When this gets published—and when you read it—I’ll be volunteering at an Ultra X event in Wales, taking care of a few fantastic people who are taking… Read more “The Runners Who Didn’t Stop”
Category: Running
3100: Run And Become | A Short Movie Introduction & Where to Find It
If you’re really submerged in the depths of ultrarunning, or if you live on one very specific block in New York City, you may have heard of… Read more “3100: Run And Become | A Short Movie Introduction & Where to Find It”
Mike Wardian Is Running Across the U.S. & I Just So Happened to Pick His Brains About It
Before you ask; yes, this is really happening—Mike Wardian is on his way across the continent right now—and yes, this really happened—I interviewed him for the San… Read more “Mike Wardian Is Running Across the U.S. & I Just So Happened to Pick His Brains About It”
The Last Run | Goodbye, Mount Tamalpais
Plans don’t always work out the way we want them to but sometimes the alternative is just as good or even better. That day, the alternative was… Read more “The Last Run | Goodbye, Mount Tamalpais”
HURT Trails Hurt: A Northener’s Stab at the Round Top Preserve Trails on Oahu, Hawaii
I grew up in the north. You know, dry air, snow, and swimming in ponds when it’s 68°F because that’s hot already. I’m also very, very white—my… Read more “HURT Trails Hurt: A Northener’s Stab at the Round Top Preserve Trails on Oahu, Hawaii”
Way Too Cool 50k: Moh’s Scale—Diamond | Race Report
Way Too Cool. Way too hilly. Way too painful. Way too awesome. Way Too Cool is a lot of way-too things, both objectively and subjectively. Objectively, or… Read more “Way Too Cool 50k: Moh’s Scale—Diamond | Race Report”
Why iTR’s “Worst” Aid Station Is My Very Favourite One To Work
Toro Creek. Of all the aid stations you can work for Inside Trail Racing, this one might be considered to be the most challenging one. It’s “open”… Read more “Why iTR’s “Worst” Aid Station Is My Very Favourite One To Work”
When Hell Freezes Over: An Accidental Race
I didn’t plan on running anything until Way Too Cool in March. (News: I was selected at the lottery to run that race.) But Sylvie, my dear… Read more “When Hell Freezes Over: An Accidental Race”
Racing the Sun: A Sunrise Run Up Mount Tam for My Birthday
While most people were still sleeping and would, indeed, opt to sleep in that day before starting to roast turkeys and make separate turkey stuffings, (seriously, why is it still called stuffing if we no longer stuff the turkey with it?) I borrowed a car from my dear friend and headed to Mount Tamalpais to run (or, rather, crawl) up the mountain and watch the sunrise from the top. Because what better gift could I have given myself for my birthday than getting up at an ungodly hour and crawling up the mountain with freezing fingers and a face full of spiderwebs?
The Big Chill & Long Shorts
The Big Chill and Long Shorts are two recently released ultrarunning documentaries. And while the films take place in vastly different settings, both of them focus on… Read more “The Big Chill & Long Shorts”
Hit the Road with Me 