Tour d' Europe

Bomb!

20 May

While Julie was cruising to her 18^thcareer marathon and staying in her beautifully consistent time range she has managed on her 8^thmarathon of 2012 (along with a 50k and a 100-miler), I was dropping a bomb on the beautiful course in Leiden in the Netherlands.

Julie put together her 5^thfastest marathon of her career with a 3:41.19, good for 76^thplace overall in the marathon. It was a minute slower than Prague last weekend and she says it was a bit more work than the last one, but she was pleased with how it turned out. She again managed negative splits with a 1:51...

Prague Wrap Up

16 May

The Czech Republic is well behind us at this point, as yesterday we flew to Amsterdam, met up with our friend from the States (who we met in Guatemala), hopped in a rental car, and drove to Belgium. Matt wrote up his race summary from the Prague marathon, but I wanted to write a few more highlights about the four days we spent there.

The City – Nearly every person we talk to about Prague either has had a fondness for the city or a desire to visit it, and it’s easy to see why. It’s easy to...

Prague Marathon: Czech!

14 May

Knee pain: check. Weather: check. Awesome city: Czech!

After two weeks off from running the Madrid Marathon 3 weeks ago and not being sure if I’d be able to actually run the Prague Marathon or not, this weekend turned out about as well as I could possibly hope for. I finished 89^thoverall out of around 9000 and finished in 2:47.47. It’s not my best, not my worst, but a run I’m very pleased with given the circumstances.

Prague is a really nice city and the marathon is very well run. The course is beautiful, running by famous sites in Old Town...

Let's Get Ready to Rumbleeeee!!!

12 May

Anyone who has ever been to a high school or college basketball game knows this quintessential phrase that’s blasted over the loud speakers before the start of each game, pumping up the players and fans for an exciting event. This phrase was in my head all day yesterday as we traveled from Naples to Prague, anticipating not only the marathon we’ll be running on Sunday, but our visit with Rumblestrip.

We first met Rumblestrip in a shelter in New Hampshire on the Appalachian Trail last summer. We stuck with him until the end of the trail, and went so far as to drop him off at his farm on our way home from the trail....

Arrivederci Italia

11 May

So long Italy, you’ve been good. From our nice home, to the Deco, gelato and lots of good think time, Italy fit in just right for this time of our life.

The Deco, our local grocery store, was fabulous, both for what we purchased there, and for the Italian experience it provided us. After eating out the first weekend, sampling many versions of the classic Margarita pizza –apparently innovated here in Naples, it was time to settle in and go shopping. Our home had a great kitchen and we fully utilized it. The Deco was a short, 5 minute walk from our place too and it quickly became our regular stomping...

Where are we now?

Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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