Training In July, I officially started my training block for this year’s big running project (as well as next year), the Southern Arizona Triple 50. As everyone who lives here knows, there is no better time of the year to start a big training block than the middle of summer.
Category: Trail Running
2019 in Review – March
Monument Valley 50k The Monument Valley 50k was the race I was training for. Kris and I made a weekend trip of it, going to stay at The View Hotel in Monument Valley itself, and it was amazing. Just staggeringly beautiful. One of the awesome things about the race is that runners get to go… Continue reading 2019 in Review – March
2019 in Review – February
HOM 100 February was when I figured I should get around to training for the 50k I had coming up in March. My first bigger mileage run was out at the annual Hom 100, a fantastic fundraising and awareness event for ALS that my friend Trevor puts on every year. It takes place on a… Continue reading 2019 in Review – February
2019 in Review – January
For a lot of reasons, I haven’t been blogging much lately. Over the next few days, I’m going to do a bunch of mini-posts to catch up on some of the notable things I did in 2019. Enjoy! San Tan Scramble Volunteering I started the year by volunteering at the San Tan Scramble with my… Continue reading 2019 in Review – January
Surviving Javelina Jundred: Tips from a Local Who Has Done the Race
In 2016, I ran the Javelina Jundred 100k. I’ve sent my race tips to friends getting ready to do the race several times since then, and I figured I should just go ahead and make this a formal blog post that I can link to, and maybe others searching the internet for race information might… Continue reading Surviving Javelina Jundred: Tips from a Local Who Has Done the Race
2018 Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Line 100
Prologue It was 2014. Early that year, I ran my first half-marathon. Then, for the first time, I trained consistently with long runs through the summer. I started trail running. At group runs and races, I rubbed elbows with marathoners and… ultramarathoners? I had known of marathons for a long time, but ultramarathons were new… Continue reading 2018 Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Line 100
2018 Zane Grey 50: Analyzing My First DNF
This might read like a list of excuses, but that’s not what it’s meant to be. It also might read like some sort of extended self-flagellation, but that’s not what it’s meant to be, either. I made a lot of mistakes leading up to and during the race (only one of which was really out… Continue reading 2018 Zane Grey 50: Analyzing My First DNF
2016 Javelina Jundred 100k
I don’t know how I’m going to do another 20 miles. I said more than that, but it seemed like that was where my pacer, Lisa, got worried and stopped listening. I was actually trying to be a little inspirational, leading with a complaint, but finishing with resolution. Instead, I shot wide of the mark… Continue reading 2016 Javelina Jundred 100k
Getting Through It
So my last post was fairly grim, but it was meant to be. Running a lot in the heat is lousy. I talk to other runner friends who tell me that they have gone out and trained in the afternoons during the summer for long stretches like it’s no big deal, and all I can… Continue reading Getting Through It
My Fall-Apart Week(s)
I don’t know how I’m going to do this. Me I’ve thought that before. I know I have. I get deep into a training cycle for a big race, and then I hit a point where everything goes to hell. Something that’s been working stops working. Social obligations keep interfering. Some part of my body… Continue reading My Fall-Apart Week(s)