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 […]
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 […]
“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 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 […]
FlatRock 101K – Part I- “FlatRock²” or “The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow ♪♫♪♫”
Pre-Race I think my system has finally managed to digest (or at least excrete) the overdose of Epicness that I consumed on April 27th and 28th at the inaugural Flatrock 101K. Thirty-seven ultrarunner BADASSES representing NINE STATES – including ALASKA- showed up for what would undoubtedly be one of the hardest 100K trail run in […]
