by arisi | Sep 10, 2013 | Headstrong
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc is touted as one of the hardest races in the world. With “numerous passes at high altitude”, runners climb 31,000 feet and descend another 31,000 feet over the course of 104 miles, while circumnavigating Mont Blanc through...
by arisi | Jul 10, 2012 | Headstrong
The sun rose early in South Dakota on Saturday morning, lighting up the house by 4:30am. One by one we got up and prepared for the long day ahead. Armando and A1 sent everyone off, while Chip drove A2, Greg, Ilene, Kyle and me to the race start. Pulling into the...
by arisi | Jan 10, 2012 | Headstrong
After reading my Croom Zoom report from 2011, I found some striking similarities: I hoped to use the Zoom as motivation to stay slim through the holidays, I ran a horrible NYE day run, and I was considering dropping to the 50K. Miraculously I ended up running 12:31,...
by arisi | Oct 10, 2011 | Headstrong
After IMC I took a month off training (somewhat by choice and somewhat due to circumstance). My first 20M trail run was two weeks ago with Andy and Becky through Floodwoods (which was a wet and achy mess). Last weekend I headed up to Croom with A1, A2, Becky and a...
by arisi | Sep 10, 2011 | Headstrong
Leading up to IMC, I was feeling very fit and ready to give this race everything I had. I’ll admit that my goal was to finish under 12 hours. With my IM Switzerland finish at 12:25 two years ago, and three 100-mile runs under my belt in the last year, I...
