Somewhere along the way, the idea of the huzband running 50 marathons by the time he turned 50 years old emerged. [You can read more about that conversation here.] It was thought to be unrealistic until recently. [I’m telling you, go read what I told you to read and you will be all caught up.] It was also discovered recently that these 50 marathons would actually hold more than just marathons but several ultra distances as well [ultra is anything over the 26.2 miles of a marathon.] Needless to say, before we get too old and can’t remember what the first several marathons towards this 50 are, let’s start a running list.
Who knows, at the moment, he has eight years to run 30 marathons or more. [And yes, we do count training runs. If he’s running 26.2 miles while training for an ultra, it counts in my book. I also realize now that we have entered the “ultra running world”, there really is no going back!]
- New York City Marathon, 2010
- New York City Marathon, 2011 [read about it]
- Rwanda Marathon, 2012 [read about it]
- Dallas Marathon, 2012 [read about it]* he ran this one with me *
- Ironman Lake Placid, 2013 [read about it]
- Lonely Man Marathon, 2015
- Chicago Marathon, 2016
- Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon, 2018 [read about it]
- Fairbanks Marathon, 2018
* the following were completed during training for Comrades Ultra Marathon.
10. Comrades Training: 29 Feb. 2019, 26.2 miles, Dead Sea, Israel 11. Comrades Training: 23 March 2019, 31 miles, path to Willow, AK. 12. Comrades Training: 31 March 2019, 26.2 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 13. Comrades Training: 14 April 2019, 26.2 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 14. Comrades Training: 21 April 2019, 26.2 miles, he doesn’t remember where, AK. 15. Comrades Training: 26 April 2019, 26.2 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 16. Comrades Training: 27 April 2019, 26.2 miles, path to Willow, AK. 17. Comrades Training: 3 May 2019, 31 miles, path to Willow, AK. 18. Comrades Training: 4 May 2019, 26.2 miles, path to Church Rd and treadmill in the garage, AK. 19. Comrades Ultra Marathon, 2019, South Africa. [read about it here].
20. Fairbanks Marathon, 2019
Originally, the huzband was going to run the Alaska Endurance Trail Run in Fairbanks in June of 2020 (it’s a 24 hour race). However, due to Covid-19 the race was canceled. Yet, that didn’t stop us. Instead, June 5 of 2020 the huzband toed an imaginary line as he took on his first 24 hour race; a race we entitled COVID-100. Yes, that’s right. Running for 24 hours with a goal of 100 miles. So needless to say, there was a few more ‘marathons or more’ in the training for it.
What have I done!!!!
* the following were completed during training for the Alaska Endurance Trail Run COVID-100 Alaska Endurance Run.
21. COVID-100 Training: 14 Feb. 2020, 26.2 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 22. COVID-100 Training: 21 Feb. 2020, 26.2 miles, Molokai, HI. 23. COVID-100 Training: 28 Feb. 2020, 26.2 miles, Molokai, HI. 24. COVID-100 Training: 13 March 2020, 28 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 25. COVID-100 Training: 20 March 2020, 28 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 26. COVID-100 Training: 27 March 2020, 28 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 27. COVID-100 Training: 10 April 2020, 30 miles, treadmill in the garage, AK. 28. COVID-100 Training: 17 April 2020, 30 miles, Settler’s Bay Coastal Trail, AK. 29. COVID-100 Training: 24 April 2020, 30 miles, Settler’s Bay Coastal Trail, AK. 30. COVID-100 Training: 8 May 2020, 30 miles, Settler’s Bay Coastal Trail, AK. 31. COVID-100 Training: 15 May 2020, 30 miles, Settler’s Bay Coastal Trail, AK. 32. COVID-100 Alaska Endurance Run (24-hour race): 5 June 2020, 100 miles, Settler's Bay Coastal Trail, AK. 33. Just for fun: 26 March 2021, 26.2 miles, treadmill in garage of rental, AK. 34. Goodbye to Alaska: 5 June 2021, 38.5 miles, Resurrection Trail, AK. * the following were completed during training for the Keys 100 Ultra. 35. Keys 100 training: 8 April 2022, 26.2 miles, Apollo Beach, FL. 36. Keys 100 training: 22 April 2022, 31 miles, Apollo Beach, FL. 37. Keys 100 Ultra Marathon: 20-21 May 2022, DNF - 70 miles out of 100, Florida Keys. 38. Mike Wardian Run Across America: 2 July 2022, 31 miles, Delaware. 39. Berlin Marathon: 25 September, 2022, 26.2 miles, Berlin, Germany. 40. R2R2R (Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim): 16 October, 2022, 45 miles, Grand Canyon.
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