Race Report: 2017 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon

I am finally a three-hour marathoner.  Not a sub-three-hour marathoner, but a three-almost-on-the-nose marathoner. I imagine I now know how Eliud Kipchoge felt when he didn’t quite break

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Charleston Marathon 2017 Race Report. New PR!

I feel so good about this one. My goal for Charleston was to have a happy race.  I wanted to do well for myself but I did not

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French Broad River Half Race Report

How many races out there promise “flat and fast”?  Not many in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The new French Broad River Half sounded like an ideal

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Downhill at Dusk 5K Race Report

Well, that was fun!  Normally, I don’t describe racing or even running in general as “fun.”  Most of the time, running is just good ol’-fashioned hard work.  I

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Boston Marathon 2016 Race Report

When I ran the Boston Marathon for the first time in 2015, I figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  I cried as I sprinted down Boylston Street and

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