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Fat as a Fuel in Marathons and Ultra Marathons

Fat as a Fuel in Marathons and Ultra Marathons

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their positive comments and support of this blog. I really appreciate your support. Without your following and feedback none of this would be possible. In a way to hopefully add something constructive to the running community I’ve started up doing more “Training Talks” on my YouTube […]

January 30, 2014 | By | 37 Replies More
A Fall Towards Better Perspectives

A Fall Towards Better Perspectives

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”  -James Thurber A Fall Towards Better Perspectives (11/6/12): I’ve been feeling pretty selfish lately. Running is one of those activities where you can tend to focus a lot on yourself. Sometimes athletes can get some pretty distorted […]

November 6, 2012 | By | Reply More
Mt. Washington Race Recap

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 […]

June 21, 2012 | By | 4 Replies More
The View Is Worth The Climb

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.” […]

April 15, 2012 | By More
Chuckanut 50k: Lessons learned in my first ultra

Chuckanut 50k: Lessons learned in my first ultra

“I guess I didn’t get the memo: Nobody stops at the aid stations,” I mention to Max King as we climb up a dirt-trail about 7 miles into the Chuckanut 50k trail race. “Not this year,” Max implies that the high-level of competition meant that all the top runners were going to shave seconds whenever […]

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