1988 – April New Jersey Liberty State park marathon – first
ever marathon, age 30 Billy, Caitlin and I drove to Liberty State park morning
of the race in a company van from Progressive auto parts. She was three. She slept in playpen in van, Billy read the
NY Times, I ran, a little windy, 3:43
1990 – October -
Marine Corp marathon, I was in training and Billy’s brother terribly and
unfortunate death, Billy trained as quickly as he could and we all drove to
Kathy’s house in Virginia and Jaime drove us right to the start. Great venue, saw all the monuments. 3:38
1991 – October -
Marine Corp – both trained well, 3:33
1994 – November Warwick, NY
November on a whim at Apple fest, signed up to run with only a month of
training. 3:59
2001 – May - wanted
to qualify for Boston, needed 3:50, got 3:47 in Burlington, VT Met up with Doug Bartocci and family. Had dinner and drinks, then movie, Pearl
Harbor.
2001 – October – Steam town (Scranton, PA)with Amy and
Mary. 3:45 improved my qualifying time
2002 – April – Boston, MA
3:40 great day – Billy never saw me once. Stayed at Sheraton downtown
and took subway to buses. Met a lady.
2002 – 10/02 – Hartford, CT
Stayed at nice hotel. Went alone,
met ORC people. Pouring rain, 3:30
2004 – 4/04 NJ - Sandy
Hook – start into town along water. 3:43
– First marathon post break.
2004 – 11/04 – Harrisburg, PA – nice course, stayed at nice
hotel. Crown Plaza, Ran with Bob H. 3:36 1st in age!
2005 – September, 2005 – Keene NH. Stayed local.
Pasta dinner at college. Met
maniacs and Doug B. Ran great 3:34 – 1st
in age
2005 – October, 2005 – Connecticut – cold along coast. 3:36
2005 – November 2005 – Twoson, MD – trail run. 4th overall – 3:35
2006 – April, Boston, MA, stayed in Econo Lodge 6 miles from
start in Framingham. Billy drove me to
start. All alone. Then people came into huge tent. Met a lot of people. Hung out.
2nd corral of second wave.
3:35. Ate at Legal Seafood –
nice. Drove home early Tuesday am
2006 – NYC first time.
Went with the girls. Missed
Tamar, crazy upset. Passed her at mile
25. 3:35
2006 – 11/13/06 – Richmond, VA Richmond Sun Trust – with
everyone. M&D visited. 3:43
2007 – 2/13/07 – Myrtle Beach, SC – stayed with
M&D. shoelace course. Billy ran the 2nd half with
me. Cold 19 degrees. 3:38
2007 – 4/2007 – Nashville, TN – with Doris and Mark, stayed
with Kevin. Finished at Titan
stadium. Fun time
3:42
2007 – 5/07 – Delaware – four loop course. 10 miles then 3 4.9 miles. Got tedious.
M&D stopped on the way up.
3:43
2007 – 7/07 – Slat Lake City, Desezeret News. All of us to visit Kathy. Bus early to Big Mountain, ran up then down
into SLC. Then drove to Las Vegas to
visit Kate and Ron’s family
2007 – 9/07 – Rochester, NY – traveled with Kathleen. Stayed at her father’s house. Tow path on canal. 3:41 1st in age.
2007 – 10/07 – Hartford, CT – Billy ran the half, drove with
Kathleen. Second running for me, course
changed a little. 3:35
2007 – 11/07 – NYC alone.
Hard run from 17 miles on…3:43
2008 – 1/27/08 – ING Miami with Toni and Al, beautiful
course, cruise ships, inner coastal, new age group – 50! 3:37! First in age!
2008 – 2/24/08 – Mardi Gras – New Orleans, LA Stayed with
Dan Feliciano. HOT! Shoelace course –
3:41 First in age!
2008 – 3/30/08 – Atlanta GA – ING flew direct, car rental
and stayed with Aunt Bev in Cornelia.
Hilly course, crowded at end.
3:42 First in age!
2008 – 4/21/08 – Louisville, KY flew direct – walked, no car
needed. Cool course, ran inside the
Derby, crossed into Indiana.
Issues. 3:42 First in age!
2008 – 5/5/08 – Rhode Island – drove, ok course, hill at
mile 22…3:41 1st in age!
2008 – 5/25/08 – Ottawa, Canada – drove, nice city. Great course, 3:37 – 2nd in age!
2008 – 8/23/08 – Green River, WY – flew into SLC, stayed
with Kathy, drove 2 hours to Green River.
Super 8, Shrimp Boil fest night before.
6 miles climb to top of ridge.
Ran with horses, pretty, then downhill from mile 20. Finished in town, at the river. 4:10 – 1st in age. Met many new friends.
2008 – 8/30/08 – Pocatello, ID – hiked Grand Canyon. Home base was Park City. 2 hours north west to Pocatello. Potatoes goody bags. Met people from Newburgh. Nice course.
Hot, finished with Billy – 3:50 1st in age!
2008 – 9/27/08 – Akron OH – drove 6.5 hours. Super 8.
Finished inside stadium, a little crowded. Stayed over and visited the Football Hall of
Fame. 3:43 2nd in age
2008 – 11/2/08 – NYC via UPS
3:45
2008 – 11/15/08 – Richmond, VA. Kate’s first 1/2marathon. They ran together. I started after them. Nice course, got a
little warm. 3:39 – 1st in
age!
2008 – 11/29/08 – Towson, MD – trail, soft. 8th women overall. 1st grand master! 3:38 Kate and Billy watched.
