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When I signed up to do a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday at Walt Disney World (WDW) in sunny Orlando Florida in mid-January, I would never have imagined that Florida would be grappling with record low temperatures. I know I will not get any sympathy from those braving single [...]

It’s been several weeks now since I’ve completed my quest to do a marathon in every state & Washington DC. I’d like to thank the many well-wishers… it was quite the journey.
I never considered myself an athlete growing up. In fact, my start at running was a rather backdoor approach. How did [...]

What a way to finish my 58th marathon, including one in every state & the district of columbia. Certainly memorable on many levels. I feel relief to have finished this personal accomplishment. Not sure that it has fully sunk in yet and people are already asking, “What’s next?”
The 2,383 mile round trip started in the [...]

No matter how many marathons I do, 57 completed, it never seems to get any easier. It seemed on Saturday that I was always running “uphill” and “into the wind” all morning long.
The Baltimore Marathon, 1823 miles round trip, was my 57th marathon and 49th state. I do enjoy Saturday marathons over Sunday events. It’s [...]

My advice to anyone thinking of doing the Maui Marathon… remember the sun can be brutal being so much closer to the equator. Maui is a great vacation destination and I hated to leave “paradise”. I stayed at the Hyatt near the finish line. The marathon is a “point-to-point” starting Kahului (the main airport [...]

Who would of thunk that despite flying to Denver that I would put an additional 1621 miles on a rental car?
The weekend started by flying to Denver International Airport, standing in line to get a rental car (a Ford Fusion - a nice ride btw), and heading northwest to Pocatello Idaho. The Pacatello Marathon [...]

This was an amazing marathon simply from the pure beauty of the mountain landscape. I made a stressless 3046 mile round trip drive through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming (hitting all the capitols) and finally arriving in the heat of 111 degrees in Salt Lake City. Park City is best known for the 2002 Winter Olympics and [...]

My quest to complete a marathon in every state and Washington DC is close, so close that I have scheduled the final 6 states and paid all the registration fees. Here is my schedule:
August 22 - Park City UT
September 5 - Pocatello ID
September 7 - Colorado Springs CO
September 20 - Maui HI
October 10 - [...]

Wow… what a long trip, over 2,300 miles roundtrip drive on Memorial Day weekend and perhaps that took more out me than the actual marathon.
Burlington VT was very pleasant after driving through the Adirondack Mountains. It lies along the Lake Champlain and the New York state border. I arrived at the medium sized expo Saturday [...]

Wow… What a difference a week makes! Last Sunday (4/26/09) it was clear, sunny and temps in the mid to upper 80s. On Sunday May 3rd, New Jersey Marathon brought wind, rain and temps in the lower 50s. Just for the record, it was a 2,042 round trip drive.
After one of my favorite events, NJ [...]