2010 Dawg Gone Long 50-Miler

State Repeat; Marathon/Ultra #38
~Gear Up T-3 Days
~Gear Up T-2 Days
~Gear Up T-1 Day and Race RUNdown

~Post-Race Thoughts

2008 Flying Pig Marathon

~2008 Results

~2009 MB's Race Ratings

2007 Dayton Air Force Marathon

~2007 Results

2010 University of Okoboji Marathon

State #36; Marathon #39

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 3.0/5.0

2010 University of Okoboji Marathon Medal

2010 HURL 50K

State #37; Marathon #40
~Race RUNdown

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 3.7/5.0

2010 Big Wild Humpy's Classic Marathon

State #38; Marathon #41
~Race RUNdown

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 3.9/5.0

2010 Humpy's Classic Marathon Medal

2010 Mesa Falls Marathon

State #39; Marathon #42

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 4.5/5.0

2010 Mesa Falls Marathon Medal

2010 Omaha Marathon

State #40; Marathon #43
~Race RUNdown

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 4.4/5.0

2010 Marathon Medal

2010 Chicago Marathon

State #41; Marathon #44

~Post-Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 3.7/5.0

2010 Zoom Yah! Yah! Indoor Marathon

State #46; Marathon #51

 ~Race Run-down
~Post-Race Thoughts
Race Ratings... coming soon! 

2010 Dallas White Rock Marathon
~State #45; Marathon #50
~Race RUNdown
~Post Race Thoughts
~Race Ratings 4.0/5.0

Additional Information...

Pictured below, the official marathon t-shirt, finisher medal, and finisher t-shirt

 

2010 Detroit Free Press MarathonState #42; Marathon #44

~Race Run~down

~Post-Race Thoughts

~Race Ratings 4.4/5.0

2010 Bimblers Bluff 50K

State #43; Marathon #46

~Race RunDown

~Race Ratings 4.2/5.0

2010 Spinx Run Fest ~ Marathon

State #44; Marathon #47

 ~Race Run-down

~Race Ratings  4.2/5.0

2010 Marshall University Marathon

~State: Repeat; Marathon #48

~Race RUNdown 

~Post-Race Thoughts

~Race Ratings 4.2/5.0

2009 Hatfield-McCoy Marathon

~State #9; Marathon #11

~Race RUNdown
~Post-Race Thoughts

~Race Ratings 4.8/5.0

2010 Philadelphia Marathon 
~State: Repeat; Marathon #49
~Post Race Thoughts
....Race Ratings comings soon!

2009 Erie Marathon at Prasque Isle
~State #14; Marathon #16
~Race RUNdown
~Post-Race Thoughts and Race Ratings 3.8/4.0

Posts that Make you Go "OOOH"

I'm often asked questions that I've already answered in an older post, so I'm grouping some of these together to make the site a little easier to navigate. 
Race Ratings... All races are listed in the Race Ratings page found here. 
Boston Marathon...
~Coach's Corner Posts: Here
~My First BQ (Post Race/Training Thoughts) Here.
Training Tips...
~Elevation: Here.
~Speed:
... Last week weeks before race: Here
... For Marathons: Here.
... Making a BQ Here.
~Ultra Schedule (WS100): Here
~Fueling on Long Runs: Here.
~Back to Back Marathons (Recovery & Gearing up) Here.
Strength Training...
~Weekly Strength Training Exercises: Here.* 
~Knee Strengthening: Here and Here,
~CrossFit! Here.
~Football-Inspired Workouts Here.
Shoes, Clothing, and other Running Goodies...
~Nike Free's (5.0 and 7.0) Here.
~Running Wish List 2010 Here.
~Sony Walkman Here. 
Popular Posts...

~"Boston! My 50th State!" Here. Recounting the best day of my running career.
~"Hangover Half" Here. A pithy recap of a hungover half marathon and tips on how to survive a marathon drunk/hungover.

~"The Dark Side of the Princess Half" Here. Funny stories from the Princess Half Marathon... Stephanie gets called a B**** and "Older" when doing extra mileage. 

~2011 Running Goals: Here. Everything from pace and number of races to total mileage and showing race directors some love. 

~"Best Marathon Medals of 2010" Here and "Best Marathon Medals of 2009" Here. 

~"Runners' Christmas Wish List" Here. A list of my favorite running gadgets, clothing, shoes, etc. for 2010

~"Run to Win" Here. A Call to all runner to push themselves to strive for quality marathons, not quantity. Warning: Very controversial. 

~"My First 50-Miler" Here. Post-Race thoughts on my first 50-Miler... the Dawg Gone Long 50-Miler.

~"Things that Make you Go "EW" Marathon Edition" Here. Another pithy observation of the things that make runners... well pretty gross!