Andes Mountains
Yesterday sad day. Heart-tug goodbyes, reflection on adventures past.
Heading home, BRAND NEW DAY. Colorado HOME. Rockies blurred in snow; Hecla iced-in, Canada geese wintering on its water-exposed center. And Ro, my best pal Ro. LOVIN’ time with his bro Marty. Equally confident he’ll be happy to see Papa. Strong bond, we’re a tight pack.
12 days same hotel room, MOVE DAY. Farewell to 2 pair of run shoes, handful of past marathon shirts. Trading space for souvenirs. Strategy served well in New Zealand [March 2017].
Minimalist mantra maintained, even on holiday 😊
Hotel check-out, airport check-in. World of change, 4 hours away. Santiago. GREAT transition. Day in Chile’s capital city, before an early pre-dawn touchdown in Miami. U-S-A! U-S-A!
Food feasted on all my favorites: ensalada palta (avocado salad), sopa de mariscos (seafood stew), mariscos risotto. Half-a-continent of coastline, FISH n FRIENDS ‘get in my belly’.
Shower’d, groomed, war wounds tended. AFC Championship on ESPN Español.
RED RUBY dreamin’. Eyes closed, ready for my own bed.
there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home….
Home, Colorado HOME ❤️
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- sporting Broncos ORANGE, heading COLORADO HOME
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- Chilean food FAVES
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- Antarctica war wounds
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- January bro time
Punta RETURN HOME
Song end, trip over, final race run.
Adventurer Last Supper. Dinner, awards, heart-tug goodbyes.
Marathon tally 140, continent count now SIX. 16 months ago, was asked what would motivate after 100 marathons. After Moscow, after Dublin, after 50 States.
Antarctica ❄️ DREAM realized.
Friendships made/bonds formed bottom of the Globe – gonna leave a HUGE hole.
LAUGHS, shared stories, PENGUINS, every inch of Punta Arenas, brass toe of Magellan.
Jorge, Paula, Emilio, Dan, Jeff, Gloria. I heart each of you ❤️
Last nite. Last walk. Midnite along the ocean.
Katya. Will miss you most. Customs Control, 2 weeks ago, Santiago. Thanks friend, thanks for saying hi 🙂
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- Adventurer Last Supper
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- HALF award, TWICE
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- circle of FRIENDS
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- photo BOMB’d (again)
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- Punta Arenas goodbye
Blinders off, drapes open, DAYLIGHT again. Loooong days of light, bottom of South America. Quick shower, banana. Day’s run clothes readied. Marathon morn.
Lotta opportunity past week to jog Punta Arenas’ boardwalk ‘long the Strait. Constant headwind every day. At your back going out, steady struggle Diego de Almagro-return. Today’s START? Calmest Magallanes day of the trip. Kissed the brass toe yesterday 🙂
Smaller crowd than White Continent but same subset of runners. Not everyone saw the beauty of a FREE marathon. Surprisingly though, day’s 50k participant list almost double Antarctica. Flat bike path course – [just a] matter of mentally ticking off laps again. 7 out-n-backs, one short loop to the Pier. Stay on the ‘pink’ path, that’s the one measured.
Emperor’s New Clothes. Either shrunk my Colorado-flag shorts or grew 4 inches. Unfortunately, only run clothes left in the bag. Ugh. Deep breath, I got this. Head up, walk with confidence, no one will notice. News CRAWL: ‘that time I ran in South America without pants’. ADD a new Chilean haircut – folks, I got comments. HA!
First three laps, a fun run – a FAST fun run. Stayed with my bestie Katya. She’d run a PR & win the women’s Half.
Head spinning, went out way too fast first 13 miles. Lap 4 (first on my own) was sucking wind. Reigned it in next 4 miles. Walked, video’d dolphins, then paced an even steady clip. Wind blew ‘Punta STRONG’ last 2 laps. Timing bang on. Focus’d, head forward, [wind] took the mental outta my finish/help mute the crazy. push, PUSH, push. High fives to my run FAMILY. LOVE these folks! ❤️
2 countries, 2 continents, two 50Ks – new South America PR, another 2nd place finish. FAAANNNTASTIC!
Hung 30 minutes more, pic posed with day’s women’s winner. Watched the last of my Circle (Jorge) walk-in the marathon. Well done man. Injured this trip, guy had nothing to prove – he’s a Boston finisher (3:15 marathoner).
Let’s how we roll bottom of the Globe. AND sometimes we run without pants. LOL>
Punta Arenas 50k, Marathon & 1/2 Marathon®
Punta Arenas, Chile
January 19, 2019
Place Finisher City/State Country Event Time
M1 Silviu Ursu, Iasi Romania 50 Kilometers 4:54:40
M2 Keenan Haga, Louisville, CO U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:19:25
F1 Ly Nguyen, Houston, TX U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:24:34
M3 Seth Kramer, Wilton Manors, FL U.S.A. 50 Kilometers 5:33:49
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- Chilean haircut
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- won the Half (again)
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- 2nd place FINISH
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- ‘that time I ran in South America without pants’
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- ultra SMILES
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- 2 continents, two 50Ks
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- South America PR
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- postcard MEMORY
DOLPHINS!
