Quad Rock 50 Race Report
I headed out to Colorado to visit family and run the Quad Rock 50 in the foothills of the Rockies, just outside …
Sycamore Canyon
The first day of autumn, although it didn’t really feel like it. I headed out to Sycamore Canyon because I wanted to …
AC100 2012 Race Report
Build up Looking through the last 6 months of entries into this blog, I see that almost all are about the build-up …
Countdown to AC100
The climb up Baden Powell has 41 switchbacks. As you climb, looking forward, you look into nothing but air. The drop-offs are …
Chimera 2011 on film
Well, actually, mostly on video. 100K – 63 miles to us non scientist Americans – (a high school girlfriend’s grandparents in Oklahoma …
Chimera 100
Cold, wet, rocky, and long. We gathered at the starting line, cold, foggy, looking more like refugees than runners. Race director Steve …
Zen vs. Oblivion
I recently read someone describe himself as “an Ultra runner trying for Zen oblivion.” There seems to be this common misconception about …
Sierra Nevada Endurance Run
6:30 am, sunrise over the American River, a big, wide, and real river, unlike, say, the San Gabriel River down here in …
Mount Disappointment 50K
Sat. August 13. This is said to be the toughest 50K in So. Cali. We started at the top of Mt. Wilson, …
AC100
Angeles Crest 100. 100 miles through Angeles Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains, starting at Wrightwood and finishing in town in Alta …
Western States 100
Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. Perspective makes a difference. Some people never recovered from the snow and ice. Others, like Maggie, …
Mt. Disappointment Training Run
Mt. Disappointment Training Run. Down Mt. WIlson road, a turn onto some singletrack, down to Redbox Rincon Road to Westfork and then …
Nanny Goat 2011
Nanny Goat 12hr: 60 miles 7th place overall. Nanny Goat 12/24/100 is run on a 1 mile loop run around a ranch …
Leona Divide 50 miler – 2011
Kista and I headed out to Leona Divide to cheer on our friends who were running. Chris Quesada, who is one of …
Wild Wild West Marathon & 50K – 2011
Don’t follow me, I’m lost too. It’s never a good sign when the runner you are following ends up on the edge …