I’m Alan, a midlife runner. What does that mean? To me, it’s not a midlife crisis, I’m just a middle-aged, middle of the pack runner, trying to get faster before father time catches me.
I ran cross-country and track in junior high and high school until a disagreement with a coach over “optional” practice ended my high school running career. Fast forward 30 years, poor dieting and lack of regular exercise turned me into the typical middle-aged guy struggling to keep weight off. To help keep me motivated getting to the gym I started signing up for 5K races. After a cousin ran a half marathon it inspired me to try running a half – now I’m addicted.
My goal now is to run a half marathon in every U.S. state. In addition to the dedication required to train my body and mind, there’s also the logistics and cost of travel to the races. I started this blog to document and share my journey. Good and bad. I hope others can learn from my successes and failures, or at least have a good laugh with or at me. For questions about this blog, please contact me.
Race Results
🏅 5K (14) PR 23:04
🏅 10K (3) PR 48:49
🏅 Half Marathons (9) PR 1:48:24 –7/50 States
Half-Marathon-By-The Sea Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA 9/25/2016
Aruba International Half Marathon (2) 2017, 2019
Rock Hall Half Marathon Cleveland, OH 8/20/2017
Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando, FL 1/6/2018
Duchess County Classic Half Marathon La Grange, NY 9/16/2018
Seacoast Half Marathon Portsmouth, NH 11/11/2018
Race the Runways Brunswick, ME 4/27/2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon Las Vegas, NV 11/17/2019
🏅 Marathons (1) 4:33:04
Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Marathon New Orleans, LA 3/4/2018
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