Where the sole and soul of a runner meets the roads and seasons of life. Friday, March 16, 2018. Spring is a season of hope for me. A long Winter of running and dodging sickness, and even being sick for a week, with consistent running, yes, I have been averaging 25 miles a week now! Spring offers better temps and foot races galore! Today I ran a 6 miler! Hope you are well! March 16, 2018. Saturday, March 10, 2018. Race prices are ridiculous anymore! Hope you are well! March 10, 2018. Hope you are well! .

Friday, April 8, 2011. Umstead endurance run 100 miler-april 2011. After the finish - 5 am! Noonie and Tammy before start of race. Out on the course with Noonie. Since some friends have asked for details of my race,. I decided to come out of blog-hibernation once again and to write up a hopefully short race report. This winter was really tough to train for a 100 miler or even for any length race! BUT what would this do to my Umstead performance? Did I ruin everything? Strange-this was one of the first wi.

Saturday, May 21, 2011. Post Keys 100, coming soon to a screennear you. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. How the hell can an elephant sneak up on you? Friday, January 7, 2011. Still there is no race report. After two draftes of a version that would never do it justice. it was decided that today there will not be a race report for Badwater. Scott, Sarah and Mike for keeping me nourished, moving and happy for.

Monday, September 21, 2015. Frosty 50 km was my FIRST 50 K in 2009. For various reasons, I would register, but could not make it. In 2009 I was in significantly better shape, and was much more serious about my training than I am now. but WISER! RESPECT the first climb.

Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. Monday, February 25, 2013. The Chimera 100 is an ultra marathon set in the Saddleback Mountains in the Cleveland National Forest southeast of Los Angeles, CA. The website boasts over 24,000 feet of elevation gain over the 100 miles of trails. Throw in extreme weather changes due to elevation variations and some rain and fog and it makes for one hell of a difficult 100 mile train run. Just a mile to go.

Saturday, December 17, 2011. Cumberland Trail 50K Race Report. This is way late, sorry! Two years ago, I ran the Cumberland Trail 50K as my first trail ultra, at the time it was the most difficult and rewarding race I had ever run. Guess what? Nothing has changed in two years! Apparently, the lead runner ran right by the initial turnoff, and since it was dark everyone just followed the headlamp ahead of them.

Only those who risk failing greatly can ever succeed greatly. Friday, February 07, 2014. Some of us are very good at appearing strong at all times.

It has been a long and eventful 3 months in VA. Till next time I have a minute. Thursday they will be loading it all and my car into the moving van and once they are gone, we will head out our self. I have to work today thru Thursday, I was told by my boss to not worry about Friday, since I am a salary employee.