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2015 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on January 1, 2016 by planet3rry

Flying Monkey Marathon November 22, 2015 The Reaping Once the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon became popular the race director moved to a lottery format to chose the stupid lucky participants. The selection involves a weighted randomization scheme and while I don’t … Continue reading →

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2014 Quad Cities Marathon Race Report

Posted on October 28, 2014 by planet3rry

2014 Quad Cities Marathon: A River Runs Through It September 28, 2014 Travel It was a family venture out to the flat Midwest from hilly East Tennessee. I should create a blog post of the few days prior to the … Continue reading →

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2014 Panerathon Expo 10k Race Report

Posted on August 13, 2014 by planet3rry

2014 Panerathon Expo 10k 05/24/2014 This was my 11th Expo race, the 10th consecutive one for the 10k flavor. My very first Expo in 1998 was the 5k distance when I was but a noob runner. I had only started … Continue reading →

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2014 Pistol Ultra Race Report

Posted on May 13, 2014 by planet3rry

Jan 4, 2014 Maryville, TN Pre-Race It was a cold morning, something around 16F, which was about the temperature at the start of Flying Monkey. The Start/Finish of the race was on the property of Alcoa Middle School which allowed … Continue reading →

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2013 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on January 2, 2014 by planet3rry

“MONKEY!” – Race Director Trent Rosenbloom (Monkey Trent, Bib # -1) starting the race instead of firing a starter’s pistol. It’s a long wait from the beginning of August, finding out that you won the lottery, to donning an official … Continue reading →

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2013 Darlington Marathon Race Report

Posted on October 15, 2013 by planet3rry

“Instead of spanks, I got kilometers” – Terry Higgins on running a marathon (42.2 kilometers) on his 42nd birthday I wasn’t sure what to expect for the Inaugural 2013 Darlington Marathon. The 2 things that I really knew was that … Continue reading →

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2012 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on August 30, 2013 by planet3rry

Bananas in black! Just a mere 8 days after my PR finish at the Chickamauga Marathon, I was getting ready to run the Flying Monkey Marathon (11/18/2012). The Flying Monkey Marathon is my absolute favorite marathon, the culture around the … Continue reading →

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2012 Chickamauga Marathon Race Report

Posted on May 8, 2013 by planet3rry

  This report will be “out of date” within the blog because I am writing it almost 6 months since Race Day. Here is post where I talk about the ‘upcoming’ Chickamauga Marathon. Race Morning The Chickamauga Marathon is located … Continue reading →

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2012 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Race Report

Posted on June 1, 2012 by planet3rry

In a previous post, I wrote how I was the marathon Pacer captain. I arranged for all the pacers to arrive well before race start at a central location order for us to have a group picture taken and to … Continue reading →

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2012 Georgia Marathon Race Report

Posted on April 12, 2012 by planet3rry

The 6th annual Publix Georgia Marathon was held on 3/18/2012. I was fortunate to win a contest from 26.2 Quest for a free entry into the event. Had I not won that entry, I seriously doubt that I would have … Continue reading →

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