Big Bend National Park
Date: 2025-04-15
State: Texas
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan
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ChesCo Festival of Races
ChesCo Festival of Races
Date: 2025-03-09
Location: Wayne, PA
Finish Time: 3:49:43
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Beautiful day for a run
- Looped course, ample opportunity for GU and Gatorade, no need to carry anything
- Conveniently located event, home and on the couch by 3pm
Low-lights:
- Loop 20, not the best
Thanks:
- To Shannon, Luke and Dylan for letting me run away for a few hours
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Jekyll Island Marathon
Jekyll Island Marathon
Date: 2025-01-19
Location: Atlanta, GA
Finish Time: 3:54:04
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Beautiful, flat course with no rain during the race
- Relaxing, kid-free long weekend
- Jekyll Island sites (historic district, driftwood beach, sea turtle center)
Low-lights:
- Warmer than New Jersey, but still cold
Thanks:
- To John and Peg for watching the Luke, Dylan and Brody
- To Luke, Dylan and Brody for not even noticing we were gone
- To Shannon for supporting another marathon-centric getaway
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New York City Marathon (2024)
New York City Marathon (2024)
Date: 2024-11-03
Location: New York, NY
Finish Time: 4:06:55
Race Website
Highlights:
- Fantastic weather
- Amazing crowd support
- Easily the best running day of the year
Low-lights:
- Pretty much none, its the best day of the year
Thanks:
- To Matt who trained himself to injury
- To Pugh for continuing to hold down that corner of 81st and 1st
- To Ben, who knows what he did
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Run with Rotary 5K
Run with Rotary 5K
Date: 2024-10-13
Location: Mt. Arlington, NJ
Finish Time:20:31
Official Results
Highlights:
- Luke giving it a go
- Beautiful day for a lake run, post race breakfast by Grammy
- Old and slow, but fast enough
Low Lights:
- None
Thanks:
- John and Peg for hosting
- Luke for waking up before 10 AM on Sunday morning
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Half Sam
Half Sam
Date: 2024-08-18
Location: Seattle, WA
Finish Time: 1:42:06
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Mount Rainier National Park side quest
- Multiple evenings of live music
- Katie Moran sighting
Low-lights:
- Not many
Thanks:
- To Shannon for letting me run away for a long weekend
- To Katie for providing an excuse to visit the Seattle area and joining in on the Half Sam and Waxahatchee fun
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Abebe Bikila Marathon
Abebe Bikila Marathon
Date: 2024-09-14
Location: Washington D.C.
Finish Time: 4:26:41
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Officially checked off D.C. No more asterisk.
- Checked another ballpark off the list
- Made our somewhat triumphant return to Penn National
Low-lights:
- Pretty old and slow
- Not super good at golf
Thanks:
- To Shannon for holding down the fort for the weekend
- To Bill for joining in on the fun
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Isle Royale National Park
Isle Royale National Park
Date: 2024-08-26
State: Michigan
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan
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Mad Marathon
Mad Marathon
Date: 2024-07-07
Location: Waitsfield, VT
Finish Time: 4:29:31
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Finally getting to include Luke and Dylan in a river tubing adventure
- Fantastic lakeside remote work set-up
- Bringing along our lake puppy
Low-lights:
- Mad Marathon – Hot, humid and hilly, plus, I’m old
Thanks:
- To Shannon, Luke and Dylan for once again letting me squeeze in a marathon on our family vacation
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York Marathon
York Marathon
Date: 2024-03-16
Location: York, PA
Finish Time: 3:59:16
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Scenic, flat, crushed gravel, rail-trail course
- Nursing a bad hamstring but managed to take it easy and still run a sub 4:00 (barely)
- Solid pre-race entertainment options
Low-lights:
- Injured hamstring 10 days before the race, getting old
- Rain, I guess, but not really
Thanks:
- To Shannon, Luke and Dylan for letting me run out of town for 24 hours
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