Just one week until my next big ultra - the Sangre de Cristo 50-miler in the Colorado mountains. Average altitude: 10,000 feet, with 10,000 feet of elevation gain and loss. Why? Reasons. Last year’s Indian Creek 55K (7,000-8,000 ft) with my niece Robin turned out fine, so naturally I signed up for a longer race …
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Getting Ready to Burn that River!
The Burning River 100 starts dark and early (4:00 a.m.) Saturday morning. And I’m ready to get my body on the trails. Do I feel like I’m optimally trained for it? Depends. It’s been three years since I last ran a 100+ mile race – the Veterans Memorial 150 in 2018 – but it doesn’t …
Grandmaster of Disaster
After running the Grandmaster 100K last month in the Arizona desert, I now share one characteristic with legendary ultrarunner Jim Walmsley, who has now twice set the course record at the Western States 100. No, I did not win Western States. I haven’t even tried to qualify for it (yet). But we do indeed share …
Hills, Hops, and Masks – Racing Safely
I did something this week I haven’t done in a long time. I ran an actual 5K race. With a real bib, chip timing, and other runners present. Honest to goodness. The event was Hills to Hops, held at Robin Hills Farm in Chelsea, put on by RF Events. Normally they’d be busy with summer …
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