Autism Speaks 5k – 7/4/18
God Bless America! Land that loves fast food and laziness. Twenty years ago, running a 21:25 5k would not place … Continue reading Autism Speaks 5k – 7/4/18
Traipse Reports – Trips and Races
International Travel and Running Race Reports, with bad puns and a lot of alliteration
God Bless America! Land that loves fast food and laziness. Twenty years ago, running a 21:25 5k would not place … Continue reading Autism Speaks 5k – 7/4/18
“Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win … Continue reading Teddy Bear 5k – 9/24/17
First of all, some of you may be asking yourselves, what the hell is the Old Dominion 100k? Okay, so … Continue reading The Buckle List – Old Dominion 100k – June 6, 2015
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking; racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death… The wise words of Mr. Pink Floyd (or Roger Watters, most likely) were running in a loop through my head as I raced towards the finish line, in an effort to finish before the first rays of daylight. But that’s much later in the story.
Continue reading “Cheat Mountain Moonshine Madness A longer race, ergo a longer report – 8/24/12”
BRR – also known as Brrrrr. What a way to end the week. I started off last Sunday shivering before … Continue reading Bull Run Run 2016
Intro For our next adventure, we decided to go to South Africa. And by we, I mean that I picked … Continue reading Heart of Lightness – Comrades 2016
Saturday, November 23, 2013, fifty years and one day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, nine hundred plus … Continue reading JFK 2013
Don’t let the title scare you, it’s really a short report. Or was intended to be, until I started rambling. … Continue reading One Long Short Story – Icy 8, February 2013
Unfinished business in Spotsylvania, VA. In 2013, I ran a rather weak 32 official miles (34 unofficial, due to a … Continue reading Icy 8 – Round 2 – 2015
I’m faster than you. Wow, what a cocky statement. However, at that time, I could only agree with the four … Continue reading Icy 3 (Icy 8, Third Time)