An Ultra'thoner's Blog

93 miles in three days.... does anyone want to join us?

2009-11-15T17:01:08Z

I've been back running for a couple of weeks. So far, so good. My tendon burns slightly when I stretch it in certain positions. Otherwise all feels OK but I haven't run over 5 miles yet. My plan is to do slow 3 to 5 mile runs only for this firs...

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My first fiddle tune

2009-11-07T21:45:07Z

I have many interests...er, passions... besides only running. Because running provides inspiration about which I enjoy writing about, I spend most of my personal blogging time writing about it. A friend once asked me, "why don't you blog about...

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I'm back.... I hope

2009-11-07T19:57:51Z

After my torn anterior ankle tendon at mile 50 during Lean Horse in August, I intended to take off about six weeks from running entirely to allow everything to heal. My sports med doc was very reassuring and didn't think it was that big of a deal...

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Good night, sleep tight.... and don't let the bedbugs bite

2009-11-01T17:19:43Z

I haven't posted at all since Lean Horse Hundred because I've been injured, sick, traveling and not running. No one wants to read a long discourse of whining self-pity about someone injured and not able to run. So I haven't been blogging. Fo...

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Lean Horse Hundred 2009

2009-08-29T20:38:09Z

“Don’t give up… no matter what happens… DO NOT give up! You can do it and you WILL do it!” I repeated this phrase to myself over and over, the entire week before Lean Horse. I had DNF’d two previous 100 mile races, Lean Horse Hundred last Augu...

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First Time Fly Fishing

2009-08-17T02:06:20Z

The last week before a big race, I am a bundle of eager anticipation. Part of it is that I am looking forward to all that I have worked so hard to prepare for; part of it is that during taper, I’ve cut back my mileage so much that I have a lot of...

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Final Week: Getting Ready for 100 Miles

2009-08-16T17:00:06Z

Next Sunday by this time (11 AM) I hope I will have already finished, or perhaps will be shuffling through the last couple of miles of the Lean Horse Hundred. I've started two previous 100 mile races but never made it past 64 or 66 miles. I hope...

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Vibram Five Fingers = Barefoot Running- Almost!

2009-08-09T17:34:31Z

I remember clearly the summers of my youth running barefoot through the woods, fields, swamps and creek bottoms. The coolness of the fallen leaves and the mud squishing through my toes felt natural- and good. I could stalk right up to deer a...

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"Massanutten - Two Runners, 100 Miles" (2007)- Documentary Review

2009-08-07T01:07:35Z

One way to get psyched up about running an ultramarathon is to watch a movie about running an ultramarathon.I recently watched Massanutten- Two Runners, 100 miles. As per the description at ZombieRunner: "What kind of person runs 100 miles just ...

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Last Long Run Before Lean Horse

2009-07-26T17:35:41Z

Yesterday, I ran 42 miles on the Mickelson Trail. This will be my last long run before the upcoming Lean Horse Hundred in less than a month. My total weekly mileage this week was 77.2 miles. It was hot but not unbearable. I kept my heart rate at...

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