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September 5, 2008

The most beautiful run

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Today’s Runners’ Lounge Take It And Run Thursday topic is Your Favorite Run in Pictures. This wasn’t my favorite run, per se, as I ended up walking the last 20 miles of it, but it was by far my favorite course. Absolutely stunningly beautiful! And I promised I’d post the pictures eventually, so this is a great chance to do it. The hilarious gas station across from my hotel Getting off the bus at the start of the race This was taken from the starting line (literally, a line drawn in the dirt) a few seconds before the countdown to …

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August 25, 2008

Guess where I am?

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Okay, maybe not where I am, but guess where I’m going. Hint: I’m connecting from Denver through this place to get to Newark. You might guess Philly or Chicago, but those were oversold. You might guess Dulles, but the DEN to IAD leg was delayed and I wouldn’t make the connection for the IAD to JFK leg. Give up yet? Come on, where is the natural connection between DEN and NYC? The correct answer is: Los Angeles! Because clearly that makes sense. The story is, the GA who originally promised me a hotel room for taking a flight tomorrow morning …

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August 24, 2008

Free flight for my next race!

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Just got VDBed from my early morning flight, as planned. What was unplanned and totally awesome is that they put me in first class for the 2 PM flight! Brilliant. Now if I could just get myself VDBed on that one too… 🙂 Yes, I’m greedy, but I’d totally trade first class for another free roundtrip. There’s nothing like getting VDBed on a flight that’s free thanks to another VDB! Now the question is… how soon can I do another marathon with my bum knee? Looking to the calendar of potentials, I’d love to do Little Grand Canyon and Mountain …

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August 23, 2008

Night before the marathon

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Just before 3:30, the Avis guy found me and asked if I was “ready to get out of this boring airport?” I said I was ready to go, but that I genuinely hadn’t had a problem waiting – as long as I had WiFi, I was a happy camper. He apologized anyway, and gave me a 50% discount on the rental – SWEET! When he sent me out to my car (a big honkin’ Ford Escape), I was shocked to see just how quiet it was. There was no sound at all except my flip flops on the pavement, and …

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August 22, 2008

An unusual kind of "stuck at the airport"

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Most people get stuck at their deparature airport. Some even get stuck at their layover airport. Me? Being the ultimate traveler who has to try all the unusual situations, I managed to get stuck at my destination airport. How did I do this, you might wonder? Well, it’s not so much a case of what I did as what I didn’t do. As in, reserve a rental car. I really thought I booked it when I booked my hotels (especially since car is always the first thing I book – you can book as many reservations as you want and …

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