Race Reports Appalachian Trail Take 2 – Once More With Feeling This isn’t just a repeat AT attempt, this one will be a bit different. Sure, different date and direction, but also different mindset. I’m looking at this not as, “I have to try again” but as, “I have the opportunity to redo it the right way.” 2025 Barkley Marathons – Three For the Price of Five For the 1st time, I felt I had been beaten by the Barkley course, rather than falling victim to my own mistakes. It seemed that maybe, I just couldn’t do it. 2025 Spine Race – Four Seasons Total Bogscaping I stood atop The Schil triumphantly, as if in a bubble separate from the time and place surrounding me. I might not have been victorious, but I was unbroken. 2024 Old Dominion 100 – Racing the Ages One of my favorite parts of running is measuring progress. With long term consistency we can often do things we previously thought entirely impossible. 2024 Barkley Marathons – Five for the Ages I’ve seen a lot of incredible triumphs and agonizing defeats in the past decade at Barkley, but I don’t know if there will ever be another year to match 2024. 2024 Spine Race – Every Frozen Bog Has a Silver Lining The beauty of pursuing big goals is that we sometimes succeed. But only sometimes. Often things don’t quite turn out as planned, Sometimes we fail completely. Load More Loading More… You’ve reached the end of the list Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
Appalachian Trail Take 2 – Once More With Feeling This isn’t just a repeat AT attempt, this one will be a bit different. Sure, different date and direction, but also different mindset. I’m looking at this not as, “I have to try again” but as, “I have the opportunity to redo it the right way.”
2025 Barkley Marathons – Three For the Price of Five For the 1st time, I felt I had been beaten by the Barkley course, rather than falling victim to my own mistakes. It seemed that maybe, I just couldn’t do it.
2025 Spine Race – Four Seasons Total Bogscaping I stood atop The Schil triumphantly, as if in a bubble separate from the time and place surrounding me. I might not have been victorious, but I was unbroken.
2024 Old Dominion 100 – Racing the Ages One of my favorite parts of running is measuring progress. With long term consistency we can often do things we previously thought entirely impossible.
2024 Barkley Marathons – Five for the Ages I’ve seen a lot of incredible triumphs and agonizing defeats in the past decade at Barkley, but I don’t know if there will ever be another year to match 2024.
2024 Spine Race – Every Frozen Bog Has a Silver Lining The beauty of pursuing big goals is that we sometimes succeed. But only sometimes. Often things don’t quite turn out as planned, Sometimes we fail completely.