Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon working in the Garmin/Fleet Feet booth at the expo. It was very busy, hardly a spare second all day. I never had a moment to try eating a snack or anything, so by the time I got home near 7:00 I was famished. …
I took a swing by the expo for the Las Vegas Marathon/Half Marathon on my lunch break today, also known as “The Nissan Quality of Life Expo“. It’s always nice to get a chance to stop in and pick up your bib number, timing chip and goodie bag BEFORE the …
Race photos of me are always TERRIBLE. Most of the time I’m barely visible, a small portion of my leg, hat, elbow amongst everyone around me. Other times I just look weird. So, as photos become available for various races, I’m going to post the goofy ones… just so everyone …
I ran the local “Catch the Gobbler” 5K race this morning. It rained most of the day yesterday and overnight. It was a little drizzly this morning, but cleared up for the race. Mainly the idea was to avoid the big puddles! Don’t know exactly what my time was, don’t …
After crossing the finish line, I collected my medal, space blanket, got my photo taken and then headed to the Team In Training tent to check out. The tent had a lot of food for TNT participants, so after checking with the “proper authorities” so they could mark me off …
Okay, I’m going to back up a little from where I left off last… I met my fellow Team In Training people in the hotel lobby around 5:45 AM. We boarded a bus that shuttled us to a point about a quarter mile away from the start line. After huddling …
On Saturday night we had the TNT pasta party. They served a cheese-filled tortellini, which probably wasn’t the best choice for me to eat. I usually eat pretty plain the night before long runs… whole wheat spaghetti, with tomato-basil sauce and wilted spinach. But at this party I ate plain …
The race was tougher than I anticipated. Of course, that just goes to show you that you can’t ever have any expectations because nothing is 100% in your control. I got wicked sick to my stomach for the last 6 miles. I finished in 4:51:22, which is a PR and …
Today I went back to the expo for a little while. Some of my friends arrived late last night, so we went back with them. The expo was pretty packed today. I am glad I had more time to explore yesterday. I really enjoy visiting the booths for smaller, newer …
I have arrived in Texas! We got off to a little bit of a slow start, as the plane had to make some weight adjustments to carry extra fuel. Then we had an extremely slow wait at the car rental. So by the time we finally got to a place …