When I was growing up, I loved roller coasters. They were my favorite part of amusement parks and if it was possible, I would ride them non-stop from sunup to sundown. At the time, there was nothing in the world that could compare to the feeling of getting in line to ride one. It was…
Buckle Up
Ultras are funny things. Most of them are small, low key events without a lot of flash. If you run a marathon or a half marathon, you’ll get a big shiny medal. And each year they seem to get bigger and more elaborate. Ultras don’t typically give out finishers medals. That’s not to say you…
Half Marathon to 100 Mile Training Plan
How? How does someone go from being able to run 13 miles or so to 100? It’s such a huge, monstrous, insane jump that it’s tough to even wrap your mind around. When I got the idea that I wanted to run one, I started surfing the internet looking for 100 mile training plans. I…
2015 Oil Creek 100 Mile Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my second 100 Miler went. What: Oil Creek 100 Mile Run When: Saturday October 10, 2015 5:00am Where: Titusville, PA Distance: 100.6 miles Time: 26:25:42.70 Place: 24th of 84 finishers (120ish starters) I’m changing up my standard race report and giving it to you in a FAQ…
2015 C&O Canal 100 Mile Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my first 100 Miler went. What: C&O Canal 100 Mile Endurance Run When: Saturday April 25, 2015 7am Where: Knoxville, MD Time: DNF (Did Not Finish) Distance Covered: 69 miles Epic Fail I had mentally written this race report a couple dozen times leading up…
When Less is More
I’m only 3 weeks into my C&O Canal training cycle and I’m already starting to rethink things. Back in the day (like last year), this never happened. I got out my excel spreadsheet, plotted out my daily runs over the next 20 weeks, and did them. I never changed the schedule. I didn’t change what…
C&O Canal 100 Training Plan
I’m going to use a modified version of my Oil Creek training plan for my next 100 mile. The weekly mileage will run in the 25-45 mile range with a longest run of 30 miles. There will be two primary differences: lower focus on elevation gain and more speed sessions. C&O is a very flat…
The Revenge Run
I just signed up for the C&O Canal 100, which will be my next attempt at the 100 mile distance. I ran this race last year as my first 100 miler and dropped at mile 69. This was extremely unsatisfying even though it was 18 miles further than I had ever run before. The only reason…