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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
My First 100 Mile Finish – Part 1
If your dreams don't scare you, dream bigger. Since I finished my first Silver Rush 50 in Leadville, I knew that I wanted to complete… Read more…
2016 Leadville Heavy Half Marathon
2016 Leadville Heavy Half Yes, the half at 15.5 miles and not the full for another 10. Maybe I’m just getting old. Or smarter. Well,… Read more…
2013 Leadville 100 Mile Trail Run
38 miles – 9 hours – 5,500ft elevation gain – DNF Hindsight is 20/20. Whether it be talking about the weekend’s football game, choices made… Read more…
