Instead of writing a review of my own running for 2011, I’m gonna do a review of the third year of Conducting The Juices. Seems like I’ve been writing this blog for more than three years, but in fact, I started this blog in December 2008 so it has indeed only been three years. So …
I wrote these top ten 2012 AJW New Years Resolutions for a podcast interview AJW and I did together with ultrarunnerpodcast.com this week. Check out the podcast interview here. Oh, and if you couldn’t tell, the self-imposed moratorium on poking fun at AJW is over. I really appreciate that AJW The Taker crewed me at …
A couple of months ago my wife and I were enjoying a nice meal outside on the deck of a beautiful home overlooking the McKenzie River. It was a business meeting of sorts, mostly with people who work with my wife in technology and education. The conversation, as is usually the case in these types …
Update Jan 10, 2012: Ellie Greenwood and Dave Mackey have been named UltraRunning Magazine’s Runners of the Year for 2011. Meghan was runner-up for the second year in a row. I think the voters done good, but Meghan still is the most amazing ultrarunner of the year. Last year Meghan Arbogast, at 49, arguably …
Been having some interesting discussions with a group of race directors recently. One of the topics is if runners make decisions about what races to run by whether the race or RD pockets some of the proceeds. There are a range of business structures out there in the ultra world: from volunteer where all proceeds …