Category: race report

  • Exit the Monkey, 2 years later – a race report

    It’s been two years since I last ran the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon. Last Time on Monkey… In my last experience, the Flying Monkey was my first marathon coming back from injury time-off in August and September.  Earlier that year, I had experienced beating my first marathon time by over minutes [4:34 down to…

  • Chicago Megathon, er… Marathon Race Report

    Let’s get the gory details out of the way.  My time was a 4:24:50. I was hoping for a sub-4. The Chicago Marathon was on my list of marathons that I wanted to do.  While New York has the five boroughs and the Boston Marathon has the prestige, Chicago is the flat, speedy marathon of…

  • 5k PR streak ends – Komen Race for the Cure Kansas City Race Report

    My training has been higher mileage–up to 83 miles in a week the week before last–and geared toward the Chicago Marathon on 10-10-2010. This past week, I ran 30 miles in three days and then took off for vacation in Kansas City.  I had signed up as a timed runner for the Komen Race for…