by John | Oct 13, 2018 | Race Reports, Running
Going into the 2018 Grindstone 100, I just wasn’t sure what to expect. Well, except some pain and suffering, of course. I was somewhat dreading this race because I knew it was gonna hurt. Grindstone is SO long. And SO many mountains. And millions of slippery,...
by John | Dec 15, 2017 | Race Reports, Running
Hellgate 100k Getting in your car and leaving your house on the afternoon of Hellgate 100k, you are still in control. Car loaded up, head filled with optimism, this is still a good decision. As you head down the road, your training still matters, your experience...
by John | Jul 3, 2017 | Back to Fitness, Race Reports, Running
Its Thursday June 15th, just 9 days before Western States and I am in a tiny bathroom on a cruise ship in Alaska watching my 11-year old son puke his guts out. We were on a trip of a lifetime before a race of a lifetime, but unfortunately he was given a dessert...
by John | Mar 28, 2015 | Race Reports, Running
After finishing 5th place at David Horton’s Hellgate 100K this past December, I remarked to my wife “..well, that’s the last time I’ll beat my seed for a while…”. One of the neat things about running ultramarathons, at least in our neck of the woods here in Virginia,...
by John | Dec 22, 2014 | Race Reports, Running, Uncategorized
I have tried several times to start a race report for this year’s Hellgate 100k, but I only get so far before I seem to drift off course. In fact, I gave several tries at writing a “pre” race report, trying to put down my thoughts on the significance of this insane...
by John | Nov 14, 2014 | Race Reports, Running, The Balance, Uncategorized
Wow. Did that really happen?! As I sit at home writing a race report, ravaged with a cold and a cough from stressing my body, I’m still having a hard time believing it. 6th place at the Mountain Masochist 50-Miler in 7:59:22. Top-ten at Masochist! I have quite...