2009 – 1/25/09 – ING Miami
- second time running. Felt great
until mile 16…cliff shot bloks. Threw up
at finish. 3:40 – 1st in age!
2009 – 2/22/09 – Hyannis port, MA 2 loop course through
Craigsville Beach. Windy, end at host
hotel, Sheraton. Stayed at Holiday
Inn. 3:37 1st in age
2009 – 4/20/09 St. Louis MO.
Direct flight, shuttle to hotel.
Hampton Inn, right on race course.
Walked to find dinner. Poured
rain the entire race. 3:33 – 1st
in age. Shuttle to airport from hotel.
2009 – May – Stillwater, MN nice course, inaugural, great
job. Memorial Day w/e – flags along
entire course. Drinks at bar overlooking
the river. Flew from LGA to Chicago then to Minnesota. Car rental to Stillwater. St. Croix river, Super 8. Down hill last 5 miles, felt great. 10th women – 1st in age
3:33
2009 – June 26, 2009 - Seattle WA – Inaugural Rock and Roll
– nice run, town ok. Super 8. 3 out and
backs. Saw Mt Rainer. Two stops and 3:35. 2nd in age Kate met us at hotel. Drove to Lincoln City, OR. 4 hour drive.
2009 –July 4, 2009 -Portland, OR – Sauvé Island, hot, flat
hard to get around Portland. Drove from
Lincoln City and switched hotels to the Red lion. 3:38 got warm. After race, drove straight to airport for
flight home, into Newark, saw fireworks.
2009-September 6, 2009 – Albuquerque, NM Flew from EWR to Dallas, to Albuquerque. Shuttle to hotel. Walked around Old Town, ate lunch. Hotel, relaxed. Buses to start, ran into town past Hotel –
Rio Grande. 3:40 1st in age 8th overall, 6,000 ft
altitude. No car needed
2009 – October 3, 2009 – Shepherdstown, WV. Drove four hours. Harpers Ferry,, met people on trail, nice
first half…VERY hilly 2nd half.
Antietam National park. Finished in university stadium. Friend took pictures. Ticked the women off…fourth overall. 3:35 1st in age group!
2009 – October 11, 2009 – Chicago, IL. Direct flight. Took the CTA, no car. Walked a lot, beautiful hotel. Our 27th anniversary. Right on Lake Michigan. Cold start…ran great – the best I have ever
felt..3:32, 9th in my age group.
(967) 37,0000 runners. Stayed two
nights. Fun!
2009- November 1, 2009 – NYC – Chris White went with
Billy. Dropped me off at Palisades mall
for bus ride to NY. Sat with
Carolyn. No time to hang out. Starting corrals had porta potties. Cold out, ran 3:35. White a little late. Home, hot
tub, dinner, bed.
2009 – November 22, 2009
– Tulsa, OK traveled with Kathleen via Chicago.
Car rental. Found hotel and
liquor store. Macaroni Grill. Start on Route 66. OK first half, hot and boring (slight uphill) out to turn around at mile 20. Ran hard.
3:32 1st in age. Changed in car…airport, flight delayed. Finally in at LGA, Billy picked us up.
2010 – March 7, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV Red Rock Canyon. Stayed with Ron and Andrea. Rented a car.
Summit, canyon marathon. Hills,
4:07. First in age. Hurt performs muscle in right leg.
2010- April 10, 2010- Novi, MI. Flew into Detroit, MI from Newark, NJ direct
on Continental. Rented car and drove 6
miles to Dearborn, MI. Hotel was Red
Roof Inn, w/I 313 278-9732 5 miles on
expo and 2 miles of start and finish.
Out and back along a closed road that ran through the park system. Still injured. Stomach issues 3:57 – First in age.
2010- May 1, 2010 – Kenosha, WI. Direct flight from Newark into
Milwaukee. Rental car for 25 miles
south. Super 8 hotel. 262-857-7963 OK. 5
miles to race start. Warm out, lots of
out and backs. Ran along Lake Michigan. Ate post race food. Drove to airport, changed, had drinks. Good flight.
Home by 9:00 pm. Went with
Kathleen. 3:57 first in age!
2010- May 22 , 2010– Fargo, ND Two flights from LGA to
ORD. Missed flight in O’Hare, airport
for 6 hours. Met many maniacs and
arrived in Fargo by 5:30. Car rental to
expo, hotel, dinner. Motel 6 – a dive. In morning, drove to Dave’s hotel. Unloaded and walked across the street to Fargo
dome. Homestead Suites. Pouring rain, ½ started first. Waited, then we started. Hard, hurt and then I said enough of running
injured. Finished 3:48 for 2nd
in age. Hung out at Dave’s hotel, fun
time. All met at airport. Arrived in Chicago, upgraded to earlier
flight. Home by 11:30 pm Course was fine, a lot of left hand turns. Pouring rain, then hot and sunny, then
windy. # 35
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! BQ by over 20 minutes!
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! #44
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 #45
2012 – February 4, 2012 – Sedona, AZ JetBlue direct to PHX. Rented car and drove 2 hours north to Sedona. 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 #46
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! #47
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 (Econolodge)
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 #48
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, hard run …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 #49
2012 – July 8, 2012 – Missoula, MT – Flew into SLC, visit
with Kathy and Jaime and then drove 6 hours to Missoula. Stayed local in home, close to race
course. Bussed to start and ran into
Missoula, finish in the bridge overlooking the Clarke River. 50th State! 3:48!
Finished the vacation hiking in Grand Teton, Wyoming.
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