As someone who grew up in the entertainment spectacle of the 80’s, endured the brooding alternative scene and ennui of the 90’s, and then dove into the new social media/influencer culture of our current day, I’ve started to have a strong distaste for a lack of authenticity. It’s not so much that authenticity hasn’t been […]
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This weekend was the annual Western States Endurance Run 100 mile trail race, billed as the first 100 mile foot race in North America. What started as a humble brag by Gordy Ainsleigh (his horse went lame for the Tevis Cup, and he decided he could run the 100 mile distance on foot in 24 […]
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January of 2010 was the start. It’s hard to believe that it was so long ago, but the end of 2019 also marks the end of my first 10 years of running. I could never have imagined when I started this journey how consuming it would become, and how much of my identity would be […]
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Prologue I’ve been in the trail and ultra running world for 5 years. In that time I’ve tried my hand at a whole host of different races, both in distance and format. However, I had yet to try a 100 mile race, and I decided that 2019 would be the year that I would consider […]
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One of my goals for 2018 was to get back into shape enough to tackle an ultra distance race again. I had a great streak of races at the end of 2015 and into early 2016, but then everything fell apart, and in 2017 my longest single run was 19 miles. I knew that part […]
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On Thursday, mid-way through the day, I got a wonderful surprise. An article that I had written for the Superior Fall Trail Race blog had been picked up by Ultrarunning Magazine. I’m assuming my friend, the race director, sent it on up to them, and I’m incredibly honored. It was an article that I had […]
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Second Runnings 