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Bigfoot Snow Shoe Marathon 2010

This race came on my calendar in January. I was working upstairs and my wife started searching marathonguide.com (gotta love her). She calls out “Hey I found something that looks kinda stupid, you probably want to do this” and she sends me the link to the Bigfoot Snow Shoe Marathon. I’ve never […]

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Snow Show Marathon Here I Come

Shelley and I will be hitting the road heading to Salt Lake City. From there it is a short 90 minute drive past Orem to the Kahtoola Big Foot Snowshoe Festival. This will be the first time I have ever worn snow shoes (and to be perfectly honest will be the first time […]

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50 States for the second time?

I recently finished my 101st marathon or longer race in Houston this month. I am now elligble to join the 100+ marathon club. My brother-in-law has less than 10 states to complete the 50 states. As he approaches that milestone, I would like to join him for as many of these races […]

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Chasing 100

As we approach the 4th quarter I am closing in on my next milestone.  I’ve done 12 marathons this year (well, 11 marathons and 1 ultra) which has brought me very close 100 total marathons or longer races in my career.
A quick check of the Marathon Maniacs stat board had me ranked at number 184 […]

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Idaho Invasion

Al’s Ship of Fools has descended on Mesa Falls, Idaho this weekend. Around 15 runners have traveled from Austin along with one from Dallas to run the Mesa Falls Marathon tomorrow. Apparently it was such a big deal we even made the local paper.
We’re planning on taking home a lot of hardware tomorrow […]

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