Can one run a solid mountain 100 off mainly bike training? Signing up for Grindstone I didn’t plan for another race this year. I intentionally left my calendar open after Western States because I didn’t know how I would feel. People say that it could take up to six months to feel normal again after […]
The Super Bowl of ultrarunning; I was so forunate to run the race and pumped that I ran a steady, consistent first 100 miler! Pre-Race The Western States 100. If you are reading this, you probably know about the history of the oldest 100 foot race in the world. If you don’t, a simple Google […]
Everyone has those moments in ultras when they feel like shit. They are inescapable; a part and parcel of the sport. But how do you keep pushing when the low moments drag on? I found my answer at the bottom of a 100mg caffeine gel. Pre-Race Promise Land is a 50K staple on the East […]
First 50K race! What a hard and fun distance. You have to push hard the whole time but you know it will be over in a handful of hours. Pre-Race I came into the race with a little bit of an achilles niggle. I thought it was going to go away the Tuesday before the […]
Wow, did Week 1 leave me fatigued. I thought a day off on Monday would allow me to recover, but it definitely wasn’t enough. I did learn the power of VERY SLOW recovery runs to get you feeling back to normal. Week in a Nutshell Relatively, this was still a big week for me. I […]
On January 1, 2023, I drove 10 hours, moving from my temporary home in Cambridge, MA to Fort Valley, VA, partly (mainly) for trail running. Fort Valley is west of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and is a valley surrounded by the Massanutten Mountains in the George Washington National Forest. There are lots of trails […]