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My last race got me thinking about all of the things that I’ve learned about running ultras. Actually, it got me thinking about all the things I’ve painfully learned over the years, forgotten, and then had to painfully relearn again. Don’t decide to drop between aid stations. Whatever is bothering you can typically be fixed…

I’m supposed to be running 200 miles right now, but like everyone else out there my race got cancelled. Unlike everyone else though the race was only kinda cancelled. The race director moved the race to August about a month ago, however since The Olde 96er is an unsupported run she gave everyone the opportunity…

If you want to have any success or longevity in ultrarunning, you better get good at moving on to Plan B. This is the second time a race I’ve signed up for was cancelled (2018 ES 100). I really feel for the race organizers and those runners that had been training specifically for this race…

Despite being a member of the ultra community for the past 6 years, this is the first volunteer report that I’ve written. It’s the first one because this past weekend was the first time I had ever volunteered at an ultra. My family and I have run an aid station at the Mushroom Cap Half…

I was going to write “update” in the title of this post, but I don’t think I ever posted what I was going to do (or have been doing) so there isn’t anything to update. My training plans have morphed over the years from full blown day-by-day workouts to basically whatever I feel like doing.…

Since I don’t have any more races left on my schedule this year, it’s time to look forward to 2020. Here’s what I’m currently thinking of running/walking/crawling next year: Long Haul 100M – 1/18/20 Hat 50K – 3/21/20 Olde 96er 200M – 4/16/20 Laurel Highlands 70M – 6/13/20 Catoctin 50K – 7/11/20 Eastern States 100M…

And now for something completely different. And by completely different, I’m referring to my next race: The Olde 96er 100 mile. This is a point-to-point road race along route 45 in Ohio. While I have never done a road ultra, let alone 100, the truly unique thing about this race for me is that it’s…

There are many reasons people run. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s good for your body and mind. You can do it anywhere in the world. The thing that keeps me coming back day after day though is the pure simplicity of just putting one foot in front of the other. I don’t need any highly…

I try to stay positive and upbeat in my writing here. Not so much because there’s already too much negativity in the world (even though there is) as that it’s just more enjoyable for me. I get more happiness from trying to be uplifting than by throwing a bunch of angry words onto the internet.…

There are three types of people in the world. The first are those that think Monty Python is someone in adult entertainment. The second are those who know that it’s just a flesh wound. Then there are those who can recite the entire Dead Parrot Sketch with the correct accents. If you’re in either of…