Tag: Sage ultra runner
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. […]
Lake Sonoma 50 Race Report: 2014
I’ve been overanalyzing and agonizing over my performance at the 2014 Lake Sonoma 50 mile race. I’m a numbers guy and I like cold, hard scientific data. The obvious results from this race of course demonstrate the fact that both men’s and women’s ultra-trail running fields are getting really close and competitive. Every second counts! […]
Moving Down To The Marathon
Moving Down To The Marathon Photo Credit: CrusePhoto. com, Also on Twitter at @CrusePhoto. I ran my very first marathon at the 2007 Houston Marathon in 2:22:21 missed the Olympic Trials standard by 21 seconds. It was brutal. Almost exactly 7 years later (yesterday, January 19th) I ran the 2014 Carlsbad Marathon in […]
UROC 100km Race Report: “Just Finish”
I’ve never wanted to quit so bad in my life. At 10,600’ on the top of Vail Pass, and 33 miles into the race, I was leading the UROC 100km. But I had worked way too hard to get to that point. A fierce pack of world-class mountain-ultra-trail runners were right behind me: Rob Krar, […]
Maroon Bells Four Pass Loop FKT
Anton Krupicka (4:46). Ricky Gates (4:35). Lance Armstrong (5:40). These are just a few names that have put down some solid efforts on the Maroon Bells Four Pass Loop. This iconic Colorado mountain run just outside of Aspen navigates four mountain passes above 12,000’ and has close to 8000’ of climbing over a 27-mile […]
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