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My recent post got me thinking about all the ultras I’ve done over the years. Turns out I’ve done 36 different races of various flavors. Every year I rank my hundred milers and while I don’t think I can rank every single race I’ve done from first to worst, I think I can give you…

The following are just some of the many health benefits of ultrarunning: Honestly, I can’t understand why ultras aren’t more popular.

On April 27, 2014, I finished my first ultra. They say time flies when you’re having fun. Apparently, it also flies when you struggle in race after race (after race) wondering why you keep signing up for these ridiculous events. Seriously though when I started out, I had a plan on how I wanted my…

A couple years ago, I set myself a goal to publish a new post here every Wednesday. I follow a couple writers online who are able to post something every week and I’ve always been impressed with their dedication and discipline to knock out several hundred words each and every week. Especially as they’re insightful…

I’m a planner. I spend a lot of time thinking about the future. What could happen, what I’ll do in certain circumstances, and how I’ll react to the unexpected. I do this in all aspects of my life: personal, work, and of course my hobbies. I am not the type of person to go from…

Despite the fact that I’ve had my own personal blog for over 8 years now (!), I’m relatively inexperienced when it comes to social media. It’s really only been within the last couple years that I’ve started creating accounts. It started with Reddit about four years ago as a way to connect with the ultra…

It’s not something I targeted, but I’ll end up with a new annual mileage record this year. I can thank my shiny new annual mileage record to all the long ultras I raced this year. Normally I’ll mix in some 50Ks throughout the year, however 2023 was the first year where my shortest race was…

It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally settled on my 2024 schedule. For the longest time, I had been planning on doing what I was calling the Pennsylvania 500 which consisted of the five PA hundred mile races. I thought it would be cool to do them all in the same year. Two of…

At what point is it acceptable to say “I have arrived as an ultrarunner”? Or rather “I’m an expert”? Is it a certain number of lifetime miles run? Maybe the number of races you’ve entered? Or finished? Does performance have anything to do with it? Should mid- or back-of-pack runners be ignored because we’re slower…

I’m still over 3 weeks out from my next race, but that hasn’t stopped me from checking the weather forecast just about every day. Something I’ve been doing for the past couple weeks if I’m being honest. It’s not that I have a fear of the weather. Let’s just say I have a very healthy…