An Almost Last Minute Decision: Shoreline Marathon

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I’ve been struggling for several months. A lingering injury in my right leg. It’s not plantar fasciitis. It’s not broken. It’s just… tweaked? Weak? Hurts. If emotional and situational stress has a tendency to attack one’s weakest physical part, this isn’t surprising either – my back and leg are definitely the proverbial soft underbelly, even […]

The Bakersfield Marathon… One More Time!

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An excuse to run a race. An early start. A bit of rain while we waited. A slog at the end. Not much of a poem, but there ya go. But here’s something to remember the day by: I asked chatGPT to make a CGI animated cartoon version of my finisher photo as that seems […]

Revenge of the Socal River Marathon…

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I’ve been here before… on the wings of a demon! — “Exorcist II: The Heretic” One of my favorite lines from a not particularly great movie. And honestly, I don’t even think that’s the EXACT quote, but it’s how I remember hearing it. In this age where truth and facts are subjective and/or, well, “heretical” […]

2025: The Dopey Challenge Continues with a 10K

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Another day, another 2:30 AM wakeup… which I will be nostalgic for come Sunday when the Marathon starts a half hour earlier. By this point, we all know the drill — I whine a bit, I post a few photos, and we all go home a little more pixie-dusted, a little more tired, a little […]