In the spring of 2007 there’s a group of us Western States runners hanging out in Michigan Bluff talking smack like we always do. Who’s gonna kick whose butt in the race. Who’s the fittest. Who’s the fattest. And on and on. Then my friend AJizzleWizzle, a.k.a. AJW, a.k.a. Tan Mitts, a.k.a. Three Names, the …
In politics, they say Social Security is like the electrified third rail on the subway. Nobody wants to touch it because they can only get hurt doing so. In ultrarunning, mandatory volunteerism is a similarly charged subject. How could you argue with something so noble as volunteering. Well, at the risk of electrocuting myself, I’m …
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10. Your crew replaced your Aleve with the other blue pills, and, while it worked as a cooling mechanism, the priapism left little blood for the stomach or leg muscles. 9. You got lost somewhere around Chicken Hawk Rd (sorry lc). 8. You’re old. 7. You couldn’t tell if you were peeing blood or if …
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Are you a 1980s Western States 100 video junkie? Have you watched all the videos so many times that you can impress your friends by spouting classic lines even while in a food coma on a 50 mile training run? Well, here is your chance to show off your knowledge, or an excuse to go …
Here are a few things to help get you motivated and out the door to train. My favorite race report of all time is Tom Nielsen’s 1999 Angeles Crest report called the Dream Wrecker. For a great insight on why you run and healthy view of competition, here’s the classic speech that Jeff Johnson wrote …