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Transvulcania Race Report (2014)

Transvulcania Race Report (2014)

SUERTE  (luck)   “When you get to the top of The Volcano you can stop.” These words became my mantra as I struggled to negotiate the technical rocks of La Palma’s GR-131 trail route. I had ascended about 11,000 feet of vertical in the past 24 miles and had accumulated a significant amount of fatigue. […]

May 14, 2014 | By | 41 Replies More
Running Scared: Tarawera 100km Race Report

Running Scared: Tarawera 100km Race Report

  “Just don’t walk.” I repeated this mantra in my head over and over for the last 15 miles of the Tarawera 100k in the exotic trails of New Zealand.  But at mile 54, I started walking…on a downhill! Quads buckling, I felt dizzy and nauseous. And thirsty. Man, I was thirsty! My handheld bottle […]

March 18, 2013 | By | 31 Replies More
Bandera Race Report

Bandera Race Report

Sage’s latest blog post,  his Bandera 100km race report, can now be found here on iRunFar! Good thing I’ve practiced with this key, extreme carb eating-running “workout” a couple years ago when I ran for Hansons: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GteFgiRK-2U[/youtube] See you on the trails, Sage PS here is some video footage of the finish-line area (I had just […]

January 19, 2013 | By | Reply More