How to create your own nightmare in a few easy steps: Select a route, and distance punishment of your choice. Find a few beleaguered friends to join. Run like hell. All joking aside. It might be that simple? Coming back from an injury, I have been eager to get some mileage under my belt. Ambitions of larger projects next season have me keen on trying … Continue reading DIY Ultras
Sitting 5 weeks post op. Shoulder in arm sling that I am at this point ready to throw off a bridge. I have realized a few things. My patience for recovery lacks a certain finesse. Idle time doesn’t do me well. Relaxation meets boredom pretty quickly. When removed from the ability of driving, your life radius becomes quite small. Living on an island, means you … Continue reading Ultra Walking?
Now I know what you’re thinking, “I think you got it backwards, isn’t it couch to 5k?” And normally you would be correct. That is the trajectory that we typically see, or at least hope for. Having spent the last year and a half working towards running an ultra marathon, and now a few since then, I suddenly find myself going in a completely different … Continue reading Ultra Marathon to Couch
Well it’s come down to a mere 10 days until I take on my second full 4x4x48 challenge. Last year I took it on as my first full attempt, the previous year I joined some friends in about half of their endeavors. What will be different. What won’t. I suspect (as it forecasts) far less support than last year. Last year I managed to peak … Continue reading 10 days until Sufferfest
Happy New Year. January is already rolling on. I haven’t even wrapped up last year it seems, but tick tick tick, the wheel keeps turning. You can’t stop it because you’re not ready. Christmas season has come and gone, and we are undoubtedly settling into the frosty fog of winter and trying to get or keep the gears moving. “No sitting down folks!” The turn … Continue reading Into the Vague
Here we go again. Well. This March 2024, I took my second foray into this madness. The 4x4x48 challenge. The Dave Goggins sleep deprivation, bark at the moon, 48 hours of fun. The Breakdown The challenge is broken down into twelve 4 mile runs. I would be starting on Friday March 1st at 8pm, and ending on Sunday March 3rd at 4pm. 4 miles every … Continue reading 4x4x48 Challenge
You know that thing when you have a big idea, like a big one? Not a “should I get a new haircut”, or “should I try yoga”. But like a “Hey, should I commit 6 months of training for a single race?”. Ya, one of those. Sooooo…… I’m doing that one! Coming off of last year’s self designed Ultra marathon in Oregon, and my largest … Continue reading Some BIG Ideas 💡
Hey folks. With weather shifting from summers easy going warm nights to cooler darker and damper conditions, it seems like the natural time that people start winding down from their endeavors. Finishing off racing seasons and tapering down to a break or at least a subtle shoulder season maintenance schedule. 50 days from the end of the year(ish). Where’s everyone at? Boxes checked? New goals … Continue reading Goals goals goals
So after coming home from our epic 70+km Oregon run, I am in a bit of a running hangover. Tired, but not really, just kind of in the void. Stuck with not a lot of motivation. Needing to put more fuel in the tank, I have been relying heavily on jumping out with local running groups out in Richmond, something to keep the legs moving, … Continue reading Running Hangover?
Wait, WTF are you talking about? Is it not a beautiful thing? Does it count? Does anyone care? It may be hard to determine that answer for some. We are so often (myself included) caught up in the tracked stats, or socially acknowledged accolades of achievement. Maybe hopeful for some acknowledgement from others in the same bracket, friends, or family that we forget why we … Continue reading Unrecognized Success
