I snapped this picture at the start of summer. Red Rock Canyon’s scenic drive, along with my favorite trailheads, were closed down. It is a fitting 2020 image. Looking back at 2020 I scraped a layer of skin off the top of my right hand a few days before Christmas. It wasn’t a big deal, […]
My 12 days of Christmas Strava segments
Finishing the final run of my 12 days of Strava segments, Christmas Day at Floyd Lamb Park. It’s the final month of 2020. A pandemic has turned the world upside down for most of the year. Finding training motivation has been difficult, and most races have either postponed or cancelled completely. Boston did both. Widespread […]
Nebraska Marathon — time to flush it and move along
Sometimes when a team has a bad game — a 40-point blowout loss or one with a high number of miscues and unforced errors — the head coach will either throw the game tape away or review it with his players and then immediately bury it (physically or metaphorically). Today I’m choosing that approach following a […]
2020 Boston Marathon — virtual, and very weird
The Boston Marathon is my No. 1 A race every single year I’m fortunate enough to qualify, get accepted, and run from Hopkinton to Boylston St. I knew the 2020 Boston Marathon would be my best race yet (I think that every year though). Instead, my 2020 Boston Marathon ended up taking place in Las […]
My Marathon Monday — right on Las Vegas, left on Fremont
Instead of turning right on Hereford and left on Boylston, I finished my solo Marathon Monday at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Fremont Street. I’m not in Boston right now. And that’s OK. Back when the 2020 Boston Marathon was delayed (the announcement came two weeks into March, but many runners knew that […]
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