3 years, 5 months, 25 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes. 1, 834, 710 minutes. 30, 578 hours. 1274 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes. This duration all represents one thing. A major obstacle and major milestone in my running career. This time frame is, in fact, the break between the last ultra I started and …
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Athlete’s that I work with and train with have often heard the phrase “no pain, no gain.” I wonder who came up with that saying, pretty sure if you feel like your achilles is on fire, you should probably stop. The only thing you will be gaining is a lot of time with your chiropractor …
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I thought about this blog post on the drive home last night, it was my first lengthy trail race in over 3 years. It had as much drama as some of my longer races but it was all within a short time allotment. Intense. We (Matt, Alex, Dave and Myself) arrived in Oak Harbor, Washington …
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It’s incredible that it is almost 2013. Another year has flown by and I think about where I was a year ago. On the couch. Injured. My running has definitely progressed but I have an enormous amount of still to do. I realized that pretty quickly this weekend at the Gunner Shaw 10k, a local …
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Endurance is a beautiful thing. To be able to run for 3 or 4 or maybe even 30 hours is an amazing thing. When I worked at lululemon back in 2010/2011 they had a manifesto (the sayings you see on their shopping bags) and one of them read: “living in the moment may be the …
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