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8 Hour Run From The Ducks Ultramarathon 2009 Race Report

Quack Quack! Over the weekend myself and ~40 other runners enjoyed eight hours of on-your-feet pleasure sprinkled with a bit of pain at the 8 Hour Run From the Ducks ultramarathon benefiting the Veterans War Museum. This was my first go at a timed event and I was actually quite excited to get a taste [...]

2009 DRC Breakfast Bash 5 Mile Non-Race Report

The short and sweet of it. I was a DNS due to bug hickey on my ankle. It was still an enjoyable morning being a member of the family support team. Here is a little picture montage capturing the morning. Pre-race family picture Wendy positioned (at least for a moment) to take on the big [...]

2009 The Hottest Half Marathon Race Report

Over the weekend about 1200 athletes enjoyed the overcast skies for The Hottest Half road race. There was both a half marathon and 10km race, with over 800 taking on the 13.1 miles. I had to go long! The last two weeks of training leading up to the event didn’t provide much insight into what [...]

2009 DRC Independence 10k Race Report

Over the weekend my family participated in one of the biggest races the Dallas Running Club has put on in a long while. There were between 700-800 runners taking on the 5k or 10k running event down at the Dallas endurance athlete epicenter, White Rock lake. I took on the 10k to try and see [...]

DRC Bloomin 4 mile Race Report – 2009

Over the weekend I finally got myself back on the starting line along with 430 other athletes to enjoy a great morning at the DRC Bloomin 4 mile race down at White Rock Lake. This event turned out to be a see-where-I-am-at event after running minimally the last three weeks due to my father’s cardiac [...]

DRC Best of Times Five Mile 2009 Race Report

Over the weekend, my entire family got involved in the Dallas Running Club Best of Times five mile run. The event was held down at White Rock lake under a cloudy but pleasant morning for all 267 athletes. This event is one of the clubs non-traditional events because it has an age-adjusted staggered start within [...]

Grasslands Marathon Trail Run 2009 Race Report

“It’s better to be 25% under-trained than 1% over-trained” Over the weekend I had the pleasure of running the Grasslands trail marathon put on by the local North Texas Trail Runners club. The event also included a 50 miler and a 1/2 marathon. It had a little bit of something for almost everyone which is [...]