Yesterday’s 10th Anniversary Capital City Half Marathon was fantastic! Everything about the race went smoothly from the packet pickup to the finish line and after race party. This review is not going to go into minute detail, but here are some highlights. […]
The Bunny Hop 5K was held Saturday morning in downtown Columbus. This is a new race started by the new race company, Riff Raff Productions. The packet pick up was in the bar of a Buffalo Wild Wings. It’s a novel idea […]
The Scioto Miles two-race training series offered the option to do 5K, 10K or 15K for each race. I did 5K on March 24 and 10K today. The course is a 5K loop downtown along the river — last year it actually […]
Because I was going to be in Memphis around St. Patrick’s Day, I decided to arrive a day early and enter the half marathon in Germantown on the southeast side of the city. And because she will travel nearly anywhere for a […]
I admit it — I read Runner’s World. (I’m still a walker, but since there is no WALK! Magazine anymore…) Today I read an article by one of the columnists about his running his first half marathon. It was a nice story. But at […]
This is the first full episode of the WALK Podcast! I know, finally, right? 001_012413_WALK_Columbus_Marathon Click this link. (It takes a moment or two for the file to open.) In this episode, my friend Deb Chenault and I talk about walking the […]
The last few years I have started the new year with a race. The past two years I’ve done the Run Cbus race in downtown Columbus. But this year, the Buckeye Striders decided to switch back to the First on the First […]
Today I entered the Hot Chocolate 15K. It’s a new race series and I think Columbus is one of the first cities. Though in the high 30s when I headed toward the starting line, the sun was shining, the sky was clear […]
Buckeye Striders from left to right: Barb, Cindy K, Deb, Nancy, me and Pat. The temps were in the low 40s as my friends and I headed to the start of the Columbus Marathon at 6:30 Sunday morning. Though chilly, the skies were […]
If you plan to be a “competitive walker” at this year’s Columbus Marathon October 21, don’t forget to pick up your sticker for your front bib. Here are the instructions: Competitive Walker Division Rules All participants in the Competitive Walker Division must […]
