Tag: mountain running
2014 Tarawera 100km Training and updates
I took a week totally off after the Carlsbad Marathon on Jaunary 19th. This has pretty much been my standard recovery time frame for any race…marathon to ultra marathon. Next up will be the Tarawera 100km followed by the Northburn Race ultra trail race (I’m only doing 50km) in New Zealand! A lot of people and […]
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 […]
Staying Hungry
“All I want to do is drink beer and train like an animal.” -Rod Dixon, 3:53 miler AND 2:08 Marathoner I’m hungry. As Sandi can attest, I can always eat: gluten-free, vegetarian, ice cream, beer…you name it! I’d say I was starving, but that’s not right because occasionally we even shop at […]
Sierre-Zinal Race Recap: “Getting Lit Up”
Getting Lit Up The burn came in many ways. From one degree, it manifested itself as a searing pain across my quads. Then there was the liquid fire of lactic acid that seemed to be infiltrating my diaphragm and suffocating me. I was 2 miles into a 19-mile mountain race known as Sierre-Zinal and […]
Speedgoat 50k Race Report
“Lead Runner of Speedgoat 50km Gored to Death by Two Angry Moose.” I could already see this title of a future newspaper article. What a way to go though! But it sounded painful…much more painful than racing a hard 50km with 11,000ft+ of climbing at altitude with some technical bits thrown in… […]
Connect
Connect with Sage on the following social media platforms.