Category: race reports
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Most of this appeared in Ultrarunning Mag, but because of space limitations they could not include all of it. Here it is in its entirety In the early morning of Sunday November 5 a lone runner sits before the fire at Wormey’s aid station at mile 80 of the Pinhoti 100. He’s exhausted and depleted. …
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I planned to pace a friend at Pinhoti 100 earlier this month. But an unseasonably warm November day wrought havoc on the course, and many racers, including y friend, missed cutoffs. So I hung around and volunteered a bit and swept a couple of sections of the course. Here are a few images.
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“If something is easy how much reward is there?” –David Horton, Barkleys Finisher “You can’t really tell how much you can do until you try to do something that’s more.” –Lazarus Lake, Barkleys Founder “I will never ever do a 100 mile race. Nothing will change my mind.”– Gordon Harvey (July 2010) When I first…
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“Your destination is on the right.” No, its not, Google Maps, there is no destination on my right. Only a field, I think. I can’t see farther than 15 feet outside the car because I’m atop some random California mountain at 11 o’clock on a Saturday night. I forgot my wallet. I’m driving the car…
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I tell myself I’m done. I am convinced I’ll never return to this race. I’ll volunteer next year, I tell myself. But then I find myself signing up once more. Sometimes I’m a stupid man. For the second time in two weeks, and for the second year in a row, I headed out to Ruffner…
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I crossed the finish line in 4:59:14. By simple time standards it was my slowest road marathon in 5 years. But other than when I completed my first marathon in 2009, it is among the most fulfilling. I helped lead the 5 hour pace group for the 2015 Mercedes Marathon.…
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Here’s a throwback Thursday post for you. The race report from my first marathon, the 2009 Disney marathon. Finishing that race started me along this crazy endurance road and opened doors that I never thought would open. Reading this report was a trip. I still remember the feeling as I crossed the finish line and the marathon…
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Ruffner Mountain is a small mountain on the eastern side of Birmingham that has a long history in the area. In Birmingham’s golden age of industry and iron production, Ruffner was a source of stone and iron ore. Iron was mined and loaded on rail cars for transport to the Magic City’s Sloss Furnace iron…
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Intro When I started running trails and ultras last year, I heard people speak of Mtn. Mist, of its beauty, of the great people you meet, and of the difficulty of the course. It kind of scared me away from it, especially since I was so new to trails and considered myself (and still do)…
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Tenth marathon; hardest in a long while On November 3, I ran the Two Cities Marathon, in Fresno/Clovis, California. In short, this was the slowest race time I’ve had since 2009, when I ran The Rocket City Marathon in 5:33. While one might see this race as a regression in performance or ability given that I’ve…
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June. Alabama. 50K. Three words you don’t always see mentioned in the same sentence. But we did it anyway. In March, when the temps were cool and spring was springing, I signed up for this inaugural trail race along the Pinhoti Trail in Alabama. I thought it would be a fun day, and give me…
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