I am delighted to have just run my 25th straight Boston Marathon Qualifying (BQ) time in 25 states in the last 3 years at the Kentucky Derby Marathon.

I'm proud that I've placed in the top runners in my age group in 13 of the last 16 of these races. And that I've finished in the top 10% of the entire race in most of them, since I'm one of the oldest runners and only run about 30 miles a week (serious marathoners typically run 60 - 100 miles and only two races a year).
My 34 marathons in 32 states have been a magical mystery trip. They have taken me by Revolutionary War sites in Boston (twice), Philadelphia, Newport, and Burlington, Civil War battlegrounds, and the high school that sparked the civil rights movement. I have raced by the capitol buildings of the U.S. and seven states, dashed through gorgeous college campuses and tropical rain forests, charged up bridges and down mountains,
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