Improve Your Running and Life by Improving Your Health
We all want to run better, feel better, and be the best we can be. I am on a journey to do just that. I had been feeling...
31 May, 2017
Spring Trail Races: Black Canyon 100k, Land Between the Lakes 60k, Yamacraw 50k
Black Canyon 100k – 2/18/17: I decided to go to Black Canyon to get my Western States qualifier out of the way and...
29 April, 2017
100k World Championship (11-27-2016): Short Stories
I have procrastinated doing this race report, prioritizing other things like work, family, and the holidays. It is now N...
01 January, 2017
Steamtown Marathon 10/9/16: I got my PR…Where can you get yours?!
Finally! I broke 3 hours in a marathon! It has been one of my “original” goals in running for a really long time. I ...
02 November, 2016
Burning River 100: Newbie Lessons 101: Revisited! 8/6/16
Burning River was on my schedule this year to get a qualifier for Western States 100 and keep my tickets (4 years now)...
24 August, 2016
Comrades 2016: Not Just a Race
I have run the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon and crowd support was crazy at those races. However, Comra...
23 June, 2016
Mad City 100k National Championship! Hard Work Pays Off!
One of my two goals for 2016 was to qualify for the 100k team. I have never been super fast and was nervous if I could g...
13 April, 2016
Are you a GRINDER or a PUSHER?; Training Musings & The Phoenix Marathon Race Report
I have been thinking a lot about what type of runner I am during this training cycle. I have often told people that I am...
08 March, 2016
RACE DAY NUTRITION AND DAILY SUPPLEMENTS:
People often ask me what I do for race nutrition. I use Hammer Nutrition Products and am an ambassador for Hammer…So, ...
05 February, 2016
What ONE thing can improve your health, weight, sex life, and memory?
Sleep. Everyone knows they should sleep more and it would be better for them, but so many people cut sleep first when th...
01 February, 2016
What’s on my Running Playlist?!
Many people have asked me what’s on my playlist…this is my long list of songs I enjoy hearing when I run (do...
01 February, 2016
Fall Racing and Training: Spartathlon Reflections and Upcoming Events
As I get ready to race the Tunnel Hill 50 miler tomorrow, I realize that I have been remiss on getting a Spartathlon rac...
14 November, 2015
August: Double your Pleasure Double your Training/Racing Fun:
BLISTER IN THE SUN MARATHON: 8/2/15 I have a friend/RD who has asked me to come run his race for several years…Bli...
17 October, 2015
DNF in South Dakota…Ramblings of Unrecovery
I have wanted to run Black Hills 100 for a couple of years, so I planned it this year thinking I would have enough time ...
02 July, 2015
Silver and Gold…24 Hour World Championships, Torino, Italy 4/11-12/2015
I wasn’t sure what kind of shape I was in going into the World Championship. My training wasn’t what I had planned l...
23 April, 2015
Bandera 100k Race Report, Pearls of Wisdom after Acts of Stupidity
Bandera 100k was a last minute decision for me (I decided 2 weeks out from race day just in time to get decent priced pl...
16 January, 2015
Tunnel Hill 100 Race Report 11/15/2014
I was a little worried about accomplishing my goal at Tunnel Hill 100. I wanted to run a sub-15 and knew this was...
25 November, 2014
50 States sub 4 Hours: Mission Accomplished 10/12/14
50 States sub 4 Hours: Mission Accomplished 10/12/14 50 sub 4 finish at GMAA in Vermont on 10/12/14 After 3 ma...
06 November, 2014
Running Down A Dream: 48 Hours in the Dome-August 4th-6th, 2015
I’ve never made my goals a secret. I know that some people like to keep their goals to themselves, but I don...
26 August, 2014
Kettle Moraine 100: Running on Unrecovered Legs
Kettle Moraine 100 wasn’t on my radar for the year. My original plan was to run at the 24-Hour World Championsh...
20 June, 2014
Keys 100 Race Report: SUB 16 woot woot!
Keys 100 Race Report: SUB 16 woot woot! Keys 100 startline Chris Roman and I starting too fast 🙂 So, if you read my ...
25 May, 2014
Umstead 100 – 2014 Race Report: How I beat Hal Koerner
Umstead 100 – 2014 Race Report: How I beat Hal Koerner… April 5th, 2014 Pre-race Goals: 1. Finish 2. Run Hap...
08 April, 2014
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