Sorry, I just feel like I’ve been seeing this a lot lately. The word you’re looking for, my friends, is “chafe.” One “f,” not two. This is just a public service announcement because I see it spelled wrong so often. If you say “chaff,” you are (unintentionally) talking about the husks and shells of grains… Continue reading Chafe
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
Yes I am.
The other day, someone I’d never met before and who I had exchanged only a handful of words and grunts with (he was the mover in charge of moving our office to a new location) looked at me and asked if I was a runner. I wasn’t even wearing one of my race shirts. Is it… Continue reading Yes I am.
Pemberton Loop: Long and Hot
Last weekend was the hottest on record in Arizona. Friday hit 117º, breaking the previous record for the day (8/14) by four degrees. Saturday hit 115º, breaking the previous record by three degrees. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights all recorded 93º as the low temperature, breaking the previous records of warmest low for all three… Continue reading Pemberton Loop: Long and Hot
Pass Mountain Trail: A Rematch
I am NOT coming back here again. I’m starting to feel like I could retire if I had a dollar for every time I said that and turned out to be wrong. This time it was about Pass Mountain Trail out at Usery Park. Once upon a time, I was a mountain biker. For a… Continue reading Pass Mountain Trail: A Rematch
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
Accurate Perception
“Today felt a little slow, even for me,” I said, as I sat down with the group at the end of this morning’s trail run. I ran the Lakefair Half Marathon in Olympia, Washington, last week when the wife and I were on vacation up in the area, and I ran it pretty hard (finished… Continue reading Accurate Perception
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