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  • Iroquois is for Runners, or How to Ruin the Best Half Marathon in the Country

    The Course In Question Go to the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon page for the course map. Where I’m Coming From I’m a runner with modest ability.  I never ran track or cross country in high school.  I barely finished the mile fitness test my freshman year in high school. Those PE exercises and recess games…

  • 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…

  • Switching focus away from the marathon for a little while

    I’ve had a combination of really good marathon experiences and really bad marathon experiences at this point. The race day experience doesn’t bother me too much. The marathon is a challenging distance to run well, because little problems early on (and even 24 hours before) multiply over the 26 mile 385 yard distance: Blisters start…