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White River 50 Race Report
White River 50 Race Recap: July 2012 The start of the 2012 Whiter River 50. Photo by Glenn Tachiyama. “Okay you’re in uncharted territory now,” I thought to myself as I glanced at my $35 GPS unit which had just clicked over to 32.0 miles. My longest running effort prior to this magical distance was when […]
The Mountain Don’t Care
The Mountain Don’t Care (July 19th, 2012) “Respect the mountain – it doesn’t care if you live or die.” In the past couple of weeks since the Mt. Washington Road race I’ve burned through precious gas money to seek out runs that go above 14,000 feet. Luckily, since I am in Colorado, there […]
Mt. Washington Race Recap
Mt. Washington Race Recap: 6/21/12 My decision to move to Boulder to train at altitude in the mountains became more solidified after this past weekend. I’m not sure if my red blood cell count had actually increased, but when I took the lead about 2.5 miles into the 2012 Mt. Washington road race last […]
The Mountains Beckon
The Mountains Beckon June 2012 “…I went to the woods [mountains] because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived…” -excerpt from Walden: 2. “Where I Lived and […]
The View Is Worth The Climb
“Hills are your friend.” My dad used to always say this to me before races and difficult training sessions that involved rolling terrain. Several years of racing cross country, marathons, (and now trail ultras), I hear that statement as positive self talk in my mind, although it is slightly modified to “Uphills are your friend.” […]
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