Marathoning

Halloween MonsterDash

Published October 27, 2019

He did the Mash, he did the MonsterDash. the MonsterDash. It was a graveyard smash… ♫ ♬ ♭

Halloween 2019 – been a crazy snowy one this year in Colorado.

SATURDAY. First marathon-free weekend since mid-August. Kicked off with a trail run/hike in Bear Canyon. Mud/ice/snow littered but GREAT to be outside, get some altitude, soak up the thin air.

Post run? Dinner theatre with Ash & Tom. Mamma Mia! SUPER fun, campy. LOVED LOVED! Mamma Mia Mai Tai’s & an ABBA sing-a-long storyline. Chiquitita, Waterloo, Winner Takes it All… and of course, Dancing Queen. FAMILY quarterly tradition. Home before season’s THIRD blast ❄️

SUNDAY. Louisville’s Halloween-themed MonsterDash. Afternoon start/stop in Community Park. Cold-motivated to a 3^rd place old-person [Masters] finish. Get out & get it done. LOL>

11-year history: rain never ever, temps in the 60’s. Well not THIS year. 27 & SNOW. Brrr…

Post run? Hunkered indoors. Fireplace. Lasagna. Couch-watched the biggest flakes with Pup ❤️

MONDAY. 4WD to work; tight 12 hours between storms. A record FOURTH October storm Tuesday/Wednesday. Foot of snow, sub-zero windchill. Yikes! More trick than treat.

Daily Camera Retweeted #Boulder has received 11.2 inches of snow during this storm so far

Halloween’rs: Grab your EPIC pass. Lifts opening before Thanksgiving this season – earliest ski start in 22 years. Keystone, A Basin, Loveland, Winter Park, Eldora. Colorado HOLIDAY TREAT 🎃⛷️

MonsterDash Louisville

October 27, 2019 Results presented by SVE SoCal and timed by SVE SoCal

Participants: 238 Last Updated: 10/27/2019 4:55:41 PM

1162 KEENAN HAGA 00:53:21 10K M 08:36 min/mile

: altitude & thin air

: UNICORN Marty 🎃

: Colorado Halloween

: THEATRE tradition

: another FOSTER FOREVER HOME (great job Ash!)

: 27 & SNOW ❄️

: 10k race haul

: Halloween FINISHER

: 3rd place Masters

: record FOURTH storm

MonsterDash 10k

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Kansas City Marathon

Published October 19, 2019

Union Station

My 10-week marathon challenge ends here. Home of the Chiefs, baseball Royals & America’s BEST barbeque: KANSAS CITY. Whatta adventure! Iceland, Austria, 3x Canada. Not bragging (honest) – just amazed. SIX years ago my journey began; six CONTINENTS later. Seems I’m living someone else’s TV story. SUPER blessed 😊

Direct flight from Denver, Lyft-transport downtown, Westin Hotel check-in. EXPO literally across the street. KC’s Union Station. Both my run clubs booth-represented. GREAT to see Paula & Steve (50 State founders). Ya know they direct a hometown race every New Year. Charity supports youth-running in South Texas. 2020, hmmm….

Saturday 7am. Combined Full/Half Start. Thousands queued. Sea of runners. And RAIN. No forecast fail this week. Light precip (couple downpours) but steady.

National Anthem. Bluesy sax solo. Well done, KC.

[It’s a 2-minute tune; gals REMOVE your caps. ALL Americans share this freedom.]

Started way way back. Two miles of block-n-tackle. Dodge/zig zag, crowd-walks ‘round the curves. Caught my pace group at mile 4. Hung close for 15 miles.

Steady/strong/HILLY first-half. Bro’s Iron Warehouse tee soaked heavy with rain. Quads burning. Found myself hill-broken by marker 18. LEAD legs last eight miles. Jog, slog, walk. push, PUSH, push. Ugly endings can beat ya up, blanket the soul. Eyes forward.

5-hour FINISH, LONG 2^nd Half. [Perspective: same marathon medal an hour earlier.] We are not running anyone else’s race; we are running ‘the race that is set before us’. Message share from Mom (last Monday). Like she knew. Resonated strong ❤️

Kansas City, a USA hidden-secret. GREAT town, GREAT people, GREAT barbeque. Short hour-15 flight away.

Colorado Sunday HOME. Forecast: SNOW, our season’s SECOND ❄️

Your 2019 Kansas City Marathon Results!

848 K R Haga

Finish Time 5:05:22.06 11:40 min/mile

: historic Union Station

: EXPO Day

: Friday FOOD FEST 🍴

: pre-race devotional

: marathon START

: strong/HILLY first-half

: KC Masterpiece 🏁

: 10 week CHALLENGE

: GREAT town, GREAT barbeque

: Fall 2019 collection

Kansas City Marathon

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Vienna 2.0

Published October 16, 2019

2nd chance 50: Tunnel Hill. Calendar: Saturday November 9^th.

Vienna 2.0, the sequel. Same Sis, different Vienna. VI-enna, not VEE-nna.

Not just Sis but the entire Hilo crew. Pollyanna recruited Paul. Stephen cashed in Delta SkyMiles. St. Louie reunion next month. FAMILY road trippin’ to Vienna, Illinois!

BEST CHANCE finishing a 50-mile ultra. Right time, right CREW, best Sis ever. Hoped to run first 20 miles together. Pacers not allowed ‘til sunset (Tunnel RD confirmed).

Plan B… buy Sis a bib. Run day-hours tandem, walk sundown stretch w/ Paul.

Sister’s plan… earn a new Garmin badge & finish 50 miles together. BOSS move. Told ya, best Sis EVER. Paul on navigation, Stephen singing 70’s tunes (Donna Summer, Bee Gees, ABBA – we’ve got a list). Wonder Twins UNITE. SUPER motivated!

Run, walk, crawl… but FINISH. FIFTY miles. Doing this ❤️