How would it feel to climb and descend more than 8,000 feet daily, on high-altitude mountain trails, for seven days straight? Could I do it? Last week, I found out.
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Trail Running Lessons for Life (Abridged): A 20 x 20 Presentation
Presenters are challenged to show 20 slides, each for exactly 20 seconds. I’ve never done a presentation like this, but I was game. I put together PowerPoint slides and scripted paragraphs for each, cutting away to get my talk down to roughly 20 seconds per slide and hoping my story wasn’t as boring as watching […]
The Race of My Life: A 2019 Grand to Grand Ultra Report
How I nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory at the Grand to Grand Ultra but ultimately had my best race in 25 years of running.
My Ouray 100K: A Case Study Of An Ultrarunning Blowup
As soon as I saw Morgan and Clare, I said wild-eyed, “I may blow up, but those were the best 27 miles of my life.”
Ouray 100 Preview: Some Background On This Ridiculously Challenging Ultra That I Start in About 36 Hours
I decided to turn my sour grapes into fortified grape juice and attempt an upstart, scrappy race the weekend after Hardrock 100, on the same mountain range, that’s arguably even more difficult—a race so miserable in its first year on the current route that the RD admits, “I don’t think it was a good experience […]
“This One Time, At Trail-Running Camp…” or, Why I Want To Share My Ideal Getaway
To me, an ideal getaway is not an island resort or a spa weekend. It’s a running camp in a mountain environment. These totally worthwhile experiences at trail-running camps heighten my excitement to launch a new mountain-running camp just one month from now.
Ego and Excuses vs. Joy and Self-Compassion
I’m getting passed by masses of midpackers. It shouldn’t bother me, but it does….
“You Have Only Moments to Live” and Other Musings for a 24-Hour New Year’s Eve Ultra
I need to sort out thoughts about the coming year and beyond, and that’s another reason I’m looking forward to this 24-hour hamster-wheel ultra on new year’s eve—it’ll be a retreat of sorts.
A 3-Part Plan to Build Up to a Self-Supported Stage Race (Or Any Kick-Ass Ultra)
I spent ten months coaching two clients for the Grand to Grand Ultra and the Atacama Crossing. Here’s the outline of their training plans, and their stories of what the events were like, to show how to meet the myriad challenges of an ultra-long stage race—and, perhaps, to inspire your new year’s goals.
Bad Day Sunshine: My 2017 Run Rabbit Run 100 Race Report
I hated the logic that I wanted to cover 100 miles so I could be done with 100 miles because I didn’t actually want to do the full 100 miles. Ugh, none of it made any sense.