26.48 miles. My race was on Sunday, I flew here on Friday morning. I chose to stay in Crystal City, Arlington, VA. This had me positioned near the race start and finish plus close to the DC Metro subway system for getting around. My AirBnB was very nice, a good place to base camp for … Continue reading Marine Corps Marathon 2023
Author: Dave Masterson
Father, mountain biker, runner, triathlete, endurance athlete, IT professional, meeting and event professional, futurist, ideation, all that.
This has been on the planning board for several months. The whole project. It's estimated to last a few months - if there are no delays. Apparently it's overdue, as many things have pointed towards a need to return to the condition they should be in. This could be a report on the Blue Heron … Continue reading Under construction
Finished at Trafalgar Square Since this race starts at 9:30 am for the pros and 10 am for “the masses,” we weren’t required to wake up very early, which was great! We stayed in a Hilton DoubleTree hotel in nearby Deptford Bridge. This put us approximately ½ mile from the park where the race began. … Continue reading London Marathon 2023
From the new Wawa on 45th Street This type of run right after a race is important to me. My experience has shown that getting to use the well-toiled muscles from the race makes the rest of the week much easier to handle. I'm still sore in places I should be, but it lessens the … Continue reading Crumbs run
The 18th running of this event was a hot one! I attended the Colavita Dinner Friday night at Luigi di Roma with Maria. The meal was great - the transit to the restauarnt in Deerfield Beach is crazy! This is always a test of patience as the drive down on a Friday late afternoon takes … Continue reading 2023 A1A Marathon
Pacing for the 1:57/3:55 groupThe 17th running of the race in it's 19th year First up - The two day expo. The Palm Beach Roadrunners has a booth to sell merchandise, yes. We have singlets, visors, new license plate frames, stickers and shirts. We are also like the tourism board 2022 Pace Team Our pacer … Continue reading 2022 Palm Beach Marathon
We had a warm day for our race - A week ago forecasts were pointing us to believe that the start temps would be 49 degrees. It's a PR day they said! Not even close. Left to right: Caroline, Pacer Dave, Maria, Wyatt, Doug Our weather was humid and 74 degrees at the start. a … Continue reading 2022 Space Coast Half Marathon
Innsbruck, Austria This trip was by happenstance. I offered to travel with Jen Castro if she was accepted into the Berlin Marathon. She suggested I enter the athlete lottery anyway, why not? We BOTH were accepted into the race! Now I had a trip to plan. I have been to Berlin & knew where I'd … Continue reading Germany & Austria – The trip
Victory Column, Tiergarten, Berlin My event was supposed to be an exercise of “I can climb back to doing this well.” Due to a two year period of peculiar medical things and lackluster race results, I wanted to have a race where I could feel myself running as I should. Completing a marathon competently, as … Continue reading 2022 Berlin Marathon
De-stank the kicks What's the best way to get the crazy smell out of your running shoes? I made the mistake of washing them THEN putting them in the heated dryer. Heating them to dry brings all of the sweat ever dripped into the shoe to the forefront. So once they come out of the … Continue reading Flushed out
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