"This is a no excuse day, everbody!" - 2009 Quad Cities Half Marathon

[CincinnatiBel]

great job- congrats! fyi- the Flying Pig Marathon (and Half-Marathon) in Cincinnati, OH also goes over an interstate bridge- twice actually during the race. did the half last yr and the full this year- definitely recommend it!

[CincinnatiBel]

great job- congrats! fyi- the Flying Pig Marathon (and Half-Marathon) in Cincinnati, OH also goes over an interstate bridge- twice actually during the race. did the half last yr and the full this year- definitely recommend it!

[johnw73]

I found myself and my wife at 2:16 in this video. Very cool.

[bowulf]

Hey nice I am glad someone saw themselves in my video. That photo with the extreme zoom pre-race with me under start I found on Flickr of myself (courtesy of QCRunner).  It was a great day to race on Sunday.

[johnw73]

we finished at 1:45:42 and 1:45:46. Glad you did well also.

[ANGIEfromAtoZ]

it must of been so exciting for your wife to see her man running and looking good love your vids kent u keep me on track thanks

[bowulf]

I think she was more stressed about getting stuck in race traffic and missing me for most of the race this year. I know she is proud of my achievements though. Thanks for watching, Angie!

[kim36tv]

Congrats to you!!!! I really would love to run like that.. CONGRATS once again

[bowulf]

Thank you! I hope everyone can achieve that feeling of what happens when you train hard for something for months and when the time comes everything just works out great.

[livingAtkins]

wtg! can't wait til I can jog it. Can jog a mile now thought. hehe. =)

[bowulf]

1 mile is definitely more than I could do when I first started. It just grow from there though and not ever believing I couldn't do it or I hit my limit. Thanks!

[Slim4Iife]

Congratulations! Awesome job! Running to the sound of Mr. Cash is great!! Maybe one day I will be able to run a half marathon instead of walking :)

Im glad you had a great race.

Cheers,

Mari

[bowulf]

It would have been my bro's birthday, and Johnny Cash was definitely his favorite singer. My favorite song of his to run to is God's going to cut you down, so those songs were in honor of him.

Thanks, and I look forward to my next one in just two and half weeks... (I am personally still amazed that I run these things too.)

[xf89]

Great race, Kent! :)

[bowulf]

Thank you - it's nice when everything just works out, and you exceed your best expectations for the day.

[alkiller1992]

gz man real nice

[MissJanieHere]

congrats! i think you did great!

[Rachele77]

Hey Kent, Hope you get my cds before your next race! hehehe

Rachele

[bowulf]

That's the good thing about runners -- there's always another race coming up shortly (2.5 weeks in my case)... I appreciate the effort and the CDs.

[resler101]

Congrats Kent! I was at the race because my father ran the full marathon. I was hanging out by a band playing in the district of Rock Island. It seemed like a great turnout and I hear the broke the previous attendance records.

[bowulf]

The half guys never made it to Rock Island as we went over the RR bridge to arsenal Island. I hope your dad did well because the weather was simply fantastic.

[resler101]

Yeah he actually did do pretty well.  It was his first marathon and he is 52 so I am very proud of him. He made one major mistake though. He wore new shoes for the race and by the end his toes were black and blue. They were the same brand and style he always uses just not broken in.

[Bonnie90505]

congratulations, what a great video. Next time make sure you can sleep , somehow..LOL

[bowulf]

I know some people who take Ambien or other sleeping pills just for the night before. I haven't gotten that bad yet, but I have been sorely tempted at times. I keep reliving that Seinfeld episode in my head even though I have set the room alarm and have a wake up call.

It didn't help matters that I was on a movie set from 2am - 6am the prior night as a medic for stuntmen, so my sleep cycle was already messed up.

[jcarr28]

hey Ive lost 25 lbs in 2 weeks what do u think is that OK?

[bowulf]

It's aggressive, but I would go back to what you ate in that 2 weeks. If you ate reasonable amount of food, didn't starve yourself, ate your 2-3 cups of vegetables per day, and still lost 25 pounds you are golden.

[bowulf]

Like I told my HS daughter just start with a 2 min : 1 min run walk system and progress from there. She progressed to running a 7 miles race with me last year. At that point, it's just a small leap of training to running halfs, which are really the best distance race to do.

[redneck500]

hey buddy you look great in there.. Im glad you had such a nice time. I look forward to the day when I can run a marathon to. God Bless -R5

[bowulf]

Thanks! It was a glorious day to be out there, and I dedicated the run to my brother -- it would have been his birthday.