2011 American River 50 Mile

“I’m thinking 9 hours. Gotta get my money’s worth.” The head games began the week before the race as the text message, Facebook, and email banter flew back and forth. “I bet you’ll enjoy finishing before me.” I knew AJW was just trying to mess with my head. There was no way he was not …

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Waldo Gets A Facelift

After ten years, we’ve finally decided to upgrade the Waldo 100k website.  We were always proud of the content of the old site, but it definitely looked dated … nine years ago! I got to work with some awesome people on this project and Curt (my Co-RD), the race, and the runners are fortunate to …

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2011 Way Too Cool 50km

I don’t normally write race reports for 50km races, but Julie asked me to write something to submit to UR so here it is. Consider this my 2011 Way Too Cool race report. Sometimes change is good, like changing the oil in your car, the water in your hot tub, the kitty litter in the …

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Ten Best Compliments

Here are ten of the best “compliments” I’ve received. 10. You have the best blog in ultrarunning … because your posts are not about you. 9. You’re not old LB, you just act that way. 8. I’m glad you led for the first three miles … so I could practice my 72-hour pace. 7. Your …

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Running Wild – Video on Meghan Arbogast and John Ticer

University of Oregon students Cameron Marks and Konrad Wojcik made a short video exploring the minds of masters ultrarunners Meghan Arbogast (49) and John Ticer (54). Both are good friends and training partners of mine, providing inspiration to keep training hard year after year. Even if you know both of them I bet you learn …

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