Three weeks before you died, on our way home from a run we did in Boulder, we were talking about death (as we did all the time, because of who we both are as people). I promised you two things. The first was that if you died, I would make sure Jasper was taken care …
Background: I have never once claimed to make good decisions, and my spring race schedule is no exception! For some reason (the reason is that I wanted to see my friends and I can’t say no to things), I will be running the Gorge Waterfalls 100km on April 12th, the New Balance Indoor Marathon Relay …
It's been a minute, huh? Let's start... a few years ago. This really all starts back in… jeez, 2021? I had taken a break from road running and was training for the 2021 Western States 100. My training was honestly pretty terrible (as you can read in several old blog posts) in the sense that …
Continue reading hungry dogs run faster: eugene marathon 2023
Training Basically, my training was not what I wanted it to be. I went into a lot of detail in my training blog post from a few weeks ago. I didn’t get in as many long runs as I wanted, and they weren’t as long as I would have liked, especially the Sunday runs. I …
Continue reading the 2021 western states endurance run: 50 shades of maceration
So. Western States. Only the biggest race I've ever trained for, and perhaps one of, if not THE most important race I might ever do. No pressure, right? Back in the end of 2020, I applied for a coaching scholarship from Chaski, and was lucky enough to be picked as one of the winners to …
Race Information Name: Quad Rock 50 milerDate: May 8th, 2021Distance: 50 milesLocation: Fort Collins, COWebsite: https://gnarrunners.com/quad-rock-info/Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/5264917891Time: 12:42 Goals GoalDescriptionCompleted?Afinish before cutoff (14 hours)YesBSub-13 hrsYesCrun at least part of every single mileYes Splits MileTime10.3 mi2:0914.1 mi1:0417.5 mi0:4424.9 mi1:5032.3 mi1:5535.7 mi1:1639.5 mi0:5942.7 mi1:0750 mi1:35 Training So, a bit of background. My big goal race for the year is Western States in June, so …
For a long time, I had trouble explaining to people why I love trail running. I could never identify a singular concrete reason. All I knew was that when I run trails, I feel a deep sense of joy. Even on days when the weather is terrible or my legs feel dead, I have a …
Training Ok, so, first of all: I did not train for this. I’ve been running all summer, but that’s not the same as training for a multiday ultra. If you’re interested in the raw numbers, check out my strava training log and see for yourself (https://www.strava.com/athletes/15875698/training/log). I’ll also provide a short summary of just how …
Continue reading hell or glory: the endless mile 48 hour race
History: If you’ve never heard of Western States before, congrats! You probably don’t run ultramarathons, didn’t grow up in Northern California, or you just don’t pay an excessive amount of attention to more “niche” running events. If you HAVE heard of Western States, and especially if you’ve spent the past few years running qualifiers and …
1,054.4 miles, 224.18 walking + 830.21 running. 65,184 ft of gain. 194 hrs and 14 minutes. 4 months. That’s the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee by the raw numbers. When I signed up for the GVRAT back in April, I mostly did it for two reasons: I wanted to be able to say I did …
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