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?
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
2017 has been quite the year with lots of ultra-marathons, many miles ran, and getting this blog live: GORUCK Texas Triple Tough (3 days, 3 GORUCK Toughs in Houston, Austin, & San Antonio) Jackalope Jam 48hr – 2nd Overall: 162… Read more2017 Year in Review
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
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
