Posts Tagged ‘50 States Marathon Club’
What Happens in Vegas might be something to share! Red Rock Canyon Marathon
With its 2700 feet of elevation gain over two long sustained climbs, I knew that the Red Rock Canyon Marathon was not going to be one of my faster races. Plus, the course is out-and-back, which I generally shun preferring non-repeating loops instead. The field is small, and when it comes to road marathons I…
Read MoreSteak and Potatoes — The Cowtown Marathon
Even with more than one million residents making it the 11th largest city in the country, Fort Worth Texas retains much of its cattle rearing past. A sprawling city affectionately referred to as Cowtown, Fort Worth has also retained many of its historic art deco buildings and its stockyards, now a national historic district. The…
Read MoreA Hot, Humid and Hilly Homecoming! The Mad Marathon
I left Vermont in April of 1989 and headed west to Washington State not knowing where my life would lead me. It was a woman that led me to the Green Mountain state—and it was because of her I left it. Our seven years together had a few highlights. But it was mostly a dysfunctional,…
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