Tag: ultra marathon training
Training Week: August 25-31, 2013
I’ve been training with a focus on the UROC 100km coming up in just 4 weeks. After my disastrous run at Sierre-Zinal I am very hungry to redeem myself with a solid race in this upcoming SkyRunning Ultra Series World Final. As mentioned earlier this will be the first time I have “home-course” advantage. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
Training Week: May 19-25, 2013: Cayuga Trails 50 prep
Training Week: May 19th to May 25th, 2013. After taking a couple days off after the Transvulcania ultra (followed by a relatively low mileage week), I put in one of my best weeks of training so far this year. I’ve only just began to track vertical gain for each training week, but I think […]
Lake Sonoma 50: An Unsustainable Pace
“This pace is unsustainable.” My inner voice repeated this over and over as Chris Vargo and I split a couple sub 7-min miles about 15 miles into the Lake Sonoma 50. We were on a gorgeous, rolling single-track complete with water crossings, lake views, forests and meadows. I knew after the first aid station 11.5 […]
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