Tag: trail running

Training Week: Sept. 1-7, 2013

Training Week: Sept. 1-7, 2013

First off before we get into last week’s training I wanted to share some News: 1. The crisis in Syria has been going on for years, but lately many here in the US have felt compelled to take notice and finally try to help out. I usually try to keep politics and any non-running related […]

September 12, 2013 | By | 8 Replies More
Training Week: August 18-24, 2013

Training Week: August 18-24, 2013

This was my first serious week of training for the UROC 100km. My fitness has been decent, but nowhere near it needs to be come race day at the end of next month. I fell a little short of hitting my goal of 100 miles this week, but spent plenty of time up  high and […]

August 27, 2013 | By | 11 Replies More
Staying Hungry

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 […]

August 21, 2013 | By | 20 Replies More
Sierre-Zinal Race Recap: “Getting Lit Up”

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 […]

August 13, 2013 | By | 30 Replies More
Speedgoat 50k Race Report

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… […]

August 1, 2013 | By | 27 Replies More