Sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t like to cooperate with race directors. It’s unfortunate when this happens, but when it does, it presents an opportunity for them to either make adjustments to their course and help runners finish successfully or do nothing and deal…
I’ve been meaning to post this for a couple weeks but man I’ve been busy…. On April 30th, I ran the Frankfort Half Marathon which is a small race in the South Chicago Suburbs. I’m not going to write a big…
As runners, we tend to dread the winter months. Some areas may be a little warmer than others, but in many places, winter running options are limited to either dealing with snow, ice, and bitter cold temperatures outside or being…
When I started running, I would do 3 mile loops around the local streets near my office with my boss and some co-workers. At the time, that was pretty much the extent of my world as far as running was concerned.…
The last post I did like this listed the five most scenic races I’ve done. So for this one, I thought I’d list my five favorite big city races. I’m at a little bit of a disadvantage with this post because…
Last week, one of my Instagram followers asked me what my favorite Rock n Roll Marathon Series race was. That’s a tough question to answer since there are a number of races in this series that I’ve enjoyed running over…
In 1995, the Grateful Dead played their final show of the season at Soldier Field in Chicago. A week later, my friend Greg and I went to a Pearl Jam concert at Soldier Field with our girlfriends. We showed up early because…
This is my second post with tips for how to save money when you travel for races. In this post, I’ll cover hotels and rental cars. My first post covered race schedules and flights. You can find that one here.…
Travel can be Expensive At the time of this post, I’ve completed marathons or half marathons in 32 different US States, three different countries and two different continents. I do an average of 7-8 races per year that involve some type of travel…
It’s been a while since I finished second in my age group and 13th overall in a race. Admittedly, I had a bit of a hometown advantage in the Peotone Devil Dash 5K since the start line of the race was…