So on the morning of October 29th, 2016, I ran the 2016 Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon, in what has become an annual tradition for us here at Hokeyblog. This particular race is almost always a fun ride; I say “almost” because the 2013 race — my first time — had some serious bumps in…
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…
So I ran the Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon last year (2013), and I started off my race review asserting how I wasn’t a “running in costume” sorta guy. I think THAT particular call still stands, but Halloween doesn’t count. It never counts. It exists in its own continuum, in a state of quantum isolation…
I can’t run without my tunes. No way, no how. So for the 2013 Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon, I thought I’d put together a Spotify playlist that combines uptempo hard rock/metal with a spooky Halloween theme (much akin to my list of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs; they do overlap). Not all of the songs are…
Well it can’t ALL be buttkickin’ Halloween songs all the time, can it? So I suppose the running season begins for me (and many others in South Florida) with the 2013 Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon, and I can’t wait to run it tomorrow (Saturday 10/26/2013). Weather conditions look pretty decent. It’s been a bit…
Well as they say, no rest for the wicked. Or was that no pants for the lawyers? I’ve never been good with the lingua franca, or perhaps even not sure exactly what the lingua franca is, and I’m too lazy to Google. What a weird way to start a post… Well moving on then… fresh off a…