Soderlund Schools AJizzleWizzle

Answers to WSER Course Trivia Contest Who would have thought the second WS trivia contest would be over within an hour of posting it?  Who would have thought that Greg Soderlund, RD, would want a Conduct The Juices t-shirt?  And who would have thought that Soderlund would school AJizzleWizzle in WSER course trivia?  I mean, …

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The Western States Family

Last year, before I had my own blog, I wrote a guest post on AJW’s site about my obsession with the Western States 100 (see post). I wrote about my inadvertent inauguration into the event in 1978 while camping down on American Canyon Creek with my brother — how these tired, dirty runners kept coming …

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WSER Course Trivia Contest

Are you jonesing for a little time on the WS trail like I am?  Can’t wait to smell the dust and the manzanita? Well, for those of us that don’t live close to the trail, let’s live vicariously through another trivia contest.  If you don’t have a lot of experience on the trail this might …

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Top Ten Things You Might Hear At RVR

Rogue Valley Runners in Ashland, Oregon is arguably the capitol of ultrarunning in the US these days.  Sorry Seattle Running Company and Auburn Running Company, but have you seen the caravan of ultrarunning gypsies that owner Hal Koerner has assembled down there?  Let’s see, there’s Ian Torrence, Erik Skaggs, Kyle Skaggs, Tony Krupicka, and the …

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The Western States 100 Synchroblog Project

Soon after starting Conduct the Juices in December 2008, I had this idea.  It might be fun, entertaining, unique, and possibly informative, provocative and impactful, to get a group of bloggers together who share a passion for the Western States 100 and synchronously post on different topics leading up to the June 27, 2009 race.  …

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