Tag: ultra running

Boulder Flood: Sept. 12th-15th, 2013

Boulder Flood: Sept. 12th-15th, 2013

I finally saw the apartments below us. Abandoned with their doors open, each room had its carpet ripped out. On Thursday night (9/12/13),  A wall of water had somehow made it’s way across highway 36 and turned our parking lot into a river within a matter of minutes. We worried our cars might float away. […]

September 17, 2013 | By | 2 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
Training Week: March 24-30th, 2013 – prep for Lake Sonoma 50

Training Week: March 24-30th, 2013 – prep for Lake Sonoma 50

My quads got beat-up from the Tarawera 100km. Despite taking 5 days totally off from running after the race (on March 16, 2013) I can still feel a dull ache in them. That is to be expected though. I’ve dealt with lots of post-marathon fatigue and I’ve overtrained to the point of compromising my health […]

April 2, 2013 | By | 4 Replies More