I’M DEEP IN IT NOW. In my first post of 2018 I hinted about my planned races for the year. Since then I’ve discussed options with my coach, made my selections, and signed up. I’m committed for the next several months! (Many of you think I should have been committed years ago, but here we …
Category: Ultramarathons
The Workout of a Lifetime: Would Picasso Have Been Proud?
THE STORY GOES that Pablo Picasso was approached in a café one day by a woman who asked if he would do a drawing on her napkin. He agreed, made a quick sketch on it and said, “The cost will be 20,000 francs,” or some such enormous amount (some versions say $1 million). “That much!” …
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Running 50 Miles: Be Happy, Damn It!
SOME BIG NEWS came out of PR Run Club last weekend. At least it was big news to us! Three of our runners went to the Endurance Series Challenge in Ontario to run a hot, hilly 50-miler. Here are our intrepid badasses. Alan (center) rocked the course, finishing 3rd overall male. Farsad (right) won his …
Recovery: Fast, Slow, and Hungry
Now that the Lighthouse 100 is in the books, people ask me two questions. The first, naturally enough, is: how does one recover from a 100-mile race? The TL;DR answer: Carefully. . . (Feel free to Like this post and move on…J) . Now for those of you who’d like a little detail - in …
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