FlatRock 101K – Beastmode Required
FlatRock. This course has been deceiving trail runners for almost 20 years. After all, it’s KANSAS. KANSAS is flat. How bad can it be? Go ahead, underestimate this trail – then go home and cry yourself to sleep. Nineteen Septembers in a row, runners have come to the Elk River Hiking Trail to tackle the […]
The Epic Mafia
The word “mafia” may possibly have a negative connotation, but that is what we are. No, there is no organized crime, racketeering, or money laundering. We don’t lean on small business owners and threaten them if they don’t pay for protection. Hell, we aren’t even all Italian. More or less we are just a bunch […]
My Long Lost Younger Brother
A little over two years ago in late September of 2011, at the 17th Annual FlatRock 50K, I met a kid named Zach Adams. I call him a kid because even though, yes, he is my junior by about 12 years, more so because he had this mischievous grin on his face and pure state […]
19th Annual FlatRock 50 & 25K’s / September 28, 2013
I apologize for being about a week behind on getting this short race report out, however, I finally managed to decompress enough and come down from my high of the “epic experience of a lifetime” that I was fortunate enough to be a part of a little over one week ago at FlatRock…that and catching […]
FlatRock 101K Race Report – Part III – “Finish Line Utopia” or “Final Resting Place”
If you are reading this you either read my last two blogs (PART I and PART II)and just couldn’t get enough , or you a glutton for punishment and enjoy torturing yourself with my excessive and nonsensical ramblings. Either way, what you are about to read is a short collection of my final thoughts on […]
