Ah, that first night of sleep in a bed again after an overnight international flight does wonders! We woke up at 9am, and we went for a run around the perimeter of the Imperial Palace, a popular 5k loop for local runners (always run with the Palace on your left)….
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Kon’nichiwa, Tokyo!
I’ll admit it. When we secured our entries last year to the Tokyo Marathon, neither of us were particularly excited about visiting Japan beyond checking off another World Marathon Major finish. While others who have been to the country before raved about it, Japan just hasn’t been high on our…
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Championship Sunday in London
For the second time this year, our domestic flight was delayed out of Austin on Friday afternoon, which was putting us too close for comfort in terms of making our international flight connection in Atlanta. What started out as a lengthy connection in Atlanta turned into a sprint through the…
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Donkeys, Elk, and Moose…with a side of Sarah McLachlan in ColoRADo
When Sarah McLachlan announced the tour for the 30th anniversary of her album, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy, I knew that I was going, as that was the soundtrack to my college years. The only question was where? We originally considered going to one of the shows in Seattle, WA and exploring…
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Biding our time in Brussels
Our trip got off to a very rocky start on Friday afternoon when the text messages from the airline started rolling in regarding a flight delay for our domestic flight to Detroit. The new departure time kept getting pushed back later and later, and it quickly became apparent to us…
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Running solo through The Big Apple
I don’t travel by myself often. But, when I won an entry through the lottery late last year for the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, I knew that this was going to be a trip that I would be making by myself. NYC is among my favorite cities to race,…