At the risk of repeating myself, I love meeting runners and friends after finishing Reggae Marathon. After many of the other races I run in, I usually can’t wait to grab some food and drink and head out. Not so at Reggae Marathon. Maybe it’s the heady combination of successfully completing the run, the beach [...]
It’s nice to be first. Last week Greg Anderson of Jamaica was the first person to use the local online and payment facility to register for Reggae Marathon 2012. In the photo above that’s Greg on the left receiving his prize T shirt from Reggae Marathon Race Director Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis. Nice going Greg. “The [...]
To be ready for Reggae Marathon 2012 plan to arrive in Negril by November 29 latest. I’ll get a good night’s sleep Thursday night and be fresh and ready for an early Friday morning run with Bob Moore, Larry Savitch and Carrie Tollefson. Carrie, we’ll try to keep up. Friday night of course is the [...]
The Reggae Marathon prize purse may not be bursting at the seams but some of our winners choose to give their winnings back. After last year’s Reggae Marathon, Jamaican runner Piers gave his winnings to Reggae Marathon charity partner, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica. And Olympian Carrie Tollefson, who has won the 10K event the past [...]
I could say don’t leave home without your Reggae Marathon Finishers Medal but that would be pushing it. If your Mom was like mine then you got advice that has stuck with you. Some of the advice I received is ‘many years old’ now but it’s as valid now as it was then. And as [...]
Sally my wife says I spend more time in the digital world than the real world. She’s mostly right but I remind her that’s how I’ve met so many interesting runners…like Olympian Carrie Tollefson in the photo above. She also admits that the Reggae Marathon running vacation on the beach in Negril is ‘pretty darn [...]
Personal Best. The achievement of a goal that exceeds previous performance. Larry Savitch achieved a string of personal bests last year. I achieved a personal best in the Reggae Runners Half Marathon Challenge in April. Both were directly related to racing performance and were extremely satisfying. Taking ‘personal best’ to a new level is Marsha [...]
I’ve been running for 30 years but compared to these runners I feel like a newbie. Don’t get me wrong…I’m not complaining. I hope to be running for another 30 years and there is much to learn from these seasoned runners who come back year after year to run in the Reggae Marathon race weekend. [...]