Recently I had a box delivered. If times weren’t as they were, I would’ve taken the box, not think twice about anything else, and went about my day. This time, by the time I got to the door, the delivery guy was already down the hall. I picked up the box, brought it in,…
When 2019 was ending, I was feeling such joy and excitement for 2020. I don’t think I’ve experienced such enthusiasm for starting a new year before. The next time a year ends, and I feel all those giddy feelings creeping in, please feel free to slap some sense into me (gently of course, and that’s…
Most of the time I never remember my dreams, and most of the time I wish I did, especially the dreams in which I’ve written a good song. That was a good one! How did that melody go again? Now and then, I get some weird vivid dreams that come out of nowhere and…
At first, I was thinking about writing a 2019 Year in Review and reflecting on what happened, what didn’t happen, what I learned, and so forth, but my heart wasn’t in it. I wasn’t up to looking back and revisiting all that I’ve felt and experienced throughout the year. However, if I were to write…
Here it is..all the details of the Philadelphia Marathon weekend and my final post of the year. Part 1 can be found here. Half Marathon & 8K After leaving the expo, I got my race items ready for the Half Marathon and 8K because they were on Saturday morning. The problem was, I had no…
The first time I took on the challenge of completing multiple running events during a single weekend was at the 2009 Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge where you completed the half marathon on Saturday and the marathon on Sunday. So the idea of doing both of these events, including the 8K in the Philadelphia Marathon…
After I completed my first marathon in Chicago, I honestly didn’t know if I’d ever sign up for another one. Every inch of my body hurt from my head, down to the tip of my toenails. At least the ones that didn’t bruise or fall off. But after all my soreness wore off, I started…
If there’s anything I wanted to accomplish in October, it was to finish this recap of the Bulldog race that was in oh, back at the end of August. Considering, I wrote a course preview post of the race, I suppose it was only fitting I wrote something about the actual race, right? I sure…