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 […]
Mind Games
When you are in the total ass-kicking miles of an ultra, what mental tactics do you use to keep moving? How do you will yourself through the dark times? What keeps you from convincing yourself that it is not worth all the pain? If physical training is the key to running a successful ultra, then […]
Flatrock 101K – “Go Time!” or “Wanna be Friends?”
So the Inaugural Flatrock 101K Trail Race is this Saturday. Registration is closed and there are 39 total badasses ready to go all in. We are prepared to step up to the line, stare directly into the eyes of a nearly invincible force, and charge fearlessly into battle. Will everyone finish? Probably not. Will it […]
Gut Check
Gut check. These are the two simple words I sometimes repeat over and over to myself when I am struggling during a run. When I am tired, sore, miserable, and would rather quit than continue, I set my eyes to the next landmark…hill, pole, post, bridge, mile marker, or whatever else I can see (or hallucinate […]
