Category: Marathon Man
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Tampa Bay Marathon
Flat, fast and mostly waterfront course. Great tour of Tampa’s historic neighborhoods. Florida in January – average temperature at race time: a cool 62 degrees.
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Amsterdam, Holland Marathon
Starts and finishes in the l928 Olympic Stadium. Scenic course out along the Amstel Canal past windmills and farmers in wooden shoes; through lush Vondelpark; then start your kick while crossing historic Dam Square. Dutch efficiency demonstrated in smooth organization all around. Don’t miss the nightlife after in the Red Light District!
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Space Coast, Florida Marathon
Smallest field in oldest marathon in Florida – only 27 runners! Be prepared for solitude and humidity.
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Twin Cities, Minnesota Marathon
From St. Paul to Minneapolis through cool, crisp air and under autumnal bowers of blazing colors!
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Venice, Italy Marathon
A dream run from the Tuscan countryside into my favorite small city. Set-aside a few days to sightsee and get purposely lost in the labyrinthic, medieval streets and romantic waterways, for as Henry James wrote about Venezia: “The mere use of one’s eyes is enough.” Travel Tip: Fly into Zurich, Switzerland and take the…
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Barbados, Caribbean Marathon
Yah Mon! Evree Ting feelin’ IRIE!! A marathon to break-up a northern winter. Run past sugar-cane fields to the coastline to see the sun rise over the Caribbean tri-colored sea. Rastafarian runners in sandals and big-dread hats will depart the wisdom of the land if you keep pace. Award ceremony after turns into jammin’…
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Akron, Ohio Marathon
Where the rubber meets the road.There are 300 marathons run annually in U.S. cities from Maine to California. Add Akron to the list. First inaugural and it was a hilly beauty. Race began at the Lockheed Martin Airdock, construction site for blimps and the Goodyear airship flew low overhead at the start. Route included…
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Miami Marathon
Sunrise over South Beach and then it pounded rain all morning — super-soaker storms. So wet, at some points couldn’t even see and police out for flood-control. Sloshing through deep puddles on the turns, decided to make it a fun run. 15,000 runners from all 50 states and 40 foreign countries. Came up on…
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Bermuda Marathon
“You go to Heaven if you want,” wrote Mark Twain. “I’ll stay in Bermuda.” The mid-Atlantic island chain (bunched together), 600 miles east of North Carolina is shaped like a fishhook and crowns an extinct underwater volcano. The sea is turquoise, the beaches pink (colored from the eroded skeletons of the red foraminifer, a…
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Valley of Fire Marathon
Incredibly beautiful and challenging course. Flew into Las Vegas, Nevada; then drove hour north to Overton, a cow town near Lake Mead. Race route out into high desert, through Valley of Fire State Park. Ran among massive rock formations, pumpkin-orange to fire-red and 150 million years old. Out & back with rolling hills, including…