Almost forgot

Thinking about racing again. Where next?

While I was falling apart at the Detroit Marathon, another guy was also running and doing something truly amazing for a wonderful cause.
Rick Neal is one of the folks I met from the Taper Madness running forum, although I knew him from Hal Higdon’s board as well. Detroit was Rick’s third marathon, [...]

I need a break!

I found a few early shots from the marathon.
This one is of “Jon” from NYC that was in my pace group. He was a real riot out there running. I was waiting for him to break into some kind of marching chant with his drill sergeant voice. I think he is 58. [...]

I wrote this a day or two after the Detroit Marathon. I’d say the horse is quite dead from all the beatings, but I wanted to record it in my blog so that I remembered how I felt and some of the reasons for it, even if I don’t feel that way now. [...]

My more detailed report on the Detroit Marathon.

Today’s contestant is Jon in Michigan and his celebrity partner is The Detroit Freepress Marathon!
OK, Jon has elected to read while the “Freep” will be guessing the clues. Go!
Ding!
Jon: Uh, calves…quads…
Freep: Things that didn’t work yesterday….things that don’t work today…
Jon: right ITB…hamstrings…
Free: things that you want removed…things that hurt!
Ding!
Jon: walking…using the stairs…
Freep: things that [...]

Things I can remember from the race today:
- ten million wonderful screaming cheering people!!!!!!!
- well staffed and very polite aid station folks!!!
- hot women screaming my name ;)
- starting out much too fast (4:15 pace group)
- our pacer (Jim?) with orange spray painted hair
- stopping to pee on Canadian soil, literally (sorry guys)
- foolishly [...]

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What the heck time is it anyway? Its the time of the morning when you say, why the heck am I doing this? All I can say is, they’d better have good snacks!
Hopefully, I can meet up with Dawnie and the Taper Madness folks this AM.
See y’all in a [...]