Michigan Bluff Training Camp 2011: Day VI – Olive Oil Joe’s Run

Day VI – Wednesday, May 25 The Report From Camp The Route: Volcano Canyon Out and Back The Mileage: 12 The Back Story: Earlier this season, our Eugene friend and training partner Joe Uhan showed up at the starting line of the American River 50 slathered in olive oil (some Midwestern track trick to stay …

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Michigan Bluff Training Camp 2011: Days IV-V

Guest Post By Lewis (lowercase) Taylor Day IV – Monday, May 23 The Report From Camp The Route: Varied. Run when/where you can, in between crewing for AJW, Cooper and Brewhaha The Mileage: Laurie 5 LB 12 Dan 15 Meghan 7 Jeff 5 AJW 40ish? Todd 30ish? “We had an interesting day today,” Craig reports. …

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Michigan Bluff Training Camp 2011 – Day III

Guest Post By Lewis (lowercase) Taylor Day III – Sunday, May 22 The Report From Camp The Route: Robie to the River and Back The Mileage: 40 The Eugene crew took on a Training Camp classic, today. Robie to the River and Back covers some crucial Western States Trail and finishes on the track. Nothing …

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Michigan Bluff Training Camp 2011 – The View From Eugene

Guest Post By Lewis (lowercase) Taylor Hi. lc, here. Time for another installment of the Virtual Michigan Bluff Training Camp. LB, GM, Bili and Tapeworm are all at training camp now. They’re staying in Michigan Bluff, at mile 55.7 on the WS course. If you’ve never been to camp, I highly recommend it. Basically, you …

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Not Not Nervous (lc’s 2009 WS 100 race report)

Guest Post By lowercase Craig’s note: While this report was written some time ago, I thought it would be fun to post this at the start of the 2010 Western States 100 entry period.  Go to ultrasignup between Oct 1 and Oct 15 to put your name in the GU2O bucket for the drawing on …

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