from Portland to join us for the last two weeks. Now it became a family affair, which raises further possibilities for this type of adventure. From Booneville to the end of the trail, I ran in almost every conceivable configuration: with both daughters, with one daughter, with the other daughter, with both daughters, with Nancy … Read more
Since then things have changed. The race has grown: 738 (46 foreigners) in 1996; 2,444 (729 foreigners) in 1999; and 3,300 (1,300 foreigners) in 2005. But the volunteers, resenting the years they were forced to volunteer under the Communist government, are now paid volunteers. Arpad pays volunteers two to three euros per hour for their … Read more
Ican specifically point to the period in mid-October when I drifted away from my schedule. I sandwiched Yassos, probably the most stressful speed workout we do, and a long run between two races. I never recovered and proceeded to struggle immediately thereafter. In the back of my mind, I knew it then, but I kept … Read more
approached the shuttle, he tripped yet again and bumped into the last person in line for the bus. A girl. “Alicia.” Her name escaped him, a gasp of pain. “Hi, Coop. I came to see you finish. Maybe get the chance to talk to you about what happened. But with you getting sick and all… … Read more
Courtesy of Glady Burrill @ Retired Oregon lumberman Gene Burrill tearfully hugs his wife, Glady, at the finish of the 2004 Honolulu Marathon. The couple are now in their 67th year of marriage. Back in Prospect, I venture alone up to six miles out into the wilderness, with my family reminding me of the cougars … Read more
[…] all over the world. In general, residents of Hong Kong, who speak a different dialect, Cantonese, tend to look down on mainland Chinese as inferior. People we spoke with were surprised that we had survived such an intense itinerary in such remote places. I had to admit it was nice getting back to hot … Read more
A Finished with the main Loowit loop, McQuaide and Kardong shake hands before heading down the last mile and a half to the parking lot. The steepest climb to the trail’s highest point—4,885-foot-high Windy Pass—is next, and though so far we’re past 20 miles at this point, it doesn’t seem so bad. We’re buoyed by … Read more
Around Mount St. Helens In One Very Long Day, the Fear of Running in the Sweltering Heat of Summer Quickly Disappeared. huffling up a sandy slope inside one of the many canyons on Mount St. Helens’s southeast side, my running partner and I question a certain park ranger’s motives. “When you hit Windy Pass, it’s … Read more
scuttle across. This is, we discover later, an ancient lava flow. It is beautiful in a stark, melancholic way, the ragged edge of the hillside pasted against a foggy gray background like modern art. Lovely or not, though, we’re simply trying to follow the vaguest notion of a path up and across it, then find … Read more
[…] stations, medical coverage, race communications, accessibility to course for friends and family, typical weather, and so on. [Possible points: 400 DM score: 366] 9. RACE AMENITIES This category includes race T-shirt, finisher’s medal, finisher’s certificate, adequate and efficient finish area, ease of sweatbag retrieval, showers, postrace refreshments, awards ceremony, raffles, results postcard, results book, … Read more
Wednesday—2 x 200 at 5K, 3 x 2,000 at 10K, 2 x 200 at 5K. I averaged 95s for the entire set of 2,000s. What a difference those few seconds per lap mean. My breathing was good. I felt quite comfortable and in fact averaged a 161 heart rate for the last three laps of … Read more
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