I’ve spent the last two weeks agonizing over my next marathon. Washington DC will soon become a frozen wasteland and my mind is starting to drift towards warmer climes. I was thinking about running one of three Caribbean marathons over the…
My goals for 2016 include marathons in Asia, Scandinavia/Russia, Africa and South America. My biggest limitations are: free time, actual race dates and not expediting my passport renewal. I can’t do all of these races and there are many more I’m interested in. I…
This was my second time flying first class on a super long-haul flight (just over over 16 hours) and my second time flying Cathay Pacific First Class (CX First). Last time I flew HKG-ORD and was disappointed by the age of the…
I’ll review the marathons and first class transpacific segments separately but here is a rundown of the trip. Description below.
Overview Race Name: Angkor Empire Marathon Date: August 9, 2015 Country: Cambodia (3rd country) Start Time: 4:30am Cutoff Time: 6 hours Hotel: Apsara Angkor Resort & Conference (4 star) Size: 481 (Full), 601 (Half) and 515 (10k) Course: Big Loop Scenery: Ancient Temples and…
I woke up in Himeji, Japan this morning and did my last shake out run before the Mt Fujisan Marathon this Sunday. My hotel is exactly 1/2 a mile from Himeji Castle and I found an amazing 1 mile loop…
Our fastest celebrity at the 2015 NYC marathon was James Blake (35) with a time of 3:51:19. James was once the #4 ranked tennis player in the world. He followed in the footsteps of Caroline Wozniacki who ran a 3:26 in…
The second I saw this marathon package I knew it was perfect for me. Right now I am young (and a little reckless) so I can take off large swaths of time to travel the world and run in races.…
I finally got around to installing the newest Mac OS and pulled the data off the Epson SF-810 I took on my trip to Thailand. My fifth run with this spectacular watch was through the jungle to Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai Thailand.…
I’m reading a book right now with a main character obsessed with Isfahan, Iran. After some googling around I decided it would be a cool place to visit. I like to combine two marathons into one trip so I decided…
A few weeks ago I finished the first season of my newest favorite show out of Scandinavia (Dicte). I knew there was a second season but it was nowhere to be found on Netflix and my days of dorm room torrenting…
Runner’s World has a story looking at 2014 marathon statistics and there were some quick facts that I thought were interesting. In 1976, about 25,000 runners finished a marathon In 2014, 550,637 runners finished a marathon The number of marathon…