week of the virtual London and virtual Boston marathons. Having the challenge of completing each marathon…
Javelina Jundred 100K – 2020 race recap
After completing the Aravaipa Strong virtual race in April, it wasn’t my intention to take 8 months off before writing again. But I didn’t make it a priority. However, if there was anything I wanted to accomplish before this year ended it was to get one last post in. After Aravaipa Strong, I completed…
Philadelphia Marathon Weekend – Part 2
Here it is..all the details of the Philadelphia Marathon weekend and my final post of the year. Part 1 can be found here. Half Marathon & 8K After leaving the expo, I got my race items ready for the Half Marathon and 8K because they were on Saturday morning. The problem was, I had no…
Philadelphia Marathon Weekend – Part 1
The first time I took on the challenge of completing multiple running events during a single weekend was at the 2009 Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge where you completed the half marathon on Saturday and the marathon on Sunday. So the idea of doing both of these events, including the 8K in the Philadelphia Marathon…
Bulldog Trail Race 2019
If there’s anything I wanted to accomplish in October, it was to finish this recap of the Bulldog race that was in oh, back at the end of August. Considering, I wrote a course preview post of the race, I suppose it was only fitting I wrote something about the actual race, right? I sure…
Cirque Du Griffith Park 24 Hour (sorta but not really) 2019
When the 24 hour event was added to this year’s Cirque Du Griffith Park I knew I was going to sign up for it. Of course, I signed up for it back in December with every intention of completing the 24 hours. Well, life happened and training wasn’t my main focus, so going into the…
Ahmanson 12K Trail Run – 2019
It’s taken me some time to start and finish writing up this recap of the recently held Ahmanson 12K trail race because, in the past several months, I’ve lost my drive to write. Life has been challenging, but I’m trying to get some of that writing mojo back. This post wasn’t supposed to be my…