Category: Marathon

I want to dedicate the run today to all the folks in Boston who were impacted by the violence. The race coordinators asked for a moment of silence before the race began that was very touching. It kept me going towards the end when I was running out of energy. The course was magnificent. Winding…

I find myself asking “why not” of a number of 1/2 marathons here in the Portland area. The Rock and Roll, the Helvetia Half, and I’m sure I can dig up a couple others as the season progresses. After coming off of the Chicago Marathon last year I kept up the weekly mileage and repeated…

Wow, so I’d forgotten just how “fun” running 26.2 miles could be. Yes, I’m proud of the achievement. Yes, I’m glad that I did do it. Yes, looking back I am fond of the memory. Will I be running in another? Probably not in the near future. The main reason is that it eats up…

It is the night before the marathon and all through the hotel room not a creature was stirring — which is good for the astronomical amount we’re paying for this room. The weather tomorrow is supposed to be frigid in the morning. But I shouldn’t be complaining because after a few miles I’ll warm up…

I received my marathon packet in the mail this week from the Chicago Marathon. That plus my recent twenty mile training run really drove the point home. Up until now I’d been just going through the motions of training. With the arrival of the packet with my bib number it has suddenly clicked and become…

It’s official.  I’ve gone and registered for the 2012 Chicago Marathon.  Registering for that triggers a search for a Spring/Summer half-marathon to work in for training.  And of course since I’ll be all trained up in October, why not do another half-marathon afterwards? I wonder why I do this to myself. My goal is to…

Here I sit typing away having completed two marathons total, the second one just today.  Most people I know think I’m nuts.  I think, after this one, that I must be. Before I dive into that let me completely disavow posting about running in two marathons this year.  I will not be running in Seattle’s…

So Angie and I were over at Portland Running Company last weekend.  While she was picking out her new shoes I was wandering about aimlessly.  Well, what do I happen upon?  A brochure for the Seattle Marathon lying coyly in the area with the other race announcements.  Picking it up I thumb through it.  I…

I’m afraid I did it again.  I’ve registered for the Helvetia Half Marathon in June.  Then in a moment of weakness (?) I registered for the Portland Marathon in October.  I have to start training for the half this week.  Then as I cross the finish line in June I need to start training for…

So after many weeks of training and exhaustion for my first marathon it is done.  I chose not to write this post straight away so that I could allow the experience simmer for a little while.  So before I get to the bottom line, allow me to babble on a bit. It was a cold…