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
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- hour from Cincinnati
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- monuments & markers
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- Fort Hamilton past
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- Great Miami River Trail
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- four laps & humid
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- Welcome to Butler County
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- disco-lighted, bike path aglow
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- Ohio night-running
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- Hurricane Dorian
road-trippin’ Ohio
Rodeo empty; fair food finished. Short hour nap & ready for Round 2. Tim McGraw. Tickets in the ‘Party Zone’. First time ‘Best Available’ shoulda come with an age limit. College-age beer, crowded ‘round an outdoor stage. $30 less would have bought a seat 🙂
Stared up at the screen, watched the opening act embrace the elements. AND enjoyed the moment, it’s only rain. Wet, corralled in a sea of cowboy – hats, boots, dippin’ tobacco & solo-cup beer. Stage lights pulsed. Everyone got loud, and there he was – Tim McGraw. For this legend, even the rain stopped. Surrounded by thousands who LOVE him, his music. Down-home lyrics. Catchy hooks. Redneck, yep – and FUN.
An hour in, crazy half-lit Tanya Tucker stumbled on stage. Delta Dawn.
Earlier Saturday, CSU-Fort Collins doctors operated on her dog’s heart. She came/went/asked Tim for money (hefty vet bill). Delta Dawn. Gal’s been around a long time – appreciate that AND empathy for the dog. Surprise glimpse at another legend.
Diana Ross. Shakespeare. Tim McGraw. Next week, Mahler symphony at Chautauqua. HUGE fan of string. Cello — its deep somber resonance, my soul instrument.
Summer break almost over. Go, do, be. LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤️
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- Cheyenne, Round 2
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- kickin’ up dust 🤠
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- Frontier NIGHTS
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- sea of COWBOY
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- Wyoming LOVED
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- Party Zone crowd
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- U-S-A 🇺🇸
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- country legend
Tim McGraw (Cheyenne 2019)
Tim McGraw & Tanya Tucker
KANGAROO 🦘
Daddy of ‘em All. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Frontier Days.
After a four-year absence, I’m back folks. America’s largest outdoor rodeo – & later tonite, country legend Tim McGraw. Goin’ BIG – no regrets this summer season 😊
Cowboy’d up with Stephen, Saturday morn. DIA flight from New Hampshire; hour-half highway north on I-25. First out-of-state trek for my BIG FORD TRUCK. Rodeo adventure, bang-on perfect. Have I told y’all how much I LOVE my new truck? HA!
Bronc buckin’, steer wrestlin’ & calf roping. Missed the bulls this year, probably my fave-absolute next to the buckin’ broncs. An event which NEVER disappoints.
123rd CFD Rodeo – older than the state itself. Dig the big-voice announcer, crowd of cowboy hats, parking lot of trucks & horse trailers. My season. Good to be back.
Cowboy up y’all. Rodeo season – mmm, feels like summer.
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- Daddy of ’em All
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- BRONC buckin’
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- high adrenaline, NEVER disappoints
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- steer wrestlin’
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- team roping
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- rattlesnake BRATWURST
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- fair FOOD fave 😊
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- COWBOY season
Cheyenne Frontier Days 2019
