Category: Trail Running

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

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)

Still Moving Forward

Well, I’ve done it. It’s one thing to talk about plans, and it’s another thing to commit to them. I’ve been talking about doing the 100K at Javelina Jundred this year, but up until yesterday, it was just talk. Now I’m registered, and it’s time to put my money (a pretty hefty race fee!) where my mouth… Continue reading Still Moving Forward

Double Run Day Fun-Day

We now interrupt your flow of angsty missed-race agonizing to talk about an entertaining thing I did last Saturday morning: two runs on opposite sides of the valley. Why? Because I felt like it, and I could!