I’ve been doing a lot of races “for fun” lately. Yes yes, I know every race is “fun” on some level, but for the hardcore racing devotees reading this words, you know exactly to that which I am referring: stiffening your mental reserve, tensing your body like a coiled metal spring at the Start Line,…
Well this was one for the record books… The 2015 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon held special promise to those runners who, like your humble narrator, ran the 2014 Wine & Dine Half to something of a disappointment. You can go check out my review, but in a nutshell it was like this: everything…
The month of October here at Hokeyblog generally means two things: my annual presentation of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs and a review of the Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon held every year in the heart of South Beach. And why not? Miami is such a strange, bizarre, “beautiful to look at but with a definitely creepy…
Let’s talk about the Chicago Marathon, shall we? Or rather, let’s talk about our experience at the 2015 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which took place on the beautiful morning of Sunday, October 11th, 2015, in one of the greatest cities of the world that doesn’t rhyme with “Buluth”. Ahh, the Chicago Marathon… for any…
“You want egg salad, I’ll give you egg salad!” What the character of Shepherd Wong has to do with today’s Friday Super Happy Fun and Smile-Time Variety Hour, I haven’t the foggiest. I just needed an intro. So sue me. This is my fourth post of the week, and I’m starting to feel a little…
The 2015 Disneyland 10K represented the third time this particular race had been run, as well as being the start of the third Dumbo Double Dare Challenge, in which participants had to complete this 10K as well as the 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon the following day. For those of you keeping score at home, this…
Welcome back to the glittering pageantry of Jeff Galloway’s Training & Motivation Tips. We’re here with our tenth iteration of tips and tricks from Jedi Master Jeff Galloway himself, to make you both a stronger Jedi and, more importantly, a stronger, healthier runner. Hopefully you’ll forgive any overt Star Warsiness; I just registered for the…
At around 7:49 AM PST on the morning of September 6th, 2015, I crossed the Finish Line of the 10th Anniversary 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon with an explosion of joy and elation, the likes of which would make a First-Century Mt. Vesuvius stand up and say, “Hot Diggity Damn!” More on that in a bit,…
… they go ahead and pull THIS on me: YES I’m going to the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland in Anaheim in January, 2016. YES I said I was ramping down on the Disney races to focus on other race adventures. YES this is going to be overpriced and overcrowded and, when you…
So at the risk at sounding a wee bit solipsistic, I’m sure the $64,000 Question on your mind right now is, “How’s your Chicago Marathon training going, Hokeydude?” If you recall from last April, I was a wee bit overjoyed upon learning that I got a lottery entrance into the 2015 Chicago Marathon — my first…