If you’re like me, you’ve watched the movie Legally Blonde close to a million times (and counting!) and can quote most of it by heart. There’s a scene in which Elle Woods hands over her resume to Emmett, her professor’s junior partner at Harvard law. As she walks away he sniffs the pink colored perfumed […]
Doctor – “Tell me what happened” Me – “Well, about 8 miles into a race, I punted a rock…well, it didn’t move, I did…and fell hard. Landed backwards and perpendicular to the trail. I tried to run it off, but downhills hurt too much. Figured I could hike uphills, but that hurt worse. So I […]
The Backstory Nolan’s 14 is a line that connects 14 of the 14,000ft peaks in the Sawatch Range of Colorado. More history and background info can be found on Matt Mahoney’s website:http://mattmahoney.net/nolans14/ Last year I made an attempt to complete the Nolan’s 14 line with my good friend Jason Poole. Sadly, I quit after 10 […]
It’s been exactly one week since I set off running High Lonesome, my second hundred miler for the year in as many months. The differences in the approaches I took to each race, although mostly mental, have been a part of or a reflection of an effort I am making towards changing my approach to […]
“Austria? Cool! How did you find that race?” This was almost always the first question that I was asked when I answered the question: “What are your race plans this year?” Short Version. I love the Austrian Alps and found this race on Google. I knew the area well, having spent lots of time hiking […]
