YOU KNOW YOU'RE HOPELESS when you’ve just finished a long run or bike ride on a beautiful day, you’re heading home with your well-deserved coffee and pastry, you see someone running, and you think to yourself, “I could be doing that right now.” Never had that happen, you say? Consider yourself fortunate. Me? I experience …
Tag: ultramarathons
Life, Trail Running, and Birthdays
When I left the house yesterday morning for a 20-mile trail run, it was cold and windy, raining, still dark out, and God only knew what shape the trail was going to be in. I’m guessing not many people would choose to begin their birthday this way. But I’m an ultrarunner, and thus certifiably bonkers, …
Sleeping On It
Boy, it’s been an unpredictable September for me. At least in my athletic training world. Kind of like things happening in reverse order. My month kicked off, as I detailed in a previous post, at the Miakonda Trail Ultra, where, despite the head and an upset stomach, I ground out 52 miles, meeting my stretch …
Just One
Hill repeats. My favorite. Not. But there it was on my training calendar. Six 90-second intervals at effort level 8 (out of 10) on a hill with a 7 to 9 percent grade. Followed by six 45-second intervals at effort level 9. I’d already had a robust strength training session at Body Specs, so in …
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