Leadville 100 Mile Run – Page 2 – Thoughts on the Run

Taking on the mental

18 July, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run Running Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 8:46 am

Coming off a 50 mile run in Leadville, I'm feeling pretty good. Granted, at points during the race, I was making mental plans to not even show up at the Leadville 100 starting line. Well,…

2014 Silver Rush

16 July, 2014 Alex 2 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run motivation Running Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 2:25 pm

13 hours 41 minutes. 47.6 miles. 10,000 feet of climbing. I hate it when I'm right. As I wrote before the race, I knew I wasn't ready. With that being accepted, I showed up and…

Silver Rush this weekend

9 July, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run motivation Running Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 12:14 pm

A race in Leadville this coming weekend. 50 miles starting at 10,000 feet and over 8,000 feet of climbing. That's a lot to handle. If you would have asked me 2 weeks ago how I…

My Crowding Issues with Events

24 June, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run motivation Running Thoughts on the Run trail running triathlon ultramarathon 10:19 am

14 inches. That's how much space there was from my chest to the seat in front of me. Go get a ruler and imagine that. Now picture the same in a bouncy plane for 2.5…

2014 Leadville Marathon

19 June, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run Running Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 9:40 am

26.2 miles - 7:50 - 6,500+ feet of climbing With a positive attitude, most anything is possible. My only goal this year was to make it better than last year. It really should be everyone's…

National Running Day 2014

4 June, 2014 Alex 2 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run motivation Thoughts on the Run 11:20 am

It is National Running Day, so I decided to run to work ... 25 miles. That would be the farthest I have run in 8 months. I left the house just before 1am. All was…

Snowy Wet Mountain Run

30 May, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run Running Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 7:13 am

Growing up in Maine, I don't associate snow with the month of May ... or June for that matter. Now living in Colorado, I see the snow on the mountains in the distance in May,…

New Balance 1210 Leadville Shoe

15 May, 2014 Alex 0 Comments Leadville 100 Mile Run Running Running Shoe Review Thoughts on the Run trail running ultramarathon 8:20 am

A friend of mine, Mitch, has been running the New Balance 1210 shoes for about a year now. He absolutely loves them! For about 2 months, I was having some swelling tender knee issues on…

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