Race Reports

I've had my eye on running Marine Corps Marathon all year long. I only had one marathon on the calendar this year, thus I was focused to peak for the marathon.

Going into the race, I was in the best shape of my life. I had run a half marathon PR at Denver Rock 'N Roll and had run a 5K in 17 flat at Des Moines the week before.

I arrived in DC on Wednesday (10/24), my first trip to DC. I got off the plane to experience temperatures hovering around 87 degrees. It was hot and ...

Sitting in Dodger Stadium, with two hours 'till the start of the race, huddled into a ball to keep warm, I asked myself "How will you respond when the pain comes?" It's a question that I pose to myself often. It would have to be answered at mile 21.

I've got this marathon thing figured out, having negative split my last 4/5 marathons the marathon does not scare me. The first 20 miles will not hurt, it's those last six that make or break you. That's where minutes are gained or lost; ...

With four weeks to go until the LA Marathon, I needed a confidence booster. Last year I received it running the Colfax Half Marathon in 1:20:32 (6:09 pace), three weeks before the San Diego Marathon. My running schedule was a bit jacked up last week, as my right calf was killing me earlier in the week and I was tentative to do a long run, fearing an injury. Thus, I ran 20 miles on Friday, finishing at 5pm. Having finished a 20 mile run 17 hours before racing a 10 mile race, my legs were anything ...

I know, long overdue.


Arrived in San Diego on Saturday around 11am and picked up my rental car, a PT Cruiser. The PT Cruiser is one of the worst cars on the road; I asked them if they had anything else in whatever category I rented, but no luck. He made a joke that everyone hates the PT Cruiser, crazy how popular they were when they first came out and people were put on waiting lists to purchase one.


Went downtown to the expo and picked up my bib, corral ...

According to the McMillan calculator my best race of the year was my 17:47 5k back in March, which is equivalent to a 1:22:12 half marathon. I figured I could run sub 1:22 on Sunday, thus that was my goal.

The previous week was spent moving, thus little sleep and my back has been in total agony. The night before I made the mistake of eating a Philly Cheesesteak and my stomach was a mess.

I woke up on race day and ran over to King Soopers to find something to eat for ...