Minneapolis, MN 4/26/25 Well here's 8 weeks of following a 5k specific workout schedule about to pour out on to the road. I loaded a plan into Final Surge, selected a goal time of 18:45 and followed the guidance. Two times per week I ran fast, then I chose to do more miles easy or … Continue reading Get in Gear 5k
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Tokyo Marathon Expo 26.78 miles A big trip and a big race... The action began at the expo, which was at the Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center. That's a spot not really near anything except for the Tokyo harbor. The organization for the expo was not up to snuff compared to what I'd seen so … Continue reading 2024 Tokyo Marathon
26.56 milesI came back to do the pacing duties at this race after several years of skipping it. The expo is a big deal - It's at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the proper place for this function. Parking was easy in the nearby garage for $2 per hour. My drive down to the Miami … Continue reading 2024 Miami Marathon
I'm on a roll here. I'll have 3 marathons wrapped and done in the span of 6 weeks. I think I may have done something similar in years past, making Palm Beach, Disney and Miami a threesome. All of that was over 12 years ago at least! This will be different in that I'm putting … Continue reading The new plan
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
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
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
Getting my 6th unicorn medal from Patty The Patriot's Day weekend away was a tremendous experience. I'll sprinkle some of that info here along with my thoughts on the race, my race buildup and post-run things. The Boston Marathon, in its entirety, is a "cozy" event. Most of what a runner experiences (besides the eight … Continue reading 2022 Boston Marathon Weekend
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