I didn’t mention it to many people, but in the summer and fall of 2016 I felt like a broken runner. I had just DNFed the Jemez 50 for the second time in three years. During training in the weeks following it, my hips and legs felt weird/painful/off enough that[…]
Read More »Earlier this year, I had planned on racing the 50 miler Deadman Peaks course and had been structuring my training with that focus in mind. Having done the Deadman 50M in 2015, I felt like I had a good idea of what the course required of me. Namely, mostly flat[…]
Read More »In 2009, I ran the Chicago Marathon as my first marathon. It went poorly. In 2010, I ran the Chicago marathon as my second marathon. It went poorly. Seven years later, I finally ran a decent road marathon! The two Chicago marathons, like two of my Jemez races, were a[…]
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For the second half of 2016, and the beginning of this year, I wasn’t sure when I’d register for another ultramarathon. I felt beat down after DNFing at the Jemez 50M race again for the second time in three years and was physically and mentally exhausted. From June 2016 until[…]
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