New Year’s One Day: Fresh Start Effect

I’ve attempted the New Year One day a few times: once in 2015 and once in 2014. In this race, … More

Stagecoach 100: Flagstaff to Grand Canyon

It’s been two weeks since I finished the Stagecoach 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon in Arizona that starts in Flagstaff and … More

Zion 100 – Race Report

Tl;dr: ran 100 miles in Zion. Course was gorgeous, challengingly vertical, and extremely muddy. They pulled us off the course … More

Getting past the burnout – 2nd place at Redtail Ridge

This is a race report about the Redtail Ridge 50k at Lake Chabot, put on by the illustrious Inside Trail Running. On … More

Running into the New Year

This New Years Eve, I ran a 24 hour race, called the New Year’s One Day. This was the second … More

North Face 50m, round II

On Saturday, I broke a personal rule: I ran the same race a second time. The last time I ran … More

Moosalamoo 36-miler: Redefining “runnable” since 2012

This weekend, I visited my friend Patti, in Vermont, who I met on the trip to Antarctica in March. I came up to … More

Nanny Goat Ultra: 50 miles in 9:36

This Saturday was the Nanny Goat race – it’s a local ultra in Southern California, and competitors can run 12 … More

North Face 50-miler in D.C. – a race in three parts

I signed up for this race a few months ago because it seemed like a good weekend to run – … More

1/3rd of a 24 hour run: thoughts on failure

  On Dec 31st, I started running the San Francisco One-Day race. It’s a 24-hour race at Chrissy Field, with … More