https://runkamandi.com/2019/04/01/spring-beckons-with-bon-iver/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bon-iver-2019-cincinnati2188.jpegbon-iver-2019-cincinnati2188Bon Iver in concert at Cincinnati's Taft Theatre, March 31, 2019. Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bon-iver-2019-cincinnati2191.jpegbon-iver-2019-cincinnati2191Bon Iver in concert at Cincinnati's Taft Theatre, March 31, 2019. Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bon-iver-2019-cincinnati2192.jpegbon-iver-2019-cincinnati2192Bon Iver in concert at Cincinnati's Taft Theatre, March 31, 2019. Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bon-iver-2019-cincinnati2195-1.jpegbon-iver-2019-cincinnati2195Bon Iver in concert at Cincinnati's Taft Theatre, March 31, 2019. Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/march-no-days-off2203.jpegmarch-no-days-off2203https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cincinnati-bridge2184.jpegcincinnati-bridge2184https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bon-iver-2019-cincinnati2195.jpegbon-iver-2019-cincinnati21952023-11-22T00:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/04/01/the-road-to-50k-no-why-just-here/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/curt-and-dexter-2095.jpegcurt-and-dexter-2095https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/curt-spinning-on-peloton-1646.jpegcurt-spinning-on-peloton-1646https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/curt-running-in-the-dark-1638.jpegcurt-running-in-the-dark-16382023-11-19T15:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/12/30/the-year-that-was/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/curt-oct-17-2019-e1578011300895.jpegcurt-oct-17-2019Rocking my new Honey Stinger Hive gear.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/curts-year-in-sport-e1578008998668.pngcurts-year-in-sportMy #yearinsport as of Dec. 30, 2019, courtesy of Stravahttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/curts-ndo-calendar-dec-2019.jpegcurts-ndo-calendar-dec-2019Not quite "No Days Off" in 2019 ... but then that never really was the point. Despite the bad breaks (pun intended), I tried to live the last year as intentionally as possible. That's something to be proud of in and of itself.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/curts-ndo-calendar-jan-2020-e1578010978591.jpegcurts-ndo-calendar-jan-2020https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cincinnati-nature-center-dec-2019.jpegcincinnati-nature-center-dec-20192024-12-23T15:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/10/20/back-from-the-break/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/strava-summit-data-oct-20-2019.jpegstrava-summit-data-oct-20-2019Don't call it a comeback: the peaks and valleys of my last six months.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mt-rainier-approach-433.jpegmt-rainier-approach-433https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mt-rainier-approach-2900.jpegmt-rainier-approach-2900https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mt-rainier-paradise-3047.jpegmt-rainier-paradise-3047https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cloudburst-brewery-seattle-4836.jpegcloudburst-brewery-seattle-4836https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mt-hood-national-forest-government-camp-3444.jpegmt-hood-national-forest-government-camp-3444https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ankle-brace-3536.jpegankle-brace-3536https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ankle-race-while-running-66921-e1570383930168.jpegankle-race-while-running-66921Preparing for a run with my awful ankle brace.2019-10-20T23:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/05/08/race-report-the-flying-pig-marathon/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/curt-flying-pig-1211.jpgcurt-flying-pig-1211Well, that happened. Not my favorite marathon finish, but it's certainly better than no finish at all.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/curt-flying-pig-1564.jpgcurt-flying-pig-1564Beginning the climb through Eden Park at Cincinnati's 2019 Flying Pig Marathon.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/curt-photo-by-m-millhaem.jpegcurt-photo-by-m-millhaemFeeling too good too early on in the race. Photo by Mike Millhaem.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flat-curt-flying-pig-2019.jpegflat-curt-flying-pig-2019Flat Curt ready for race day.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/medal-monday-may-2019.jpegmedal-monday-may-2019Medal Monday festivities with the good people of Beyond Exercise and the BERunProject.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flying-pig-mural-2019.jpegflying-pig-mural-20192019-07-11T20:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/06/16/waddling-along-to-vampire-weekend/2019-06-20T23:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/06/09/aches-and-atrophy-on-the-road-to-recovery/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/june-2019-no-days-off.jpegjune-2019-no-days-offWell, there were a few unplanned "days off" at this point.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/muscle-atrophy-week-2-front-e1560115718960.jpegmuscle-atrophy-week-2-frontThe state of my muscle loss on June 9. 2019.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/muscle-atrophy-week-2-back-e1560116022213.jpegmuscle-atrophy-week-2-backThe state of my muscle loss on June 9. 2019.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ankle-recovery-week-2-e1560115842303.jpegankle-recovery-week-22019-06-10T13:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/06/01/forty-and-fractured/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/curts-broken-ankle-e1559510034237.jpegcurts-broken-ankleThe morning after the initial break. My left ankle would start to look much, much worse over the next few days.