Leadville Trail Marathon & Firecracker 5K

Me climbing Ball Moutain (I’m the one on the left.) Note Mosquito Pass winding up the mountain in the background. We climbed that… You can click to enlarge the photo.

On Saturday, I barely went sub-5 in a marathon, yet I was more proud of that result than the times I’ve gone sub-3. I [...]

Life at 10,200

I’d been putting off looking into the details of tomorrow’s trail marathon until the last possible moment. I guess that was my way of avoiding the stress that knowing the course would bring. This morning, with the race less than 24 hours away, I figured I finally needed to quit putting it off.

The [...]

My First 50 Miler

My first ultra is in the books. That feels good. I ran the 50 miles in 8 hours, 37 minutes, and two seconds. That got 15th place out of 203 runners. Considering the conditions and the challenges of the trail, I’m very happy with my time.

There was some major talent in the race today. [...]