Last Saturday I ran the Crow Pass crossing, a 23-ish mile trail race through the mountains between Girdwood and Eagle River. I was really excited to finally run this race, as I’ve been wanting to do it for several years now. There are actually qualifying standards for getting into this race (since you’re basically unsupported […]
After several years of lackluster summers in Anchorage, I can truly say that this summer has been amazing. Even if it rained every day for the rest of the summer (but please don’t!), I would still look back on this as being one of the nicest summers in memory. We’ve had tons of sun, with […]
With summer now in full swing, training for my first 100 miler has been going well. I’ve spent some great time out on the trails with friends, and set a few new PR’s along the way. Now, there’s some catching up to do – between work, training, projects around the house, T-ball games, camping trips […]
I've spent much of this spring (if you can really call it that, we're supposed to be getting 3-6" of snow tonight) thinking about which race I want to run for my first 100 miler. As I've written before, I had been leaning towards Javelina Jundred in Arizona in October. More recently, my thinking has […]
Last winter, when I first told my wife that I wanted to run an ultra, her first concern was the amount of time the training was going to take away from the family. I had the same concern, but promised to both her and myself that I wouldn't allow the training to take up all […]
