The Dallas Marathon is near and dear to my heart. My father was race director of the Dallas White Rock Marathon in the mid-1980s, and I spent many weekends as a kid helping out with all the moving parts of putting on a marathon that must runners don’t ever even know about. For anyone who …
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.19.9″] When I sat down over Christmas break to plot out my January – May training for Comrades, I came across the Seabrook Lucky Trail Challenge. This event requires a marathon on Saturday followed by a half marathon on Sunday. Bingo! The arrangement …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A job, a husband, three kids, countless after school activities, and a plan to run a marathon in February 2017. Is it even possible to make all of these priorities fit your schedule? Can Marathoning Fit Your Schedule? Yes. But hoooooooow? Planning. I have my marathon …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I survived. That’s really the long and the short of it. But it doesn’t really give you the full picture. Thankfully, my long-time friend Melissa is a native Wacoan and a runner who not only generously put my dad and I up for the night at her home but treated …
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