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Surfside Beach Marathon 2012 yesterday is supposedly the only marathon that is run entirely on the beach. The marathon course in Surfside Beach, Texas, is a flattened loop stretching 13.1 miles from turnaround to turnaround, with the start/finish line about 2.5 miles from one of the turnarounds. The weather yesterday morning made it feel as …
The 2012 Texas Marathon and Houston Marathon were just two weeks apart — on January 1st and January 15th, respectively. I got to participate in both of them, and finishing yet another two marathons that close together was educational. What made those fifteen days even more fun was getting to see IN PERSON (Woo-hoo!) the …
4 the Park is a 4-miler held the first Saturday in April as a fundraiser for Memorial Park Conservancy, the charity that supports Houston’s Memorial Park, one of the largest urban parks in the USA. I formerly had a video here from that race. However, I removed all videos from that site after it lost …
When I was in my final year or so of graduate school, I decided that I would not be working in my field of study after earning my doctorate. The reasons for that decision are not important here. What is important is that this decision threw my motivation for finishing into a tail-spin … until …
I originally had posted here a video with scenes from the Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon in Seabrook, Texas, on 20110319 (the Saturday edition of the two-day event). However, I removed all videos from that site after it lost my trust.
I completed the Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon in Seabrook, Texas, today — Saturday, 19 March 2011. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the Saturday edition of the 2011 event — the eighth year for the two-day event in Seabrook, which hosts another (second) half marathon, as well as a …
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I completed the Chevron Houston Marathon on 30 January 2011. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2011 event. Exposition Good: Lots of booths, including vendors selling items often forgotten by traveling racers Good: Very organized for packet pickups Toilets Good: Several portable toilets inside George R. Brown Convention Center (near start/finish …
Chevron Houston Marathon held its 2011 event yesterday. Here are 11 lessons learned — or re-learned — from my participation. 1. Be flexible. Several Houston weathermen and AccuWeather.com continued to predict a high likelihood of rain and thunderstorms as the start time approached. And the marathon committee was very good about broadcasting email alerts about …
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I completed the Texas Marathon in the Kingwood neighborhood of Houston, Texas, on 1 January 2011. Here is my review of the good and bad aspects of the 2011 event. Exposition Not Applicable: No exposition! Toilets Good: Public restrooms and several portable toilets near start/finish line Good: Portable toilets at many water stations Start line …
Here are 11 predictions for 2011 related to endurance running and walking. If my predictions come true, it definitely will be an interesting year! 1. A new marathon world record for men or women will be set. According to Wikipedia, the latest two men’s world records were set in 2007 and 2008 (both by Haile …