2010- June 19, 2010 – Anchorage AK. Flew on Delta from Newark to Atlanta and then 7 hours from Atlanta to Anchorage. Stayed with friends. Rented car. Course was all terrain, pavement, loose gravel (very tricky) rolled ankle at mile 9, then trail, then bike path and finished at High School stadium. #36
2010 – July 25, 2010- flew direct from Newark, into San Francisco, rented car. Drove to Expo and then cottage of friend. Rested and then into SF again for dinner. Didn’t work out. Course was hilly – 3:53 #37
2010- September 26, 2010 – Omaha, NE. Flew two flights from Newark, to Detroit to Omaha on Delta. No car needed. Double tree Hotel – 402-346-7600. Perfect, expo, pasta dinner, walked to start. #38
2011 – March 6, 2011 – Little Rock, AR. Flew two flights from LGA – Chicago- Little Rock. No car, hotel shuttle to Peabody – wonderful hotel! Cold, a little windy. First ½ of course was good, second was all hills!
3:51 - 2nd in age. AR – TX – LGA, very bad weather at airport. #39
2011 – April 16, 2011 – Olathe, KS – flew direct from EWR. Chick and Liz Russo picked us up. Toured the town, ate lunch. Packet pick up, their house, rested. Out to dinner, nice. Course was hard! 35 mph wind…struggled. 3:51 – 2nd in age. Airport, flight delayed, then cancelled. Stayed in Marriott in airport, flight delayed again, changed to Houston, TX to EWR. Windy and rainy in EWR. Home by 8:00 pm on 4/17/11. #40
2011 – June 26, 2011 Kona HI – Newark to SF to HI – BEAUTIFUL…course was okay, it got very warm on the lava fields. 3:58 2nd in age #41
2011 – August 13, 2011 – Ouray, CO – ALTITUDE very hot along the ridge. 4:45 1st in age! #42
Flew from JFK to SLC – Grand Junction and drove south to Ouray
2011 – September 11, 2011 – Allentown, PA Nice run, on trails, etc – 3:40! 3rd in age
2011 – November 5, 2011 – Indianapolis, IN EWR – Chicago – Indy – all road marathon 3:43 hard on legs #43
2011 – November 26, 2011 – BCR Trail marathon, Twoson, MD love this course! 3:45 1st in age! Dane and wife were there and picked up trophy.
2012 – January 7, 2012 – Jackson, MS LGA – Houston – Jackson. Sleep Inn hotel, walking distance to start, packet pick up but we rented car. Kind of a hilly course at the end. Stayed with 4:00 hour pacer. 3:58 2nd grand master!
2012 – January 8, 2012 – Mobile, AL drove from Jackson, MS four hour drive. Stayed at host hotel. Would not recommend. Packet right next door. Walked to dinner, had grilled oysters, saw a Mardi Gras parade. Ran good – 4:04 nice course, but got a little warm. 2nd grand master. Changed in car en route to airport. AL – Houston – LGA
2012 – February 4, 2012 – Sedona, AZ Jetblue direct to PHX. Rented car and drove 2 hours north to Seodna. Stayed in West Sedona a La Qunita. Race was very hilly and primitive road after the 6.5 mile mark. Ran to ½ turn around and on primitive road, very difficult. Uphill finish. 4:08 – 1st in age! Red eye back from PHX to JFK
2012 – February 26. 2012 – Ft.Worth, TX – Cowtown – rental car with Bob Nordman. Drove 12 miles to hotel. Needed car. Concrete marathon course. 3:48 1st is age!
2012 - April 16, 2012 – Boston, MA – 3rd time. Stayed in Framingham, MA Drove to start. Billy to game, VERY HOT! 4:00:37 – train to car, diner on way home in CT (Econolodde)
2012 – June 9, 2012 – Storm Lake, IA – direct flight from LGA to Minneapolis, Bob picked us up. 4.5 hours to Storm Lake (got lost). Hotel, packet pick up, out to dinner with Bob and Bob Kennedy. HOT course, rows of cornfields! 3:57 – 2nd in age! Ice pool at finish, breakfast, bus back to school. (Budget Inn) Hotel and then headed to SD
2012 – June 10, 2012 – Viborg, SD – Swan Lake Christian Camp, packet, private home, beautiful, whole downstairs to ourselves. Pasta dinner at camp. B’fast at camp before start, so hard…all alone and HOT,
2nd women overall! 4:19 got cleaned up at house, picked up Bob, and ate lunch at camp. Drove to MSP, overnight, (Super 8) flight out at 6:00 am from MSP to LGA
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