It was my 4th year captaining an 8-person Spiceworks team for the Relay Trail Relay – Hill Country, TX. This year, we had 2 teams with 8 new runners and 8 Ragnar veterans. Many of the new runners were also… Read moreRagnar Trail Relay 2017
As with all the Tejas Trails Capt’n Karl’s races this year, I have 2 goals for the Capt’n Karl’s Colorado Bend 60k: 1. Finish in under 8 hours; 2. Beat my time last year. The Colorado Bend race turned out… Read moreCapt’n Karl’s Colorado Bend 60k – 2017
I had two goals for the Capt’n Karl’s Muleshoe 60k: beat last year’s time and finish under 8 hours. Happy to say I achieved both goals finished in 07:47:53 (last year’s time 08:13:11) and 13th overall, 5th in my division…. Read moreCapt’n Karl’s Muleshoe 60k – 2017
Saturday night, June 24, at 7pm kicked off the first of the Tejas Trails Capt’n Karl’s 60k nighttime trail series. Last year, I ran the full 4 race series. It was such a good time and race series, that this year I… Read moreCapt’n Karl’s Pedernales Falls 60k – 2017
On Friday April 21st at 9am, I set out on the longest and farthest running race I have ever done – Jackalope Jam 48hr from Trail Racing Over Texas. The premise of the race is simple: Run to a ½… Read moreJackalope Jam 48hr – 2017
Introduction As many already know, my goal for this year was to complete a 100 mile race. Last month, at the Jackalope Jam (another great TROT) race, I accomplished this goal. Going into Saturday’s Brazos 100, I was a lot… Read moreBrazos Bend 100 -or- “I felt great except for losing my vision”
This year, I had a goal to complete a 100 mile race. At the Jackalope Jam, I completed 109 1-mile loops in around 23:55 to take 2nd place for the most miles completed. One of the coolest and most amazing… Read moreJackalope Jam 24hr – 2016
Unlike my last two races, Capt’n Karl’s Reveille 60k was uneventful (no oppressive heat, exploding cacti, injuries, etc.) It was a good race. I did not get my goal of finishing under 8 hours. But I did finish in just… Read moreCapt’n Karl’s Reveille 60k & Series Complete
Last night, I ran the 3rd Capt’n Karls 60k nighttime trail race. I injured my left calf last weekend and it was still bothering me yesterday before the race. So going into race, I had no goals or expectations of… Read moreCapt’n Karls Colorado Bend 60k – 2016
First, big thanks to Tadashi Andrews for volunteering all night at 2nd aid station. Capt’n Karl’s Muleshoe Bend 60k was a tough race. I had heard Muleshoe was the hardest in the series, not because of elevation, difficulty of the trails, but… Read moreCapt’n Karl’s Muleshoe Bend 60k – 2016
