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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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Frankenthon Cometh

The Frankenthon keeps getting better and better. We’ve signed up two new sponsors this week:

Rogue Equipment is a local Austin, TX running store specializing in running shoes, technical apparel and accessories. They will be providing a 10% discount to all participants in the Frankenthon as well as $100 gift certificates to the overall male/female winners […]

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Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon [06/07/2009]

The Mickelson Trail Marathon was going to be a good trip for me. I would finally redeem myself for the previous South Dakota debacle and actually take my son to see Mt. Rushmore, I would get a trophy for finishing the 50 states and have a nice vacation with my family. We got up super […]

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50 States Done … Now What?

I have finally finished my quest to run a marathon in all 50 states and Washington, DC. I still need to write up my official race report, but I started thinking about what my new goals would be and it got me thinking on what I’ve been lucky enough to accomplish over the last […]

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Snickers Marathon [03/07/2009]

The Snickers Marathon would turn out to be a great day for most of us. Shelley, Scott, Vance, Marilyn and I had flown into Atlanta and were going to be meeting Allegra in Albany for the marathon. We had opted to save a little money by flying into Atlanta and then renting a […]

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