Houston Running: Live from Kansas via St. Louis

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Live from Kansas via St. Louis

I'm in Junction City, Kansas this evening as I relax in preparation for tomorrow's Eisenhower Half Marathon in Abilene, Kansas.

I made it to the Expo at the Go St. Louis! Marathon in downtown St. Louis earlier today, picked up my packet and found that John DiMarco and his son, Ryan, from Houston will be running on Sunday there as well. (It really, really appears that they'll have a great turnout.)

I walked around the new Busch Stadium (and bought a ticket for Sunday's afternoon game against the Washington Nationals.) $27 ticket. Ouch!

Kiener Plaza is named in honor of Harry J. Kiener, the donor of the sculpture and fountain. Kiener, who was born in St. Louis on February 27, 1881 was an amateur boxer, wrestler and swimmer, but he is most noted for his position on the U.S. track team at the Olympics held in St. Louis in 1904 during the World's Fair.

I got into Junction City a little after 6 p.m. (and it is about 7:15 p.m. currently) after listening to XM17 - an entire channel with George Strait - all the way from St. Louis. (I did listen a little bit to XM 16 to hear an interview with Trent Willmon about his new CD coming out on Tuesday and a new song called "I'm Done" by Jo Dee Messina - a marathoner herself.)

Temperatures are going to be great tomorrow. Race time will be 38 degrees and feel like 33. My type of weather. The race is actually broadcast on local radio and over the Internet at http://www.ksalink.com/.

1 Comments:

Bill D said...: And I'll see St.Louis play Monday at Minute Maid Park for the Astro's home opener.

Good luck running this weekend.; 8:18 PM