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ankle-xray-2019.jpegankle-xray-2019The little "you are here" arrow added by my radiologist points to the problem.2019-06-09T21:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/05/22/gregory-alan-isakov-graces-the-underground/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bluegrass-underground-may-2019.jpgbluegrass-underground-may-2019https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/caverns-entrance-2515.jpegcaverns-entrance-2515The entrance to The Caverns. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gregory-alan-isakov-2547.jpeggregory-alan-isakov-2547Gregory Alan Isakov and band performing for 'Bluegrass Underground' on May 19, 2019. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gregory-alan-isakov-3375.jpeggregory-alan-isakov-3375Gregory Alan Isakov and band performing for 'Bluegrass Underground' on May 19, 2019. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/miguels-pizza-2566.jpegmiguels-pizza-2566National treasure Miguel's Pizza at the Red. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/natural-bridge-2567.jpegnatural-bridge-2567Beneath Natural Bridge. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/natural-bridge-2568.jpegnatural-bridge-2568The staircase to the top of Natural Bridge. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/natural-bridge-2584.jpegnatural-bridge-2584En route to the Needles Eye Staircase at Natural Bridge State Park. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/natural-bridge-2593.jpegnatural-bridge-2593Hiking to Natural Bridge. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rebekah-at-natural-bridge-2619.jpegrebekah-at-natural-bridge-2619Rebekah with Natural Bridge in the distance. Photo by Curt Whitacre.2019-06-02T20:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/05/10/besting-the-revelation-blues-with-the-tallest-man-on-earth/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tallest-man-convington-2404.jpgtallest-man-convington-2404https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tallest-man-convington-2383.jpgtallest-man-convington-2383The Tallest Man On Earth in concert at Madison Theater on May 8, 2019. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tallest-man-convington-2388.jpgtallest-man-convington-2388The Tallest Man On Earth in concert at Madison Theater on May 8, 2019. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tallest-man-nelsonville-6123.jpgtallest-man-nelsonville-6123The Tallest Man On Earth live with full band at the 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival. Photo by Curt Whitacre.2019-05-10T19:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/05/01/four-months-in-and-nodaysoff/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/no-days-off-april-2019.jpegno-days-off-april-2019Tracksmith’s #nodaysoff wall calendar for 2019, updated through April 30.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cincinnati-flowers2258.jpegcincinnati-flowers2258https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cincinnati-flowers-2264.jpegcincinnati-flowers-22642019-05-01T20:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/01/12/the-road-to-50k-first-steps/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/littlekingsmile05032013-e1547324348197.jpeglittlekingsmile05032013My very first race medal. Victory is mine! The cat is adequately impressed.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1559.jpegimg_1559The trails of Devou Park in Covington, Kentucky, in January of 2019. Photo by Curt Whitacre.2019-04-18T20:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2018/12/22/in-the-beginning/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/curts-first-flying-pig2739.jpegcurts-first-flying-pig2739The view from my very first marathon starting line: 2014's Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/curtruns.jpgCurtRuns!Running the Queen Bee half marathon in the fall of 2014.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/christianmoerleinsignmay2014.jpgChristianMoerleinSign(May2014)The namesake of Cincinnati's "Beer Series," the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company. Photo by Curt Whitacre.2019-04-18T19:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/04/11/race-report-forget-the-pr-mohican-50k/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2252.jpegIMG_2252Me and my wife on the course of the Forget the PR Mohican 50k. Photo by Michael Semick.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mohican-50k-gps-map.jpegmohican-50k-gps-mapMy GPS data for the 2019 Forget the PR Mohican 50k, including my regrettable trip off course. You live and you learn, I guess!https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lost-in-mohican-state-park.jpeglost-in-mohican-state-parkAnother participant took this picture of me (center) and two other racers blindly following the notorious pink ribbons on an unplanned detour. Note to self: ribbons are not flags.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mohican-50k-header.jpgmohican-50k-headerhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/muddy-ons-mohican-50k.jpegmuddy-ons-mohican-50k2019-04-16T15:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/02/20/sharon-and-chi-town/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1783.jpegsharon-van-etten1783Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1773.jpegsharon-van-etten1773Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1776.jpegsharon-van-etten1776Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1778.jpegsharon-van-etten1778Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1784.jpegsharon-van-etten1784Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sharon-van-etten1770.jpegsharon-van-etten1770Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1790.jpegIMG_1790Chicago's Civic Opera House (not Thalia Hall, to be clear). Photography by Curt Whitacre.