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.
Tag Archives | ultrarunning
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: Gift Guide 2015
Every year I discover a few products for running and for the outdoors that I genuinely like, and this annual gift guide is my chance to recommend things to buy for yourself or for another runner/adventurer in your life. I hope you enjoy this eclectic list of stuff. For full disclosure, I admit I’m also doing this gift […]
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.
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?
Book Review and Podcast: Develop an Ultra Mindset with Help from Travis Macy
The Ultra Mindset by Travis Macy helps us transfer and apply the positive traits and feelings we gain while running to all aspects of life, to help in areas that really matter, like relationships, parenting and work.
There’s No Such Thing as a Happy DNF
If you approach a hard ultra ambivalent and less than prepared as I did, thinking, “Whatever, I’ll wing it!” then you’re setting yourself up for a painful race and a high likelihood of quitting. And that’s not fun, no matter how good the hot shower and beer feel post-DNF.
I Have a Grand Idea for Your Next Adventure
I’m eager to get the word out about ways I’m helping others—maybe YOU?—learn about, prepare for and reach the finish line of the next Grand to Grand Ultra.