the 2021 western states endurance run: 50 shades of maceration

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 …

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Quad Rock’ed

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 …

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hell or glory: the endless mile 48 hour race

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 …

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Requiem for Western

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 …

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