LA Marathon 2012: Rookie Mistakes, Nervous System Fail, Semi-Retirement
Well it’s been almost a week since I ran the LA Marathon last Sunday. Last year, I ran it in a rainstorm and nearly went hypothermic (see LA Marathon Race[…]
Category: Race Reports
NYC Marathon 2011 11-6-11 Race Report
This is a bit late but finally getting to this! To recap, the build to this NYC Marathon was only about 2 months. Very short, but I got there without[…]
LA Marathon Race Report 3-20-11: Misery Redefined
The LA Marathon for 2011 started very poorly. There was rain in the forecast for LA, but it hit SF first and 1/2 hour before my flight was supposed to[…]
Waikiki Rough Water Swim 9-4-06
Waking to a beautiful aloha morning in Honolulu and swimming 2.4 miles is the best thing. The Waikiki Rough Water Swim was the original swim after which the swim leg[…]
More on Honu
Some more thoughts: Logistics are always a problem at races. This one was no exception. Getting there in the morning was not well thought out. The start was about 6[…]
Honu Half Ironman Report 6-3-06
Honu went well except for overheating on the run. Had my best half IM swim here, hitting the mat at 40:12. I thought the swim was setup poorly. The sun[…]
NYC Marathon Race Report 11-6-05
It’s 430am and I get up to prepare for the race. The night before I lay out just about everything I need so that I won’t forget anything. But of[…]