Moab Red Hot 55k Race Report
Moab Red Hot 55k – February 16, 2013 Click here to see all race pics Davina at the start. I signed up for the Moab Red Hot 55k back in September after Davina asked me if I wanted to go on a running...
View ArticleThe Finish – The Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2013
For this report, I’m just going to link to my post on the Trail and Ultra Running .com website.
View ArticleHow to Use Cutoffs as a Pacing Strategy: Putting P50 to Rest
Executive Summary for Those Who Hate Long Pointless Race Reports: Your sport should be fun, and if it’s not mostly fun then do something else; if you don’t love running fast, run slow; if you don’t...
View ArticleIMTUF 100 2013 – Sweep Report
IMTUF 100 (IDAHO MOUNTAIN TRAIL ULTRA FESTIVAL) At the end of last month (August 30-31, 2013), I participated for the second time in the IMTUF 100 (Idaho Mountain Trail Ultra Festival), which starts...
View ArticleSusitna 100, Part I: The Context
Some races are so much more than that. For me, the Susitna 100 was one of these races. I certainly didn’t know it a year ago, but the story of the Susitna 100 had already started. All of the following...
View ArticleSusitna 100, Part II: The Training
This is a hard part to write because so many of the pieces I talk about here are still works in progress. I wrote this on the plane high in the air between Seattle and Anchorage, two days before the...
View ArticleSusitna 100, Part III: Good, Bad, Ugly, Surreal and FAQs
I jotted this “good, bad, ugly, surreal” list on the airplane out of Anchorage, pretty much the only thing I could do before my eyes wouldn’t stay open any more. The FAQ’s are the things people have...
View ArticlePART IV.I: SUSITNA 100 2016, PRE-RACE
My son D says to me, She’s a beast…I call her Mama. This is my beast story. The main event for this particular tale just happens to be a race called the Susitna 100: A Winter Race in Remote Frozen...
View ArticlePART IV.II: SUSITNA 100 2016, START TO HALF
Start to Mile 21 – Point MacKenzie It was beautiful day as the sun rose to greet and warm us. The first 5 miles melted away on icy, firm snow conditions. I tried to lock that section in my mind because...
View ArticlePart IV.III: SUSITNA 100 2016, HALF TO MILE 90
5 Star (Mile 52) to Eagle Quest (mile 63) The soup at 5 Star Tent was so good I wished I had taken a second or third cup. (You’d think I would have learned after Flathorn to eat while the eating was...
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