(Edited June 7 to add finish times and fix typos.) Yesterday I completed Ohio’s first Warrior Dash and I am a Warrior! (I will not remember all of the obstacles or the order of them, so just bear with me.) Nestled in […]
Well, the Warrior Dash I have kinda sorta been training for is tomorrow in Southern Ohio. Though I have no illusions that I am really ready, I am excited. My cousin’s son ran the event today. The photos she posted online made […]
I went to Griggs Reservoir by myself after work today to get back into the routine of walking in the middle of the week. I’m planning to enter a half marathon in August and that means my training needs to start pretty […]
The biggest hill of the race led up to the Golden Gate Bridge and started less than a mile into the race. The hill was so steep I needed to rest on the way up!
You can’t help but finish this race feeling patriotic!
Today there was a 4-mile race scheduled for Sharon Woods park here in central Ohio. I entered this winter race before and I had thought about entering this year. However, I heard that rain was predicted. I don’t do rain in the […]
My kids joined me yesterday for The Flying Feather, a local Thanksgiving Day 4-mile race. We left the house a little later than I had planned and the traffic getting near the race was horrible! I was a little worried that we […]
In my review of the Columbus Marathon, I glossed over the confusing starting line. Part of the reason I did that is that I thought most of the problem was our fault. I just assumed my friends and I didn’t look around […]
The temperatures were in the low 40s as we lined up for the Columbus Marathon (Half) at 7:30 on Sunday October 18. I had on several layers with the plan to shed a few as necessary, along with long pants, gloves and […]
I recently started creating lists of the positives and negatives of various races I enter. Here are my Columbus Marathon (Half) lists: 10 Things I Liked About the Columbus Marathon1. Nice scenic neighborhoods!2. Plenty of water stops.3. Great volunteers.4. Obvious where to […]
