There's a new world record for marathon madness. Richard Donovan finished his 7th marathon on his 7th continent (Australia) and did it in 5 days, 10 hours and 8 minutes. Here's where he did it. 1. Antarctica 2. Cape Town…
Just got an email from the Chicago marathon folks and was reminded on Final Sprint that registration is starting. Finally, they set a date. I think they have to wait until the Bears decide on their schedule. No matter. I'll…
Two days after the Chicago Marathon a strawberry fruit bar and a browning banana were the only edible post-race items left. I ripped open the wrapper and in two bites the mushy, crumbly bar was gone. I sipped some freshly…
With the Chicago Marathon coming up soon, the local media seeks stories about unique marathon runners. This week Time Out Chicago was kind enough to include a picture of this average joggler in an article. You can see it here.…
While perusing the running blog RSS feeds, this race report by Audry about the Banco Popular Chicago Half Marathon reminded me that I still hadn't finished mine. Here it is. One word...WET. To the Starting Line A rain came to…
While reading the excellent Half-Fast running blog, I noticed that Vanilla was going to try the FIRST marathon training program. This is a program in which you get to "run less often and still get faster". It's the 3-day a…
My pal John Kelly tipped me off to this useful marathon map. It's a picture of the 50 states and some of Canada with locations and dates of all the marathons. So, if you're looking for a race that is…
This is continued from London marathon part 1 and part 2 Despite the rain, I felt great. I wasn't sure about my pace at the start and didn't know what kind of time I might achieve. At mile 2 the…
See London Marathon Part 1 for the beginning of the story At marathon mile 23 your body begins to tingle and concentration is difficult. Forget about smiling for pictures. “Why don't you just stop?” “No. No stopping” “Come on. It'll…
At long last, the race write-up for the London Marathon. It seems I had a lot to say about this race. I'll have to break it up into 3 different parts. Joggling the London Marathon As Fred Flintstone passed, the…