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1782.jpegIMG_1782Sharon Van Etten in concert at Chicago's Thalia Hall on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Photography by Curt Whitacre.2019-04-14T16:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/03/26/the-road-to-50k-taper-time/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/leadville-half-finish-2018.jpgleadville-half-finish-2018Finishing the Leadville Heavy Half in June of 2018. The struggle was real.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/feet-up-the-wall.jpegfeet-up-the-wallhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/21-miler-long-run-1.jpeg21-miler-long-runhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/21-miler-long-run.jpeg21-miler-long-runhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/weekly-mileage-through-march-25.jpegweekly-mileage-through-march-25My run-specific Strava data through March 24, 2019.2019-03-27T01:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/03/20/the-road-to-50k-signs-of-life/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/march-weekly-miles-2019.jpegmarch-weekly-miles-2019As my run-specific Strava data illustrates, it's been a steady climb to 50 for the last few weeks. I don't think I've ever been so consistent during a winter training season before.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/first-50-mile-week-2019.jpegfirst-50-mile-week-2019My Strava summary for the week of March 11-17, 2019 ... my first 50-mile week in over a year.2019-03-20T23:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/03/04/two-months-in-and-nodaysoff/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/more-snow-2019.jpegmore-snow-2019One day after the Bockfest 5k's unofficial start to spring and it's snowing in Cincinnati ... again. New month, same old weather.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rei-night-run-2019.jpegrei-night-run-2019https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/february-2019-training-calendar.jpegfebruary-2019-training-calendarMy Strava training calendar for February 2019. #nodaysoffhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/feb2019nodaysoff.jpegfeb2019nodaysoffTracksmith’s #nodaysoff wall calendar for 2019, updated through March 3.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cincinnatimuralitsyourthing.jpegcincinnatimuralitsyourthing2019-03-20T23:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/03/03/the-road-to-50k-back-to-bockfest/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bockfestfinish2019.jpegbockfestfinish2019https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bockfestlongrun2019.jpegbockfestlongrun2019The spoils from 2019's Bockfest 5k.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bockfestparade2019_1917.jpegbockfestparade2019_19172019-03-15T21:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/02/08/the-road-to-50k-you-spin-me-right-round-peloton/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peloton-100-ride1737.jpgpeloton-100-ride1737The output for my "Century Club" ride with Peloton.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/curt-snow0278.jpegcurt-snow0278Who wants to cycle in the snow? Not this guy.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peloton-century-ride1722.jpegpeloton-century-ride1722Joining Peloton's Century Club on Feb. 8, 2019.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peloton-columbus1021.jpegpeloton-columbus10212019-02-20T21:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/01/19/the-road-to-rainier-there-and-back-again/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/whitacres-in-seattle-circa-1987.jpegwhitacres-in-seattle-circa-1987My family in Seattle, circa 1987. My t-shirt was a lie: I've never been surfing.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mount-rainier06152012-e1547923643642.jpegmount rainier06152012Approaching Mount Rainier in June of 2012.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0796.jpegimg_0796https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0921-e1547923726474.jpegimg_09212019-02-10T19:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2018/12/30/top-tunes-for-2018/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_0149.jpgIMG_0149Great Sand Dunes National Park. Photography by Curt Whitacre.2019-02-02T21:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/2019/02/02/one-month-in-and-nodaysoff/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen-shot-2019-02-02-at-4.01.49-pm-e1549142069834.pngScreen Shot 2019-02-02 at 4.01.49 PMMy Strava training calendar for January 2019. #nodaysoffhttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1708.jpegIMG_1708Tracksmith's #nodaysoff wall calendar for 2019.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1609.jpegIMG_16092019-02-02T21:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.com/about/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cadillac-mountain1767.jpegcadillac-mountain1767Sunrise from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park in June of 2013. Photo by Curt Whitacre.2019-01-19T17:54:18+00:00weekly0.6https://runkamandi.com/2019/01/13/boco-gear-the-headwear-of-champions/https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bocogear-hats.jpegbocogear-hatsMy ever-growing arsenal of BOCO Gear running hats. Let the adventures continue ...https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bocogear-ambassador-badge.jpgbocogear-ambassador-badgehttps://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_7281.jpegimg_7281https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_7527.jpegimg_7527Exploring the otherworldly beauty of Utah's Arches National Park.https://runkamandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1098.jpegimg_10982019-01-14T01:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://runkamandi.comdaily1.02024-12-23T15:24:21+00:00