Pumpkin Holler 100 Mile – “Perfection”
Everything went perfectly. That one simple sentence basically sums up the 2013 Pumpkin Holler 100 mile race for me. From the day I really committed to start some serious training (after a weak performance at Summer Psycho Psummer 50k) to the moment I crossed the Pumpkin Holler finish line, everything went perfectly. I won’t go […]
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 […]
“A Perfect Storm” 2013 FlatRock 50K
Where should I even start!? I absolutely love this race. Stumbling across the original FlatRock 50k website in 2009 is what made me decide to run ultras. Shit, it is why I decided to train for a marathon! I mean, who in the hell would go and try and run 31 miles on this trail […]
FlatRock 50K: Legend of “The Hand”
Legend has it that at the very first FlatRock 50k, a road marathon runner, who had underestimated the trail, collapsed on a large limestone bluff overlooking Elk City Lake with only a few miles until the finish. As the physically exhausted, mentally overwhelmed, and emotionally broken runner lay gasping and sobbing by the trail, a […]
