10 Things Craig Probably Didn’t Say in His Interview

Guest Post by White Trash (Alan Abbs) By now everyone knows that Craig is the RD in Waiting for Western States. Craig’s been so busy he didn’t even notice I slipped this in the blog queue only a few days after the announcement. Only the Board knows what was said in the interview, but here …

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Top Ten 2012 AJW New Years Resolutions

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 …

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Mr Centerfold

Here are ten observations about an ultrarunner who’s kind of a big deal right now. 1. He runs in high heels. 2. He could be a descendant of sasquatch. 3. Hard to keep track of where he lives.  Is it California or Colorado? 4. He’s InsideTrail’s ‘little darling.’ 5. Because he bailed on them, UltrarunnerPodcast.com …

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Are You Part of The Ultrarunning Community?

I was asked in the comments of my last post what I thought was required to be considered part of the ultrarunning community, to be someone “inside the community.”  I know the commenters wanted me to say something like “you have to have run X distance in order to be admitted to the club.”  But …

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Voices In Lord Balls’ Head

I was on a two hour run Friday and struck up a conversation with a guy in my head who recognized me at a bowling alley because of the name on my belt.  Here’s how it went. Guy:  Lord Balls?  Really?  I’ve read your blog.  You kinda remind me of Caballo Blanco; you’re really not …

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