I really wanted to add an adjective in the subject line like “effective” or “successful”, but I’m afraid of jinxing myself for next month’s race. Here’s a quick chart of some very high level stats summarizing the 100 days heading into each of my races. If you’re wondering why I picked 100 days and not…
2021 Catoctin 50K Race Report
Saturday was my third running of the Cat50K. 2019 (aka HellCat) was the last year in the old direction. Last year (aka CovidCat) was the first year starting from Manor Parking Area in Cunningham Falls State Park. The course is an out-and-back to the High Knob area in Gambrill State Park. My Garmin has measured this…
Monticello FKT
After my failed attempt at the Mason-Dixon Trail fastest known time, I decided to take a run at the Monticello FKT. This wasn’t something that’s been on my radar, but the logistics worked out fairly easily as it was on the way home from a family vacation in the Great Smokey Mountains. When combined with…
2021 Laurel Highlands 70M Race Report
Before I get into things, I want to start with a couple public service announcements. PSA #1 This course is straight up hard. Now the website and RDs don’t come out and sell this as an easy course, but the charts and course descriptions have this listed at 8,600 feet elevation gain and most of…
Laurel Highlands 70M Preview
Finally. I was signed up to run this race last year, however wasn’t able to because – well, COVID. The truth though is I’ve been waiting to run this race for much, much longer. It wasn’t too long after I got into running about 9 years ago that I learned about ultras. I was intrigued…
Advise for Future M-DT FKT Attempts
If you’re the type of person that only looks to successful people for advice, then you can stop reading here. On the other hand, if you believe that more can be learned from failure than success, then here’s what I’ve learned from my attempt to run the entire Mason-Dixon Trail. Some of this is from…
M-DT FKT Attempt Trip Report
The shorter version This is not the trip report that I had mentally written over the last 6 months leading up to my self-supported attempt of the Mason-Dixon Trail. That one ended at Chadds Ford and not at mile 99 on Cold Cabin Rd. If you had told me going in this would be the…
Mason-Dixon Trail FKT Attempt Preview
Good grief, what am I thinking? I’m going to attempt to set the self-supported fastest known time (FKT) on the Mason-Dixon Trail. I will be starting at Whiskey Springs, the western terminus of the trail, on May 20th about 8am. This means I will try to cover the entire 200 mile trail on foot with…
Mason-Dixon Trail FKT Attempt
I plan to begin a self-supported FKT attempt of the MDT on May 20th. I’ll be starting at Whiskey Springs about 8am. More to come.
My History of 100 Mile PRs
Here’s a short history of how I’ve managed to knock almost 6 hours off my 100 mile time. Oil Creek 100 (26:25:42.7) – 10/10/15 – Age 43 Nice thing about the first race at a distance is you’re guaranteed a PR. Well, if you finish that is. C&O Canal 100 Mile (26:20:47) – 4/30/16 – Age…