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by Max on January 20, 2013 ...]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:23:00 +0000
Well Done, Mauri! An account of El Cruce Columbia. by Max on February 20, 2013 ...]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:18:00 +0000
What do you do on your weekends? Get a bunch of really fast runners together and go on a nice epic long run in the mountains is one of the best answers I could have come up with, so…...]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:36:00 +0000
If you’re an avid runner, especially trail runner, there are a few places on Earth that you want to make sure you get to before you kick the bucket. Mt. Hood and the Timberline Trail is one such place. Several years ago I had the opportunity ...]]> Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:25:00 +0000
It’s amazing how some days just work out. But in reality you can look back at all the things that went into the day to make everything work out the way they did, so in a way, nothing ever just works out. It’s how well you know your self ...]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:21:00 +0000
Another year, another double. Yes, I did it again and it was hard, again. The double this weekend of a 50k Saturday and a half marathon Sunday isn’t easy but it’s actually next weekend’s UROC 100k that really frightens me. I’...]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:34:00 +0000
Yes, it’s been a busy couple of weeks and I’ve neglected my blogging duties. So lets recap to bring you up to speed. Olympic Trials, Cascade Trifecta (Rainier, Adams, Hood) attempt but fail, Siskiyou Outback 50k, Steens Mtn Running Camp, an...]]> Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:23:00 +0000
Steeple It was quite a surprise to me that during my first steeple in 4 years I would run an 8:42 by myself in somewhat windy conditions, so you can imagine my shock at being able to complete a non-existent track season into a 6th place at the Olympi...]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:56:00 +0000
Colds suck.  When I have a race I like to be on. With a cold it’s usually followed by several up and down races and it’s never confidence building. Almost makes me feel human, which also sucks, because we’re inherently weak. ...]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:30:00 +0000
It’s Back to the Drawing Board as they say. My recent, shall we say adventure that was the Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton was both an eye-opening defeat and a success at the same time. Just so you don’t have to read the whole post, because apparen...]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 04:23:00 +0000
I was really surprised to see Dakota rounding the same switchback I was on with 100m to go coming up the South Kaibab trail. I shouldn’t have been, but I was. Dakota and I ran the exact same time for our recent Double Crossing of the Grand Canyon...]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:53:00 +0000
I must confess, I’ve had quite the affair the last couple months. It started with my across the world trip to Albania, continued across different time zones from Island Time to the East Coast, weekend to weekend, now it’s come to the point ...]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:02:00 +0000
I’m glad that’s over. Every four years I go through a long stressful buildup to what I consider to be the most important race I’ll have on the calendar. The Olympic Trials is just like every other race, only it’s not. No one tre...]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:42:00 +0000
I thought that I’d been shut out of a final run up the South Sister this year, but as luck (or the weather in Central Oregon) would have it, the storms cleared up long enough to melt off the 8-12” of fresh snow that the mountains received t...]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:23:00 +0000
I’m still dreaming of that In n Out Burger we passed on the way to the SLC airport this morning. For those of you In n Out fans you’ll get the “double” entendre of the title. Anyway, onto more pressing topics. What is going on, ...]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:53:00 +0000
Albania is a great place to hold a championships. It’s one of those countries that I’m not likely to travel to unless I have a good reason. The World Mountain Running Champs gave me a good reason. Most of you reading this are wondering, whe...]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:26:00 +0000
As an athlete you go through highs and lows as your body ebbs and flows with it’s  bio-rhythms. For endurance athletes this is even more evident as your performance depends almost entirely on what state your body is in.  I wish I could ...]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:15:00 +0000
Rough day at the office today.  It only took the first climb of the 19mi Sierre-Zinal race to figure out it wasn’t going to go the way I planned.  The first climb was the whole first half of the race but…   ...]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:30:00 +0000
Another long and awesome week of running in paradise (anywhere to run in the woods automatically becomes paradise by the way). Legs are tired, back is sore, eyelids are heavy. Sitting in SLC on my last leg of the journey home. Sorry, this is another lo...]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:48:00 +0000
It was tough but rewarding last two weekends of racing. Bear with me, this is going to be a long post. I wouldn’t normally recommend five races in such a short time span but it all came together sort of unexpectedly and there was no backing out. ...]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:27:00 +0000