Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)” — Judas Priest (1979)

Now when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks And the night is so black that the darkness cooks And you come creeping around Making me do things I don’t want to do… Hokeyfolks! Guess what? We are now three nights away from Halloween, which of course means we’re in the home…

Race Review: 2016 TCS New York City Marathon (11/6/2016), or: “I just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder…”

The TCS New York Marathon. The biggest marathon in the world. The bucket list item towards which, along with the Boston Marathon, most North American runners aspire. A member of the prestigious World Marathon Majors… for whatever that means. A signature event. A world-class experience. An indescribable moment in time wherein a single runner can…

My Chicago Marathon Training Directives, or: “You’re backseat driving and your hands ain’t on the wheel…”

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…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Ripper” — Judas Priest (1976)

You’re in for surprise You’re in for a shock! Judas Priest’s second album Sad Wings of Destiny is a Top 20 metal album in my book. Sometimes maybe even Top 10. Who knows, I don’t keep track of these things. Anyway, today’s edition of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs is taken from said LP, a creepy, rockin’…

A Spectator’s Perspective of the 2014 Walt Disney World Marathon, or: “Always in focus, you can’t feel my stare…”

So no, I didn’t run the 2014 Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2014. And man oh man, I so should have. Really. You can take a gander at my experience during the 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon to see what that incredible ordeal was like. Or, for the elevator pitch version: I…