By popular demand – less words, more pictures! This was my first year running Tussey, which had been on my bucket list for quite some time. I read up about the race as much as possible, however still had a couple gear decisions that I was unsure about. The first was whether or not to…
Tussey mOUTaiNBACK Preview
I guess I need to start with the name, which has always challenged me. I can never seem to remember which letters are supposed to be capitalized and which not. It’s just an odd look. The second thing is that the name is flat out false advertising. You see the format is a a giant…
2020 Stone Mill 50 Mile Race Report
First off, huge congratulations to the RD and all the volunteers who were able to pull off this year’s Stone Mill 50. I can’t imagine the time and effort required. I felt safe from start to finish. Simply an amazing job. Due to COVID, we started in waves of 20 people every 5 minutes from…
2019 Naked Prussian 50 Mile Race Report
This is the third and final race in Uberendurancesports’ Naked series, which has to do with the stripped down cost and not the clothing. There are marathon and 50 mile options. It’s almost the identical course to the Naked Bavarian, which I’ve run the past 5 years. If you like candy, you’ll love the course…
2017 Year in Review
I’m more of a looking forward type of person than someone who dwells on the past. That’s probably why I posted my 2018 schedule before I got around to how I think this year went. But if you’re going to grow and improve, then you need to review and critique your performances. I came into the…
2017 Stone Mill 50 Race Report
This was going to be my grand experiment to determine whether it was more important to be fully trained for a race or 100% healthy. My knee felt a little on the weak side coming out of my last race (Boulder Field 100k) 2 months ago so I decided to give it an extended rest. …
2017 Stone Mill 50 Preview
So I have a race this weekend. While I had signed up for it earlier this year, it wasn’t until this week that I was 100% sure whether I was going to run it or not. I had some family obligations that might have precluded me from running it, but I got them sorted out…
2014 Stone Mill 50 Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my second 50 Miler went. What: Stone Mill 50 Mile Endurance Run When: Saturday November 15, 2014 6am Where: Gaithersburg, MD Time: 9:37:56 Pace: 11:13 min/mile* Place: 62/260 AG (M40-45) Place: 11/38 *Note: My watch was measuring 1 mile short at both the 24 and…
2014 Dirty German 50 Mile Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my first 50 Miler went. What: Dirty German 50 Miler When: Sunday May 18, 2014 7:30am Where: Pennypack Park, Philadelphia, PA Time: 9:11:15 Pace: 11:02 min/mile Place: 31/76 AG Place: 7/17 Perspective – Part 1 I’m getting the directions all setup on Friday before the…