Today Samsonite made his pilgrimage to Marathon Mecca and ran – unsupported – the course of the Boston Marathon. From the start line in Hopkinton to the most significant left hand turn in all of sports onto Bolyston, everything was epic. The course, even 7 months after the most recent race, is still well marked […]
Turkey Trotting
by admin on November 28, 2008
This holiday found Brother Samsonite in Windham, NH, with family from Mama Samsonite’s side of the family. He’s gone there for all 3 of his West Point Thanksgivings, and he loves hanging out with his younger cousins. This year he talked 2 of his favorites into running a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot of sorts. They […]
Happy Thanksgiving
by admin on November 27, 2008
The Pirañas read this with interest: With appropriate pomp and circumstance, still-the-President George W. Bush let two happy birds off the dinner table hook just in time for Thursday’s feast. “Pumpkin and Pecan are hereby granted a full and unconditional president pardon,” Bush announced Wednesday, much to the relief of the two plump birds. “In […]
Hot Night at Coldplay
by admin on November 17, 2008
The Pirañas were present during the Coldplay concert at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City last night. It was an amazing show! Chris Martin was in full form and the stage show was one of the best the Pirañas have ever seen. Coldplay moved easily back and forth between older numbers and cuts from the […]
Got Kicked on Route 66
by admin on November 16, 2008
Weeble finally had enough. T3 and Sweet Tee were on the way to take them some enduralights when the call came in that Weeble was at Mile 23 and was done. Mav had gone on, so T3 and Sweet Tee parked as close as possible to the park and walked up the hill to retrieve […]
Dancing In The Street
by admin on November 16, 2008
T3 and Sweet Tee headed out onto the marathon course to find Mav and Weeble. Weeble is having foot problems and has had to slow WAAAAYYYY down. Mav is committed to staying with him, so on they go. Somewhere past mile 19, the brothers met up: When they started the girls were not part of […]
A Sweet (Tee) Half
by admin on November 16, 2008
P.I.T. Sweet Tee debuted at the half marathon distance today. Being the son of a race director and therefore friends with all the other race directors has it’s privileges, and being able to hang out at the front of the start line with the race officials is just one of them: here Sweet Tee poses […]
A Brave New Day
by admin on November 16, 2008
The Piraña Brothers are at the Route 66 Marathon and Half Marathon today. The morning started when Weeble and Mav arrived at T3’s house around 5:45 and the crew (including P.I.T. Sweet Tee) left for T-Town. After cruising up the turnpike listening to tunes, the team pulled into VIP parking mere feet from the start/finish […]
No Rest for the Weary
by admin on November 10, 2008
Not being the kind to sit on their butts, the Pirañas are already planning their next assault (actually, they registered for this race several weeks ago!) The Route 66 Marathon is a great race created and directed by Chris Leiberman. The Pirañas have participated in this event every year and love going. This year it […]
A Lesson Learned
by admin on November 10, 2008
What do you do when it is not your day? What do you do when circumstances and conditions and training (too much or too little or just enough) combine in a way that stops you in your tracks? How do you cope? T3 experienced his first DNF Saturday. It SUCKED. Combine that with the death […]