My first time writing about one of my races. I’ll give it a try. Going into Miwok 100k, I was sorta stressed. I have never ran that distance before. The closest I’ve ever come to that was 60k. I’m new to ultra running. I started on this krazy need to run trail and high mileage […]
If you’ve talked to me in the last six months, you probably know that I read a book about a little-known time in American history when watching people do the “ultra-shuffle” around a track for six days on end was top-notch entertainment. Obsessed with and inspired by this sport of Pedestrianism, I e-mailed the author […]
People who are part of the Rocky Mountain Runners know me as Yves (you would pronounce it Eve, and that’s not a feminine name at all where I’m from, that’s even a Saint in the Christian calendar -19th of May-), and the Frenchman that joined them a couple months ago for some fun on the […]
I could hardly control myself in the few weeks leading up to my first 50 miler. My training had been going really well, the course was going to be pretty dry, and I was getting to fly home and see family and race in my home state where I ran a solid 50k the year […]
The Wednesday evening before my weekend race in Moab I found myself in the supine position, watching as little tiny needles were being jabbed into my calves, feet, and hips. What is this blasphemy you may ask? Acupuncture. I had sprained my ankle pretty badly on a crazy long trail run a couple of weeks […]
