If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all. I’m now 0-3 in 100 mile race lotteries. The first two were Western States and with my odds below 5% in both years, I was not expecting to get in. Things were different with Massanutten Mountain 100 though as there were only about…
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I headed over to my favorite local trails yesterday for a 25 mile training run, but came home with only 20 miles on the Garmin. It’s very rare (like maybe once a year) that I don’t end up getting in my planned mileage. While I’m a little disappointed in my performance, I’m not overly torn…
2018 Year in Review
Coming into 2018, I had accumulated 5 years of running history with four years at marathon or beyond distances. While I don’t have anywhere near expert level knowledge on running, I think I’ve developed enough proficiency to understand where I am personally pretty well. I know what I can do and what’s not feasible. I…
A New Insanity
Everesting. The cycling world created this new endurance feat a while back, however I just stumbled onto it recently. The concept is pretty simple: you ride hill repeats until you reach an elevation gain of 29,029 feet, which is the height of Mount Everest. While you can take as many breaks as you want, this…
A Season of Waiting
Your tree has been carefully selected and placed in the living room. The ornaments have been pulled from storage and arranged just so. The lights have been untangled and strung from top to bottom. Presents have been purchased. Cards have been sent and received. Parties have been prepped and invitations sent. While there will always…
October 8, 2050
One Day was the 10th time I ran 100 miles putting me 10% towards my goal of running the distance a hundred times. At my current pace, I would reach this lofty target on October 8th, 2050 at the ripe old age of 79. If I change the start date to my first 100 finish…
2018 NJ Trail Series One Day Race Report
I had been looking forward to One Day for quite some time since I would be running it with my wife. She’s a very casual runner so isn’t able to do many of races that I sign up for, however the format for this race is perfect for people of all athletic abilities. It’s held…
NJ One Day at the Fair Preview
I have my last race of the year in a couple days and I’m not nearly as anxious heading into it as I normally am. Typically, I’m all kinds of obsessing over weather and gear and logistics, but I’ve hardly given the race much thought over the past month or so. That’s not to say…
Chasing PRs
I think I’m done chasing PRs. When I got started running, it was all about time for me. Could I break 2 hours in the half marathon? Could I improve upon my marathon time? Heck, I was even trying to drop my 5K time on the rare occasion that I would race the distance. As…
2018 Blues Cruise 50K Race Report
This race bills itself as a good introduction to ultra running and even goes as far as to call the course runnable. The implication being that this is an easy course. While I would definitely recommend this as someone’s first ultra, nothing about running 50K on this or any other course is easy. And there…