Stories from An Ultra Runner's Blog
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So Cal Ultra Series Award Picnic
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Jan 29, 2012
Age Group And Overall WinnersThis weekend I celebrated with many of my fellow ultra runners at the So Cal Ultra Grand Prix Awards picnic. What a great event! A culmination of a long season and a kick in my ass… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Mileage
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Holy Merde. Ultra Trail Mont Blanc - I'm In!
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Jan 20, 2012
Its official. After stumbling upon the application deadline for Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) just two weeks ago, I submitted my application with only hours to spare. What the hell, I thought, it's a lottery and I probably wont get… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Racing
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Nine and a Half Ways To Keep Running Real
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Jan 16, 2012
Find new routes everyday. I mean everyday. Take them. Cycle your training. Plan your peaks and valleys. From month to month, week to week, and day to day. There's a time to push, and a time to pull back. Don't… Full Story »
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I Love This Sport
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Jan 9, 2012
Running is difficult to describe. Ultra running is even harder. More so to non-runners. What usually comes from this conversation is a vague avoidance of what really matters to the ultra runner. The I-know-its-rediculous-what-I-do-but-I-do-it-anyway-and-don't-bother-trying-to-understand-because-you-won't-get-over-the-idea-that-people-actually-gain-a-really-deep-appreciation-for-making-it-100-miles-on-their-own-two-feet-through-mountain-passes-in-the-harshest-of-conditions-with-nothing-to-show-for-it-but-a-useless-belt-buckle-and-a-quiet-yet-forever-irreplaceable-feeling-of-accomplishment. Ok, now that I've got THAT… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Race Director
- Racing
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Happy New Year Ultra Runners!
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Jan 1, 2012
I'm not usually one to look back, but this time of year brings out the nostalgia in me. Why not? I don't have any new year's resolutions neatly typed up. In fact I don't have any new year's resolutions period.… Full Story »
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The Beginner's Mind
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Oct 31, 2011
I recently posted that wisdom is not a flower to be plucked. It is a mountain, and it must be climbed. The idea here is that it takes time, years even, to gain an awareness of the trail that you… Full Story »
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Training. An Act of Patience.
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Oct 17, 2011
The method to achieve this is built around training at a lower heart rate (180 minus your age +/- your own history). The biggest challenge to this approach is having patience. Patience NOT to go fast when you feel like hammering, patience NOT to sprint up a hill when you know you can and, yes, patience during training runs to let go of the… Full Story »
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Steve Jobs and The Running Continuum
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Oct 9, 2011
I never was an Apple fanatic. I never understood the cult-like zeal of Mac mania. Steve Jobs? To me he was just another tech billionaire capitalizing on our materialistic, trend crazed society. But then something changed for me regarding Jobs. When a friend told me this week that Steve Jobs… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Breath
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Going Slong
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Sep 12, 2011
The Osprey I Saw TodayOne of my favorite runs is going slong. I walk out the front door with no particular route planned. No particular destination. Just my Nathan, GPS and heart rate monitor. I start running-really, really slow-with nothing… Full Story »
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Fire Rages Through Ultra Marathon
An Ultra Runner's Blog &bull Sep 7, 2011
This is a heads up to the ultra community. Two women are in critical condition after competing in an ultra marathon last weekend that was engulfed by a raging out-of-control brush fire. The race was in a remote location in… Full Story »
