Some of you — mostly the ones who are running in the Pittsburgh Marathon or the half on May 7 — know this drill already: When you get to the fluid station at Mile 6+, look for the guy with the beard and the silly red Ohio State bucket hat for hugs, high fives and… Read More feeling thirsty?
I have a perfectly good reason to show up on Western Avenue at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Just like some of you guys will have a perfectly good reason run down Western Avenue a few hours later. Yep. Mrs. Crappy and I are working the Pittsburgh Marathon water station on Western Avenue —… Read More water slinging.
I’d always wanted to do the YMCA Turkey Trot, the annual 5K held in the city on Thanksgiving morning, if for no other reason that it would provide ample justification for the gorging that would occur later in the day. So of course, I waited to do the race until the year when I’m not… Read More 24. trotting.
I started running in October 2011. And I got to the point where I craved. it. It was important back then. I was a 45-year-old fat guy, working a stressful job and hoping against hope that my family’s medical history — heart issues, diabetes, hypertension — wouldn’t catch up with me for a while. And… Read More 5. run for your life.
It’s a pretty simple theme. And all you have to do to take advantage is find the guy in the red hat. As we’ve done for several years, we’re volunteering again at a Pittsburgh Marathon fluid station. As we done for not quite as many years, we’re working the Mile 6 station, on Western Avenue… Read More hope you’re thirsty.
I knew that getting through a 10-mile run would result in some, uh, discomfort for a few days after. But i had no idea about the full range of reactions my body would put me through in the days following Sunday’s jaunt. Pain. Well sure, this one is obvious. And as I said on Sunday,… Read More 6. picture of health.
Uncle Crappy 