Mile 56 after a second Hope Pass summit, headed back to Twin Lakes on a long, rock-strewn downhill. The hardest part was over. “ON YOUR…
Yah, Sure: 7th Annual Grandma’s DOUBLE
You’d think seven years of having people yelling “you’re going the wrong way” would get old. Nope. Never. Great Leadville 100 training run up the…
Boston 2018: Wicked Pissah
Most war stories get better with time. It will be very interesting to see how this story ages because it was epic before it started.…
GOAT?
GOAT. Greatest Of All Time. That’s what they say about Ann Trason. Not too sure about that. I’m a bit skeptical of flat platitudes since…
Napa to Boston
So many reasons to run the Napa Valley Marathon. My Minnesota running hero, Dick Beardsley, has stomped some grapes here. He set the course record…
Postultimate
I’ve always been drawn to the penultimate. That moment or chapter or verse or whatever before the final thing. Ski tips over the edge of…
Should I Stay or Should I Go
This indecision’s bugging me (esta indecision me molesta) – The Clash, punk band and Ragnar relay team Most runners aren’t very good…
The Masochism Tango
I ache for the touch of your lips dear, But much more for the touch of your whips dear You can raise welts like nobody…
Gratitude
Lap 17 on a nondescript 1.015 mile loop in the dead of night circumnavigating a 24 hour hamsterfest that is the Howard Aslinger Endurance Run. A lap that should trigger nothing…
Post-it
I’ve used this Post-it note strategy for a few years and wrote this for work a few weeks ago . . . thought the Superpower…