As I steadily pushed my way up the seemingly endless 1000 meter climb to the Refuge du Grenairon during the Tour des Huit Refuges,…
While the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the West Coast in the early months of 2020, it wasn’t until the Shelter-in-Place and…
“IT’S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT I’M GONNA SEND THIS THING.” – ME TO MY WIFE AT THE END OF LAP 1, MILE 50,…
I have been dreaming of running the Gran Trail Courmayeur Mountain Ultra since our last visit to the Alps two years ago in 2017.…
The Spring training block of 2019 went well for me. I got some February distance in with the First Annual Groundhog’s Day Lupe-fest, had…
It all started with an email from local East Bay Quadbanger Zak, with the lede “save the date for Another Bad Idea for a…
Some races I sign up way ahead of time for, taking months to mentally prepare, go over the course description, and psych myself up…
I had heard about the Castle Peak 100k for a couple of years now, often through drawn-out in-race tales of runners trying to beat…
The endorphins have finally faded, the big toenail has come off, and the poison oak is starting to appear around my knees – it…
Day four of laying in bed with the October chest-cold-from-hell sounds like a decent time to give some love to the blog and write…