Vale La Pena
(Worth the Effort) I’m up before 5am and, groggy-eyed, I’m jolted out of my sleep at the sight of a giant tarantula on the bathroom floor. Despite having no conscious [...]
Quick Recap: Trujillo 20km
A few people asked about splits from today's race. Below, I've posted my km splits and a quick comment on each one. A note about the course - there was [...]
Five Minutes
This is making me feel old. It must have been at least a decade ago, maybe 15 years, that my brother, my cousins, and I began the tradition which would [...]
La Gran Colombia – Part II: La Maraton
This post will be the second in a series describing my brief trip to Colombia to compete as an invited elite athlete in the Media Maratón de Flores in Medellín, [...]
The Run to Remember
Below is my race report for the 2013 Run to Remember half marathon. Sorry this is so late, but I've been away from the computer for the last week and [...]
Primeros Pasitos
(First Steps) In three weeks, I’ll be leaning on the railing in the fluorescent-lit main terminal of the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, just outside the exit from [...]
El fin
I had planned to write a piece about how excited I was to get back to Peru. To meet the kids at the airport. I was going to write about [...]