Doing “just” the 50K felt like pedaling behind the big kids with training wheels on my bike. Here’s my Sean O’Brien 50K race report, with bonus content at the end: “The Idiot’s Guide to Race Day Planning.”
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Book Review: How Bad Do You Want It? Mental Fitness for Training & Racing
Matt Fitzgerald’s worthwhile new book can help you develop coping skills to push past self-sabotaging thoughts and emotions, and give all you can to your next race.
A Yosemite 5-Day Guide: Run the Valley to the Peaks
After five days and some 60 miles on the trail, I felt far more fulfilled than fatigued, perhaps because, as John Muir once said, “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”
3 Ways to Get Healthier and Happier in the New Year (Besides Running)
During 2015, I often felt worn out, moody, heavy or bloated, and alternately frazzled and unproductive. Here are three ways I’m trying to fix that.
How a Back-of-the-Pack Novice Ultrarunner Nailed the 170-Mile Grand to Grand Ultra
The story of my client Jami Sutter shows how careful, steady training and mental determination can lead to a highly respectable mid-pack finish in a grueling stage race. Jami answers questions about the highs, the lows and the lessons learned.
Stars & All Stripes: What I Learned At A Trail-Running Weekend With Veterans In Texas
Fish-outta-water is how I felt while boarding a bus at the San Antonio airport to drive two hours with dozens of military men and women, all of us headed to a trail-running camp at a remote Christian-oriented, no-frills outdoorsy outpost called Camp Eagle. Team Red White & Blue, a nonprofit devoted to improving the lives of […]
Stupid Me: A Wasatch 100-Mile Race Report
I began to think I was in a time machine in which I aged a year with each mile, and the miles mirrored my imaginary age, so as we approached 70 I was morphing into an arthritic septuagenarian who needed to nap a lot.
Two Months ‘Til Texas Trail Running Camp. Join Me There!
This Oct. 9 – 12 I’ll be in Rocksprings, Texas, with Liza Howard and several other top-level trail runners for the Team RW&B Trail Running Camp. Find out what it’s all about and consider joining us.
Highlights from Summer Hiking and Running in the San Juan Mountains
Living near Telluride during July humbled and inspired me. Here are some memories from Hardrock, Kendall Mountain and more.
10 Things I Learned From My First 24-Hour Timed Ultra
Could I go for 24 hours without stopping (except to change clothes, eat and go to the bathroom)? How would I do as an ultrarunner when the variables of terrain and elevation are taken away and it’s just about running?