It's been a long time since I've run two 100 mile races in the same calendar year, but when I hit the lotto in two of my bucket list races, Vermont 100 and Wasatch Front 100, I knew had I to accept both entries. The challenge would be that they are completely opposite...

  I'd been to Vermont before back in 2008 to run my second ultra, the 100K race; you can read my dramatic report here. It was "the most grueling day of my life" coming from flat Florida and it took me nearly 19 hours to run 62 miles. Armando had always wanted to...

After a rough race season last year, my one goal this season was to "finish a "****ing race." Leading up to The Bear, I had done just that and was 3-for-3 in my events. I'd trained hard all summer, lost some weight and pushed my climbing and mileage limits. I...

The Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run was my only 100 mile run this year, and the second of only two races.  With a summer of "family fun" ahead, I wanted to get my races in early.  My training didn't go quite as planned, including a DNF at Jemez 50 in May...

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 France, Italy...

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...

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,...

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...

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 thought this...

This is the third year Ilene and I decided to ride the MS 150.  It is such a well-organized event and a great cause, we couldn't pass it up. Plus, it was perfect timing for Ilene's Mooseman 70.3 the first week of June. We invited others to join us, and at one point we...