2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run Prelude
I sit here in Buena Vista, Colorado having had one of my best days in recent memory and the second annual Gore-Tex TransRockies Run hasn’t even begun yet! The day…
I sit here in Buena Vista, Colorado having had one of my best days in recent memory and the second annual Gore-Tex TransRockies Run hasn’t even begun yet! The day…
As my training for next week’s Gore-Tex TransRockies Run stage race has progressed, my training updates have tailed off. For a while the updates were weekly (May 5-11; May 12-18;…
It’s been a long time since I posted a personal training update. In part that’s due to some not so exciting training the last three weeks in June, but also…
With the 2008 edition of the Western States 100 less than a week away, I thought it would be an appropriate time to post a race report from my 2005…
While the end of last week left a sour taste in my mouth, this week left me smiling. At this point in my training, any week with 5 days of…
Through Friday, this week was looking like a can’t miss winner, as I’d already logged 43 miles and a great workout. Then exhaustion hit and planned weekends runs of 20+…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Oh, what a sweet week of consistent training and restoration of my joie de vivre. I didn’t get in the mega-mileage I had planned if I headed…
Synopsis of Week’s Training: This week’s running did not turn out exactly as planned, but the deviations were probably for the better and it was a great week nonetheless. Read…
After a long break, I hope to start posting weekly training updates for the foreseeable future. I had stopped when my training took a serious downturn in early March and…
My body, firmly in flight mode, will not stop moving. The chemical cascade caused by the afternoon’s hill workout yet courses through my veins. While I await the Metro’s arrival,…
With one email this morning my tentative 2008 running plans solidified – I’m running the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run. From August 25-30, this six stage race will cover 115+ miles from…
Thanks to everyone who suggested races for me to run in the remainder of 2008. While a great deal of uncertainty remains in my schedule for the latter half of…
A super quick, off-the-cuff post here. I need to develop my race schedule for the rest of the year by the end of the day and it’s still wide open….
For many D.C. area residents the annual blossoming of the cherry trees signals the start of spring. For other locals, opening day of the baseball season has marked spring’s return…
I admit, I’ve been a bad, bad blogger, baby. Both my personal and work life’s been crazy for a few weeks now. (For instance, from Monday and Thursday last week,…
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Oh, the joys of the really lengthy long run. With the Old Pueblo 50 on Saturday, I managed to run the fewest number of days in…
Beginning in 2009 (if not sooner), the Wasatch Speed Goat Racing Team will join the ranks of sponsored ultrarunning teams. To join the team, runners will need to have 6…
Here’s a slide show of the pictures I took yesterday during the Old Pueblo 50 miler in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains outside Sonoita, Arizona . Note the…
As I type, I’m airborne in route from DC to Tucson, Arizona. As with many of my vacations, this one involves a race -the Old Pueblo 50. The Old Pueblo…
Gretchen and Mason dropping me early on Friday’s run. Synopsis of Week’s Training:For reasons I do not recall, I took Monday off. Tuesday, I logged a decent 7.5 miles around…
My run at the Mount Mitchell Challenge yesterday can be broken into four distinct sections. However, before I get any further into my race report, I need to cut to…
I’ve wanted to run the Mount Mitchell Challenge (MMC) held outside of Asheville, North Carolina ever since I heard of it. Earlier this decade, my sister spent some time living…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Another week and yet more progress in the right direct. I started the week off right on Monday by reintroducing my “Walker’s Fear” loop back into my…
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Hi, my name is Bryon and I’m a runner. This past week and this past weekend, in particular, definitely showed me that I’m a runner again….
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Now THAT’s what I’m talking about! Six days of running this week with a 10 mile weekday run, a 16+ mile run on the weekend and…
Most of the time I end up running alone. In fact, a quick query of my mental mainframe reveals that I’ve run everyone of my 28 runs in 2008 by…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:After two back-to-back harder efforts, my legs were a bit tired on Monday. I headed out planning on run 8 to 12 miles, but bagged that idea…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:I came into this week having run 13 straight days, including my YTD longest run of 8 mile the preceding Sunday. On Monday, my legs felt tired….
