Five hours and forty seven minutes. That’s how long registration for the eleventh Waldo 100K was open yesterday before filling at 160. For comparison, the 2011 race filled in 34 days. In 2009 and 2010 we filled a month or two before the August race. From 2002-2008 we did not fill and started fewer than …
I wrote an article for a ski patrol newsletter recently. It was specific to patrolling but I think the idea can be applied to ultrarunning, race directing, and life in general. I’ve modified it slightly to make it appropriate for this blog. In my previous life I used to be a rock climber. I enjoyed …
With the announcement this week that I will be the next race director of Western States 100 starting with the 2014 race, I’m feeling incredibly humbled, honored, anxious, excited, but most of all thankful. Thankful for my wife of 25 years who is fully supportive of this big change in our lives. She not only …
AJW has a poll on his new Keep It Simple AJW blog: What state is America’s Ultrarunning capital? While there have only been 55 votes cast so far, probably because his huge fan base doesn’t know about his new blog yet, Oregon is leading with 42% followed by Colorado at 28%, California at 21%, and …
With the announcement yesterday that AJW is putting his personal blog down in a few days I went over there and found the guest post I wrote on May 6, 2008 so that it wouldn’t disappear forever. For context, this was written after a 10 day training camp in Michigan Bluff. AJW had joined us …