A Look Back on 2012 – and a Look Ahead

I may not have written on here much lately (cue promises of writing more regularly in the future), but 2012 has been a pretty epic year – and I’m not even done yet! That’s right, I’ve still got one more marathon in me this year, but more on that later. First, a quick look back […]

Resurrection Pass 50 Race Recap

The short version: an absolutely amazing experience, great trail, beautiful weather, and an awesome day of running with 2 friends. I finished in 11 hours 20 minutes, and can now officially call myself an ultramarathoner! The long version: The race started bright and early at 6am on Saturday, about 2 hours from Anchorage, so I […]

Finalizing My Ultra Training

I’m pulling into the home stretch here with my ultra training, with the big day just over 2 weeks away now. I would say that the past 3 months of training have gone especially well. Or at least very consistent if nothing else – without planning or trying, I’ve run 169 miles in each of […]

The Hard is What Makes it Great

Somewhere around mile 20 (before my legs started cramping) of Mayor’s Marathon last weekend, as I was passing another runner, he looked over and upon seeing my Marathon Maniacs shirt, quipped “does this get any easier when you’re a Maniac?” At the time, I just sort of laughed and told him no. But as I […]

March & April Ultra Training Update

I realized about halfway through April that I had never posted an ultra training update for March. Well, here it is almost halfway through May, and I’m just now postingĀ an update. Better late than never, right? Right? Just in general, I haven’t been writing here nearly as much as I’d like. I certainly have things […]