If you want to read about how I trained for the race, you can find it here. Race Day I showed up early on race day to see the 50 mile runners start. Partly because one of my friends from San Tan was running it, and partly because I just wanted to cheer for them as… Continue reading All Day in the Desert: McDowell Mountain Frenzy 50K
Category: Races
Half as Many Going Twice as Far: Ragnar Trail Ultra 2015
Last weekend, I ran my second Ragnar Trail Relay! As before, it was on the trails out at McDowell Mountain Park. I talk a lot about my first Ragnar Trail Relay—a lot of the posts on this site reference it in one way or another—but there’s a reason for that. It planted so many important seeds of my… Continue reading Half as Many Going Twice as Far: Ragnar Trail Ultra 2015
Javelina Jangover 2015: How I Accidentally Learned How to Be An Ultramarathoner
I ran the Javelina Jangover (25K) out at McDowell Mountain Park this year, and I enjoyed it. It’s one of Aravaipa Running’s series of Insomniac summer night races. It was hot, as you’d expect, but there were rainstorms moving around us to the north and east, and that helped bring the temperature down a bit… Continue reading Javelina Jangover 2015: How I Accidentally Learned How to Be An Ultramarathoner
Vertigo Trail Race: One Year of Trail Running
“I’ve been running far enough that I should be able to handle a 10k without too much trouble.” I forget exactly how it went in my mind, but it was something like that. It was what I was thinking when I signed up to run Vertigo in July of 2014. Vertigo, run out at White Tank Mountain… Continue reading Vertigo Trail Race: One Year of Trail Running
Golf Course Races
I have no idea how common golf course races are elsewhere, but it seems to be a semi-popular thing to do around here. I’ve been doing one (The Glow Run, which hopefully I will write about sometime) out at the golf course at the Encanterra Country Club for several years now, and the Illuminations half… Continue reading Golf Course Races
Night Runs
Night runs are awesome, and love them. Here’s why: As a night owl by nature, night runs are just going to appeal to me more than day runs right off the bat. I do most of my training running at night. You don’t have to get up at 4 AM to make a 6:30 start.… Continue reading Night Runs
My First Marathon: Phoenix Marathon 2015
I’ve really struggled with writing this post. I’m post-dating it so that it will appear in proper chronological order of my races and training, but in reality it is coming up on a year since the event. I feel like I should have some profound observations to make about it, because physically it was a… Continue reading My First Marathon: Phoenix Marathon 2015
Illuminations Half Marathon
Two weeks after running Ragnar Trail, I ran a half marathon. This one wasn’t really by design; I kind of fell into it, and I was really glad I did. One of my friends had pointed it out to me several months earlier. He signed up for it, and I agreed that it looked like… Continue reading Illuminations Half Marathon
Running and Sleeping in the Desert With Strangers: Ragnar Trail, AZ
Say What? Last weekend (November 7-8), I did something called a Ragnar Trail Relay. I’ve posted a couple of things about it on Facebook, but largely without explanation, so I think most of the people seeing it probably didn’t/don’t know exactly what I was talking about.