Oh boy. Tomorrow is the Laurel Highlands Ultra. Last fall when I pondered my ’07 racing schedule, I had hope for LHU to be a focus race, if not THE…
Today, I had three memorable firsts. (1) I made my first mortgage payment. Only 359 to go. :-) And since I’m in the process of breaking through the running/non-running life…
Here are the results of Hadd mini-test 1 (baseline). (doc file explaining Hadd mini-test) This test is likely slow biased. It was the first time I’ve run in real heat…
Tomorrow is the Old Dominion 100 Mile Cross Country Run, the second of the two “Old Dominion” 100 mile races held in Virginia’s Fort Valley each spring. (There’s a long…
What I need, unlike a hole in my head, is a fall East Coast 100 miler to run. I don’t know of any. (TWOT doesn’t count… it’s not an event……
I think that the next time I hit the track I’ll run my first Hadd mini-test. The mini-test is a free and easy way to determine where your lactate threshold…
At the moment, I’m on a plane flying back from a great weekend in the Rockies with my dad. After two months of working myself ragged with the home purchase…
I forgot to mention one aspect of my workout last night – my runner’s high DURING the workout. While I’ve had many runner’s highs over the years, I cannot recall…
While some friends are off galavanting around the world and running cruise intervals, I hit the track for some fun. I set off with my normal plan – to run…
Continuing with the sea change in my training regimen, I hit the track again last night with the plan on doing an unknown number of miles at around 165 bpm….
Ok, super quick update here. (1) I have no idea how much I’m running these days, only it’s not much. (2) Without time for long runs or even runs everyday,…
Last week was not a good week for my training. I ditch running Miwok and instead took the whole week off to spend 9 consecutive days renovating my new house….
I just hopped out the shower and am about to head out on a run. Now, I wouldn’t normally share my daily (most of the time) adventures in hygeine. However,…
Lots to catch up on in the near future, such as why I didn’t finish the Bull Run Run 50 miler, my current training, changes in race plans, and the…
The other way to put it is – I’m buying a house. I put in an offer on a single family home two doors down from where I live in…
While I’ve gone through some dry spells in posting, I think I’ve been pretty consistent for a while now. I’ve also been pretty good about sticking to running. However, in…
Sometimes I’m awfully dumb. I might as well be banging my head against the wall for all I learn from some of my mistakes. You see, I’ve had uncomfortably congested…
The VERY quick summary of today’s run at HAT. I finished 5th, right in the middle of my 5 finishes there 4, 4, 5, 7, and 1?. (Those are from…
While I wouldn’t consider myself fully recovered, I do feel that I’m on the way back. Why do I think this? Well, first of my runs from Saturday through Monday…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:It didn’t take me very long this week to figure out that I was in a running funk. To add to this, Monday found me touching down…
Today, my sister ran in a new product (for her), a pair of “Ice Runners” that are better known as STABLicer SPORTs. She shared her thoughts on the STABILicers with…
Doesn’t my sister look like a nature trail ultra runner? Here she is 21.5 miles into her first trail race, first marathon, and first ultra and she looks like she…
I’ve been heeding recommendations of y’all and the advice I would normally give others and have taken the past 3 days off completely. Yesterday, I wanted to run, but took…
I’ve got the funk…. or at least I’m in one. I’m in a running funk and I risk falling into a personal funk. This isn’t the first time I’ve fallen…
Ok, so I was not quick nor did I get dirty today at WTC, but this post is both those things. It’s an email I sent to a couple friends…
Phew! It’s been an exhausting last week, some of it pleasant, some of it not. I had a great long weekend hanging out with Gretchen and Amy, including the Seneca…
A friend of mine is headed south to Central America this weekend and that got me thinking about tasty rum. I like rum, particularly good rum. Well, I mulled and…
I have it on good authority that the Montrail Slipstream that briefly appeared on the Montrail website and which I previously discussed here is no longer in development. While I…
Ok, now that the deed is done, I can expand upon yesterday’s post. On only a couple days notice after my planting a crazy idea in her head and no…
To MMFCS, I won’t wish you luck for tomorrow, cause I know you WILL do it! While the journey will be difficult at times, be sure to have fun on…
So I’m headed out to California next weekend for Way Too Cool and am hoping that someone who reads my blog lives in the area or is headed to WTC…
About half an hour ago, I was looking at Klas Eklof’s pictures of Hardrock and dreaming of running Hardrock next year. Oh, but how fickle a man’s mind. Right now,…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Easy Monday run, felt a bit tired. On Tuesday pre-pre-WUS (4 miles) and pre-WUS (9 miles with Keith and Sean) tired me out and I proceeded to…
Quick update, since I’ve been bad about updating. Last week I logged 86 miles and I’ve run 127 miles in the previous nine days. Each of the past two weekends…
Those who know me, know that I’ve been fortunate enough to run (and finish) the Western States Endurance Run in each of the past three years. In 2006, I qualified…
Ok, folks. Here it is, the first breaking scoop on I Run Far. Recently, during one of my frequent trips to the Montrail website, I came across a shoe I…
Over the weekend, I Run Far had its 1,000 page impression since I started it up back in December. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and read what I’m…
(1) I’m buried. Buried in a back load of posts, that is. I owe myself and anyone who read this posts on my run in Hawaii, my training of late,…
I just found out that I won an entry to the Way Too Cool 50k in California! And another race goes on to the schedule (March 10). Related articles: Can…
I am flying over America’s Heartland en route to Phoenix, where I will meet up with my running buddy, Steve Burton (formerly of Northern Virginia, now of Tucson, Arizona). From…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This a lame week that I’ll chalk up to exhaustion. Work was crazy – I worked longer hours than normal, but I think a jump in responsibility…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This week will be chalked up as a sick week. I woke up on Christmas morning knowing that I was sick. What a bummer. What’s worse, it…
Upon running up to my parents’ house after the aforementioned rainy run, I saw folks getting out of the car at our long time neighbors’, the Parkers’. Well, I went…
I’ve been horrible about blogging of late. Truth be told, I’ve had a rough stretch of it of late. I was sick for for a week starting xmas day and…
Wednesday night, I came home to a package with new Montrail Highlanders. After checking them out, I was pretty excited to give them a go. Unfortunately, I was wicked exhausted…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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