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Category: ultramarathon

Prairie Spirit Trail 100 … or 61

Apr 17, 2016Alex3 Commentsmotivation, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

“You’re going to Kansas to run an ultra? But you live in Colorado? Why would you do that?” Mostly because I wanted to stack the odds in my favor. And lose 6 pounds in one day. Seriously, someone should write a diet book about that. I guess it would be … run/hike for 15 hours.…

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Why Do You Look So Angry?

Oct 21, 2015Alexexercise, motivation, Parenting, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

Dude, why do you look so angry? I have heard this more frequently over the past 2 months. From the starting line of Run Rabbit Run 100 to people at work. I’ll just be standing there in my own little world and someone will come up to me and ask if I’m okay. What the…

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Ankle Update on the No Run

Aug 11, 2015Alexmotivation, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

Running is a lot like life … things are on the right path and with a simple twist, all of it goes off track. Come to find out, it wasn’t just a simple twist for me. When we last left the story of my ankle crash, I had transferred my Silver Rush 50 registration to…

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2015 Silver Rush 50 – Unexpected Crewing

Jul 24, 2015AlexRunning, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

There are signs all around us when to stop. Most of us ignore them because we are blinded by a particular goal set. I set big goals. Stupid goals to many. Then again, they’re probably deemed not normal due to lack of training rut I have been on. I’m barely trained for a half marathon…

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Pain in the Sprain

Jul 8, 2015Alex2 Commentsmotivation, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

There are signs all around us when to stop. Most of us ignore them because we are blinded by a particular goal set. I set big goals. Stupid goals to many. Then again, they’re probably deemed not normal due to lack of training rut I have been on. I’m barely trained for a half marathon…

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Apex Trail Golden Colorado

Ah Screw It

Feb 28, 2015AlexBusiness, leadership, motivation, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

Screw it. I made the announcement to myself as I stood atop a mountain in Colorado. It was 7:23 in the morning as I watched the sun make itself known and could see deer roaming the side of a hill. Nobody else was on the trail. Yeah, so screw it. The dilemma was, I wasn’t…

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APEX Trail Golden

Running the APEX Trail

Jan 12, 2015AlexLeadville 100 Mile Run, Running, Thoughts on the Run, trail running, ultramarathon

I am learning how to deal with an “off season” and relax from the running bit. It’s not hard to do with my schedule of wife, 4 kids, work, and consulting. At the same time, I don’t feel like I have this influx of extra time. Rather, it’s like my body knows and is forcing…

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Boulder 100

Oct 18, 2014Alex1 CommentLeadville 100 Mile Run, motivation, Running, trail running, ultramarathon

64 miles in 17 hours I told about 5 people that I registered for this 100 mile run. It was really about me seeing if I had a distance problem or an altitude problem. Pushing through pain hasn’t been an issue for me. After all, I pushed myself to the ER in 2013. My goal…

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