I went down to Ashland this past weekend to run the Pear Blossom 10 miler in Medford. These are some of the things I learned. Even with decapitations and blood flying all over I can still fall asleep in the front row of MacBeth. Elevators in two-story houses are cool. SLF is one skinny little …
Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly Problems are part of the plan. “If you plan to have problems, then when you have problems, problems are part of the plan. “ I said this quote last week. It had nothing to do with ultrarunning, rather I was explaining to the City Manager and Mayor of Cedar …
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Finally! My friend, Mr Wizzle, after completely botching the WSER 1980s video trivia contest, getting schooled by Soderlund in the WSER course trivia contest, not even getting answers submitted for the WTC trivia contest, (“I have a job unlike the rest of you guys”) and failing to even show up at the Georgetown Hotel to …
As one might expect, since the Western States Endurance Run (WSER) evolved from the Western States Trail Ride (a.k.a. The Tevis Cup ride) – after Gordy Ainsleigh started and finished the 1974 ride without a horse – many of the traditions from the horse race found their way into the run. There’s the 5 a.m. …
I feel like giving away a Conduct the Juices hoodie so here is a trivia contest about my friend AJizzleWizzle. If you’re like my mom and are asking “what is a jizzle wizzle?” I’ll help you a little. You may know him as Andy Three-Names, AJW, Tan Mitts, the Bridesmaid, or simply Andy Jones hyphen …