Running Calendar 2012:
Bridle Trails 50k [January 28th]
Gorge Waterfalls 50K [March 25th]
Yakima Skyline 25k [April 21st]
Redmond Watershed 12 Hour [May 19th]
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Carkeek 12 Hr
When mentally preparing for my first 12 hour ultra I wouldn’t have added “don’t crash the car on the drive to the start” to my “don’t do” list, but from now on it will be on there. Right at the … Continue reading
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Soaring Eagle Solstice
Well that was quite the race. A real honest to goodness heart pounding race for the finish line. I walked away from the end of the five mile trail romp through Soaring Eagle Park thoroughly exhilarated and on an absolute … Continue reading
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(Not) Running With Marshall Ulrich
In late 2008 Marshall Ulrich carefully double knotted his shoelaces (probably) and set off running across the United States of America. Pushing his limits, he covered 3,063 miles from San Francisco to New York. For 52 days straight he ran … Continue reading
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Kitsuma Klimb
Last year, while I was squashed in a car for hours on end with five other smelly people having crazy fun running the 208 mile Blue Ridge Relay, my friend Ashley was joining some Western North Carolina trail runners for … Continue reading
Sultan 50k
It’s a full two days since the third annual Sultan 50k took place and I am still loafing around on the sofa reticent to move but perversely loving every aching reminder of Saturday’s run through the South Mountains State Park … Continue reading
Back to Bartram
An uncharted and fresh year lay before me waiting for new experiences and adventure. I was determined to start it off on good footing. Despite the wicked look to the bleak sky and the threat of rain I eagerly found … Continue reading
December 2010
December was a miserable month in which I logged a miserly 61 miles. Three factors seemed to conspire to keep me from the roads and trails. It was a month of frantic Christmas preparation trumping running. I was busy fretting … Continue reading
Bartram Forest 50K
Last Thanksgiving Bill and I decided to stay in Charlotte instead of making the trip down to Georgia to visit his family. I’d signed up for the Charlotte Turkey Trot 8K and after that race I idly browsed the net … Continue reading
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The Overmountain Victory Trail Revolutionary Run
When I spotted the inaugural Overmountain Victory Trail Revolutionary Run pop up on my race radar my interest was piqued. Lights started flashing and synapses firing as I calculated that a 25K singletrack trail race within two weeks of my … Continue reading
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Medoc Trail Marathon
From the moment Side Show Jesus and I noticed that the last couple of Mapquest directions to Medoc Mountain State Park neatly added up to 26.2 miles a sense of reality began to set in. When you are comfortably sat … Continue reading
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