Since I’m done racing for the year, I thought I would go back and add up all the miles I raced this year. Considering the number of ultra I do each year (seven) and the number of those that are hundreds (three), the mileage adds up pretty quick. My 465 miles will end up being…
2019 Eastern States 100 Preview
Finally. I’ve been waiting almost 2 years now to get back to Little Pine State Park and the long, long wait is almost over. This will be my third year running ES100 and hopefully (fingers crossed) I’ll be able to hobble away with my third buckle. I signed up the first year because it was…
The Numbers Behind 2019 MMT100
Anyone who has spent any time with me knows that I’m a numbers guy. Over the years, I’ve spent so much time calculating and tabulating that it’s difficult for me to completely understand a thing unless there are numbers attached to it. Adjectives only go so far in my opinion. And so every run has…
But I’m Glad I Did
I wasn’t looking forward to my back-to-back long runs last weekend. While I wasn’t quite dreading the 25 and 20 mile runs, they weren’t something I was totally stoked to go knock out either. I saw them more as a mow the lawn type chore than final exam type events. And since I’ve probably mixed…
Popularity of Ultramarathons
Most people tend to track the popularity of ultras based on number of finishes or number of races in a given year. And based on these metrics, ultra popularity rapidly increased after the year 2000 and is at its peak. This makes sense to me. The book Born to Run came out about 10 years…
2018 Digits to Date
I was messing around with my training log earlier today and stumbled upon some interesting numbers. Well, I found them interesting. I’ll let you be the ultimate judge though. Here are my monthly mileage totals going back to when I started logging them. The first thing that jumped out is that I just set a…
NJ Ultra Festival 100 Miler Splits
Below are my splits from the NJ Ultra. I didn’t have any targets heading into the race and pretty just ran what felt comfortable. Or as comfortable as possible. I ran fairly even splits for the first three hours until the heat started taking a toll on me. I’m a little surprised not to see…
Practice Makes Perfect
Let’s say you want to get better at something (i.e. ultras). What’s the best way to accomplish this? Well, you could gather as many materials as you can lay your hands on (books, magazines, blogs) and read till your eyes bleed. There’s a lot of great information out there and by studying it all you…
2017 Old Dominion 100 Mile Splits
The RD for the OD100 mailed out the detailed splits a week ago for this year’s race. I don’t think pace charts work too well for 100-mile races due to the variability of terrain and the inevitable lows that you go through. Hopefully, these can provide a guideline as to times you can expect to…
The Ten and Two Workout
Even though I’ve been running for five years now and doing ultras for 3 of them, I’m still not sure if I’m doing the whole taper thing right. You’re supposed to ramp down your weekly mileage from your peak week to race day. My problem is that the only variance in my weekly mileage depends…