The Week of December 18 – 24, 2006

Synopsis of Week’s Training:Monday was a nice easy run, but for the first time in 6 weeks of pre-training, I felt awful on a run. Not ore, but just plain awful. Fortunately, I felt a mostly better on a social night at the track on Wednesday. Bad me missed Thursday cause I was out drinking [...]

La Transmongolie

As I hinted at in a previous post, I dream of going to Mongolia. As best I can recall, I fell for Mongolia (or at least something resembling Mongolia) at first sight. It at a Russian Cinema Club meeting when we watched a film with a name I long ago forgot. The expanse of the [...]

My Holiday Fatass!

Ok, so the fatass I’m going to talk about isn’t mine, it’s the VHTRC’s Magnus Gluteus Maximus 50k… better known as the holiday fatass. The day had a glorious start. Before I even pull into the parking lot at Hemlock Overlook in the Bull Run-Occoquan park system, I decide to change out of my long [...]

She Runs Far

Congratulations are in order for my (soon-to-be) trail running phenom of a sister as she ran her first half marathon today. Where do they hold a half marathon the Monday before Christmas, you ask? No where. My sister didn’t need a race to run that far for the first time.Way to go Gretch! I can’t [...]

The Week of December 11 – 17, 2006

Synopsis of Week’s Training: After a hard Sunday in the mountains I took Monday off to rest some moderately sore quads. Tuesday was an easy 5 (part with Drew). Wednesday was great. I ran to the track and warmed up with friends, went out for a run while they worked out, and then cooled down [...]

Shenandoah Blackrock Gap Loop

My run this past Sunday was great. Well, perhaps my running was less than stellar, but the company, mountains, and weather cooperated to make it a memorable occasion nonetheless. My involvement in the run started on Thursday when I sent my friend, Mike Mason, an email to see if he wanted to do 20 or [...]

The Week of December 4 – 10, 2006

Synopsis of Week’s Training: I entered the week with the front of my lower left leg killing me. While I enjoyed pacing my friend through the second half of the California International Marathon, the 28 miles of road – mostly on the wrong side – had done me in. (I ran from finish in downtown [...]

Leadville 100 Race Report – Part 1

Starting to write a race report is its hardest part and is why I infrequently write them. With a 100 I always write a report, but that doesn’t mean it makes it to the keyboard. While there’s always something to say, the difficulty is deciding how to do it. In the previous reports, I’ve tended [...]

For Every Season – Run, Run, Run

One of the things I’m supposed to do as part of my Montrail deal is submit a race schedule for the coming year. Actually, you are asked to submit one with your team application and I did that; however, you are asked to submit another one following the signing of your contract. The request for [...]

New Beginnings

The very first iRunFar post!