Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
A New Record – 55.89 Miles on New Year’s Eve
January 1, 2012 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
I wasn’t having any fun. Seven hours into the race and I had already run about 35 miles, but there were over five hours to go and I was cramping. My legs were dead, it was getting cold, my stomach wanted to heave, and I was wondering what the hell I was doing running when [...]
JiaYou!
December 19, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 3 Comments
For a moment I got to feel what it is like to be a celebrity. We were surrounded by dozens of fans, pushing their pens on us as we signed shirts, programs and flags. Two tall – and one not so tall – white guys in Hainan Province in China who had just finished running [...]
Marathon History
December 12, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
From the “Introduction of Marathon” for the Hainan China Marathon on 12/17/11 … Courtesy of http://www.hndzmarathon.org/en/intro_marathon.jsp “The Marathon as we know it today is little more than 100 years old, but there have been forms of long distance races since the time of the ancient Egyptians. The Marathon has been an Olympic distance since the [...]
Ten Years (and counting)
December 12, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
My legs were cramping and I had two immense blister clusters on each foot. The stomach wasn’t great and I had not done nearly enough training miles. I felt a lot of internal pressure to at least finish the Tucson Marathon since this would be 10 consecutive years of starting and finishing at least one [...]
The Last Mile
October 30, 2011 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
With about one mile to go I decided that I was going to turn on the after-burners and try to pass as many runners as I could – and not get passed by anyone else. There was nothing to say that I would be successful and there was no ribbon or PR on the line [...]
Monumental California Marathon
December 6, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The wake up call at 4am was both unwelcome and was not needed to wake me up as I had a typical restless night before a marathon. The clothes were hung with care, the number pinned to the shirt, timing chip secured to the shoe, and everything needed laid nearby. With the bus coming at [...]
Urban Cow Half-Marathon: Overcoming adversity
October 4, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 3 Comments
What a week. Continuing lessons on overcoming adversity, finding the good in tough situations, remaining (mostly) optimistic and finishing with a bang. Although I had no idea on Monday morning that I would be running a half-marathon in Sacramento on Sunday or that a business opportunity would turn out to be a landmark win, here [...]
Running in Beijing
August 16, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
It sounded like a good idea at the time. Immediately after getting off of two international flights to Beijing, go straight to a friend’s house and run 12-17k. In the dark. Sweltering heat. With dust and pollution. Combined with jet lag and lack of sleep. How wrong could that be? After de-boarding from my Korea [...]
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