FlatRock Twenty
This year’s event has rendered me nearly speechless. Please take note of two specific words in the sentence you just read, with the first being nearly. I am fairly certain that the only thing that would render me truly speechless would be a dismembered tongue or a traumatic brain injury. The second word of particular […]
2014 Honey Badger 100 Mile Ultra Road Race – ‘WE’ Found the ‘US’ in ‘TEAM’!
Writing a race report for a 100 miler is always hard for me. It is difficult NOT to go into a painfully detailed play-by-play account of the whats, whens, wheres and hows of the specifics of the race; fueling, hydration, pace, etc. Unfortunately that leads to a reading experience that has as much monotony, boredom, […]
Flint Hills 40: Observations From Behind the Aid Station Table
At the inaugural Flint Hills Marathon and 40 Miler I got my first taste of running an aid station for the full duration of a race, and HOLY SHIT was it a real eye-opener! Since I started running ultras about 5 years ago, I have been amazingly taken care of at almost every race I have started. I […]
Honey Badger Race Preview 2014
At some miserably low and painful point of almost every longer ultra – especially a 100 miler – I find myself severely questioning my life choices. Specifically, the choice to subject myself to the grueling punishment required to run long distances, in less than favorable weather, and on difficult terrain – for a belt buckle […]
2014 Prairie Spirit 100 Preview
While idly tapping my toes, chewing my nails, and plucking overly-long stray eyebrows (my go-to nervous habits) I decided to write a race preview for the pending Prairie Spirit 50/100. For me, as with most ultrarunners I know, training is easier than tapering – particularly the final 10 days or so. I have an annoying […]
