My winter training cycle leading up to my first 100-miler of the year is broken into three phases. Phase 1 ended a couple weeks back with Phunt 50K. My mileage in the four weeks heading up to it was 31, 37, 46, and 31 miles with 53 miles the week of the race including the…
2018 Phunt 50K Race Report
While you never know what type of weather you’re gonna get in the middle of January in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s a safe bet that warm will not be part of it. This usually isn’t a big deal for me, yet for some reason I couldn’t figure out what to wear for the race. The complicating…
2018 Phunt 50K Preview
My 2018 “race” season starts Saturday at the Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area in Elkton, MD. I throw quotes in there because while I will be wearing a bib, I won’t really be racing at Phunt. It’s kinda tough to be in race shape after only a couple weeks of increased training volumes. So…
Cold Streak
I’m working on an historic cold streak right now. The temperature outside has been below 20 degrees for each of my past seven runs and bottomed out at 6 degrees today. My habit of getting out before the sun is even up means I’m running in the coldest part of the day. Since I started…
2017 Year in Review
I’m more of a looking forward type of person than someone who dwells on the past. That’s probably why I posted my 2018 schedule before I got around to how I think this year went. But if you’re going to grow and improve, then you need to review and critique your performances. I came into the…
2018 Schedule
With the coming and going of the Western States lottery last weekend, my 2018 schedule is just about finalized. The structure will be very similar to this year with three distinct phases that will each last about four months: Training Buildup, 100-Mile Racing Season, and Post Racing Season. I would like to say that I’ve…
2017 The Fast and the Furriest 5K Turkey Trot
This was the third straight year that I’ve done this race in Ocean City, NJ and the third difference course that I’ve run. The boardwalk has been under construction so they’ve had to change things up. This year they moved it back onto the boardwalk, however it was my least favorite layout by far. They…
2017 Stone Mill 50 Race Report
This was going to be my grand experiment to determine whether it was more important to be fully trained for a race or 100% healthy. My knee felt a little on the weak side coming out of my last race (Boulder Field 100k) 2 months ago so I decided to give it an extended rest. …
Accepting adventure
Ultrarunners are always looking for new challenges whether it’s bigger mountains, longer runs, or more extreme weather. Anything that is out of the ordinary or could be considered epic intrigues us. We’re trying to find the next big A Adventure. And when we find something that tickles our fancy, we’ll spend countless hours planning and…
2017 Stone Mill 50 Preview
So I have a race this weekend. While I had signed up for it earlier this year, it wasn’t until this week that I was 100% sure whether I was going to run it or not. I had some family obligations that might have precluded me from running it, but I got them sorted out…