I took a lot of photos during my journey that didn’t make it into my race report. Here’s what I left out. Check-in Selfies It’s going to be pretty obvious, pretty quickly that I need to up my selfie game. And Now The Course I’m thinking next year I can shave a couple hours off…
Coast to Coaster 232 Mile Race Report
Coast to Coaster is a 232 mile journey run from Sandusky, Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie to Kings Island outside Cincinnati. Journey runs are conducted on open roads with no course markings. Instead, runners are provided a GPX file that can be loaded onto their watches and phones to ensure we remain on…
2025 Rabid Racoon 100 Mile Race Report
This was the fourth year for the race and the second year at Brady’s Run Park. The course consists of eight 12.5 mile loops though my Garmin has measured it at 102.5 miles and 102 miles so don’t be surprised if your watch of choice runs a little long. There are now two aid stations…
Angela Ivory Memorial 100 Mile Race Report
No Name Calling, Please The Angela Ivory Memorial Runs are organized as fatass style ultra events at Killens Pond State Park in Felton, DE. I would characterize this as a “no frills” race, but that still doesn’t quite convey the lack of amenities. You get what you bring. If you didn’t bring it, it’s not…
2024 Devil Dog 100 Mile Race Report
I’m going in a slightly different direction with this race report than my typical ones. If you’re looking for a traditional storytelling format, I’ll direct you to my 2021 and 2023 race reports. This one will be more a random collection of musings on my race. Or maybe thoughts on. . . Thoughts on. .…
Wild Goose 100 Mile Race Report
Many thanks to Kim, Joe, and their amazing group of volunteers for a great race. Wild Goose Trail Festival is a weekend of races put on by Sassquad Trail Running in the Wawayanda State Park. In addition to the 100M race, they also have 100K, 50M, 50K, 10K, 36HR, and 13.1M plus a 1M kids…
Viaduct 100 Mile Race Report
Old School. Even though Viaduct has only been around since 2008 (PA’s oldest hundred miler!), it very much embodies the spirit of ultrarunning. Carl and Dave, the RDs, ran 68 miles on the course in 2007 with support from their families. The following year they started up the 50 and 100 mile races as fatass…
Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Race Report
First off, thanks to the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and all their amazing volunteers for putting on a great event. The race is held on a scenic and blazing fast paved path around a lake in Rockland Lake State Park. There were three events with the 24-hour and 12-hour races starting at 8am and the…
Rabid Racoon 100 Mile Race Report
Relentless. Let’s just just leave that word there by itself to emphasize what I think about this race. There’s a thing in psychology called the Framing Effect where what you think of something is based on how it’s presented. The course description starts out with the flat two miles before the continuous rolling terrain kicks…
2023 Devil Dog 100M Race Report
Under New Management (Pre-Race) Devil Dog had new RDs this year. I ran this race a couple years ago and was happy to see that it was just as well run. There were a couple of changes this year though. The first is that they added a 50K option (more like 33 miles according to…