Redefining Your Limits
2:04 - 11 miles It has been an interesting week and a half since completing my first ultramarathon. As I was running that course, I started to think about the variety of questions that would…
My First Ultramarathon
Silver Rush 50, Leadville, Colorado (10,000 feet to 12,200 feet): 13 hours 16 minutes 45 seconds This has been a journey. When I registered for my first ultramarathon, I knew that I didn't have the…
Running on a Prayer
For the past 2 weeks I have been running without listening to music. In the beginning, I didn't understand how someone could possibly run for hours without a beat or voice playing around them. The…
Still running
Finding time to stop for 10 minutes and write down thoughts is rough. Looking at my last post, I see that I announced I have registered for my first ultramarathon. Then no more posts. Well…
Sluggish Start
24:00 - 2.6 miles Alarm went off. Hit snooze. That's not usually a good start to the day. Made it out of bed and into the car out to the -5 degree weather. Arrived at…
Take Your Foot Off the Brake
1:00:00 - 6.25 miles Last night in the book ChiRunning I read about how your foot should hit the ground when running. For years I had been trying to figure out whether to hit your…
ChiRunning Start
1:38:20 - 10 miles Last night I started reading ChiRunning and have already seen improvements. No, this is not a Holiday Inn Express commercial where I ready 12 pages of a book and revolutionize my…
Remembering Challenger
46:40 - 5 miles "It seems like a dangerous job." That's what someone said to me once when I was talking about NASA and astronauts. My response to her was: "Well, they do leave the…
