This race report is proving difficult to write. It’s tough to write about a DNF, especially when so much of the race is a blur. This is probably more a collection of incoherent thoughts then anything else. I attempted to complete the McNaughton 200 Mile Trail run and fell short, way short. At mile 100 I dropped knowing I’d be unable to finish. This year the race actually had a 100% DNF rate. 10 of us started, 10 of us did not complete the distance. There was a 72 hour course cut off, when I reached the 100 mile point at 43 hours that left me 29 hours to run the second 100. I’m not capable of running a negative split like that. I took … [Read more...]

  September 3rd 2011 was the 24 Hour Badgerland Track Ultra.  This race takes place on a 400 meter track, log as many miles as you can in 24 hours.  My goal was to run 130 miles before the time elapsed. This was a big goal but one I know I'm capable of achieving.  Well, I fell way short of it. I didn't even run all 24 hours.  This won't be an in-depth recount cause when you run 369 laps around a 400 meter track, they all blur together.  Even had I wrote it right after the race, it still would all blur together.  My official distance is 91.731 miles.   My crew was Brandon and Betsy Barnes.  They both did a great job … [Read more...]

  It's been a two weeks since the 150. Today was my first real run since this race. I got in 8 miles and it took a touch over an hour. I feel like it was a hard 20, but that's fine. My recovery skills are gonna take a bit to come back slowly but surely. I'm just happy to be able to move as well as I am. I swam yesterday and will be swimming again tomorrow. Thursday I'll get another run in, Fri another swim and next week I'll try to get one or two double work out days in. Last week I had a sports massage on my legs. That was super duper uncomfortable to say the least. The massage therapist took her elbows and dug into all the … [Read more...]

  May 6th 2011 was my 150 mile run.  On a high level if you don't feel like reading the super long post this is probably going to turn out to be I enjoyed it immensely.  I finished 1st overall, struggled at some points but dealt with it all as it came and kept knocking the miles down.  Official time is 50h09m54s. The trail is a 10 mile loop repeated 15 times with 2400 feet of elevation change per loop. This means that running 150 miles gets you 36,000 ft of elevation change.  The trail is set up for mountain biking and is a mixture of  old logging roads, single track, switchbacks, massive ascends and descends and everything … [Read more...]