Category: Races

The lanterne rouge is the competitor in last place in the Tour de France. It’s a phrase that comes from the French for “Red Lantern” and refers to the red lantern hung on the rear vehicle of a passenger railway train or the brake van of a freight train, which signalmen would look for in… Continue reading Confessions of a Lanterne Rouge: The Final Finisher of the 2023-2024 Southern AZ Triple 50

It was the second of March, 2024, at Old Pueblo 50, the final race of the Southern Arizona Triple 50. And it was time to bring it home.  I had mixed feelings going into this race. I enjoyed it when I ran it in 2020, so I knew I was going to enjoy it more… Continue reading 2024 Old Pueblo 50: Closing Out the Triple 50

I’ve DNF’d two races so far in my running career, but when you look at Ultrasignup, you only see one. The story you don’t get from Ultrasignup is that when I was out here in 2020 and had a bad time both out there on course, and with some life stuff before the race, I… Continue reading 2024 Oracle Rumble 50 Mile: Dealing with Unfinished Business

At the beginning of December, I ran the Colossal/Vail 50 miler. It’s the first ultra I’ve gone back to a second time, and kicked off my second attempt at the Southern Arizona Triple 50. Even though there have been a few races that I have really loved and thought about going back to revisit, I… Continue reading 2023 Colossal Vail 50 Mile Race

The Southern Arizona Triple 50 is a series of three 50-mile races done over the course of a single fall-into-winter “season.” It was a project I’d had my eye on for a few years. Back when I was still working up to doing my first 100 miler, I’d thought about rolling it into my training… Continue reading 2019-2020 Southern AZ Triple 50, a DNF Story