Everyone in our room started rustling around 7am this morning. Probably a clue of some kind that we were ready to get back home. We enjoyed a very lazy morning packing our things and getting ready to depart St.…
2010.04.11 Go! St. Louis Marathon & Half Marathon
You have heard of phrase “suspenders and a belt”? We took that to the extreme this morning. We set three alarms for 5am so we would be sure and not sleep through our first marathon and half marathon! The…
2010.04.10 Race Expo and a Weasel Sighting
Everybody roused about 9:00 am this morning. How sweet is that! 10 hours of shuteye two nights before the run qualifies as a win. Being rested gave both Stephanie and I a little time to reflect on our van break-in yesterday. In…
2010.04.09 The Highs and Lows of St. Louis
After a short night’s sleep, the gang got up, cleaned up, packed up, and was ready to indulge in a healthy breakfast. The motel we stayed at offered us a complimentary breakfast and the kids scarfed down a selection of…
2010.04.08 Let’s get this Honkytonk Badonkadonk on the Road.
It’s 5am and the alarm is going off. Slap! I hit the snooze button, but I have not mastered going back to sleep after I wake up. A few minutes later, I dragged myself out of bed. It is obvious I am not…
2010.04.07 Why St. Louis? Why a Marathon? Why a Half Marathon? Why?!
This past November, I ran in my first Half Marathon. It was in Tulsa, so I kept things close to home. The training went so well, and I enjoyed the run so much, I immediately decided to up the…