Not a Race Report This year was my 3rd year running Brazos Bend 100. I had 2 goals going in: Run faster that previous years and finish in under 20 hours. Unfortunately, rain the day & night before turned the… Read moreWas Brazos Bend 100 2018 More Difficult Than Past Years?
Franklin Mountains 50K – 2018 After being humbled at the Barkley Fall Classic, I decided I needed to get more experience at climbing on trails. Since the opportunities in the Austin, TX area are limited, I decided to sign up… Read moreFranklin Mountains 50K – 2018
Ragnar Trail Relay Hill Country, TX – 2018 Race Report About a week out from the race, I sent my teams a note: “The weather is not looking good – it is going to be cold & wet the whole… Read moreRagnar Trail Hill Country – 2018
Barkley Fall Classic 2018 Race Report – “Some Win, Some Whine, Some Stay Home” Going into 2018, I picked three races as my goal races: Jackalope Jam 72hr Race by Trail Racing Over Texas in Feb 2018 (Race Report) Infinitus… Read moreBarkley Fall Classic 2018 Race Report
Ragnar Trail Appalachians – West Virginia by the numbers: Team: 116.8 miles of trail running 24 loops: 8 Green (short, easy, 3.5mi), 8 Yellow (moderate, 4.6mi), 8 Red (long, technical, climbing, 6.5mi) 3 days, 2 nights 8 matching blue shirts… Read moreRagnar Trail 2018 – Appalachians, WV – “Was Told There’d Be Lube”
Day 4 : Goshen, VT : Loop 8: 196 Miles We were about a half-mile from the first water station. It was about 2pm and the heat was beating us down. Both Chris and I were dry on water by… Read moreInfinitus 250 Miler – 2018
As I came in from mile 199, I could feel the excitement in the air. I was just over one mile from being the first person to complete 200 miles at Jackalope Jam (probably the first to break 200 miles… Read moreJackalope Jam 72hr – 2018
I was back at Hill Country State Natural Area in Bandera, TX. Just 10 weeks earlier, I ran Cactus Rose 100 miler in the same park, on many of the same trails. During that race, I went blind and it… Read moreBandera Endurance Run 100K – 2018
Last year, my goal was to complete a 100 mile race. (I finished two.) This year, I dove into ultras with no real goal. I ended up completing 5 100+ milers. For those keeping track, that is 7 100+ milers… Read moreBrazos Bend 100 – Dec 9, 2017 Race Report
There I was, standing only miles to the finish line, no longer on the race trail, my vision so severely impaired I was not able to see where trail was, knowing that it would be many hours before they would… Read moreCactus Rose 100 – 2017
