On the road again.  Ohio!

Labour Day weekend.  3 days from work.  Holiday plan – hiking!  And…a last-minute marathon sign-up.  Hamilton, Ohio.  American out-there, United back; $110 total.  Rental car ‘nother $25.  An hour less from Cincinnati.  Night run, Colorado home for Sunday church.  East Coast marathoning on the cheap 😊

Touchdown.  Kentucky/Indiana/Ohio highway.  Presbyterian parking, 2 hours ‘til showtime.

Whole lotta history in former Fort Hamilton.  Monuments, statues, an old log cabin.  Night running on the Great Miami River Trail.  Disco-lighted, bike path aglow.  Small town.  Well-organized event.

Four laps & Ohio humid.  Hurricane churning in the Atlantic – no rain tonite, just swells of oven air.

Arrived high spirited & well-travelled; left a bit deflated.  Not my night.  Actually, never my night.  Morning runner – guess I’m gonna stay that way.  Finished but dialed-a-friend to do so.  Last 6 miles, March-of-Dimes lap.  No shame in walking, but after my past 2 results…thought I was closer to sub-4 again.  Ho hum.

Hike day tomorrow.  Ro doesn’t care Papa finished back-of-the-pack.  Only thinkin’ squirrels 🐿️

Sorry Ohio, I did ya wrong.  Will come back & fight another day.

HAMILTON NIGHTGLOW MARATHON
Ohio’s ultimate nighttime running experience

 

Hamilton, Ohio  August 31, 2019

 

28  Keenan Haga  Louisville CO  Marathon  5:29:33

road-trippin’ Ohio