Running

I see many how-to books written by great ultrarunners and elite athletes on ultra running and what they overcame to be great. But, there are more of us ordinary people than the elites.

In 2020, I was preparing to complete my 25th consecutive JFK 50 Mile race. A week before registration for the 58th edition opened, I started having severe digestive issues where I could not run more than four miles without searching out facilities. I became concerned that I would have to stop every five miles during the race to find a porta pot.
On May 20, 2020, I started this daily journal documenting the process that got me to the JFK finish line six months later.[more …]

When I got up this morning, there was a steady heavy rain. I looked at my weather app to see 55 degrees and rain most of the morning with a bit of wind. I made it through my six-mile run. Last weekend, 21 runners in a 100 km ultramarathon in China perished[more …]

I started at 8:20am on a Saturday morning and finished an hour later. During my entire 6 miles, I did not pass one other runner. There were a couple of walkers on Lee Drive and a couple pushing a stroller on the VCR trail.[more …]

I learned how to drink from a glass when I was 2. Ok, I might have used a sippy cup for a while. So, why do restaurants give you a straw with every drink and refill? So, who dumps all the plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean?[more …]

This year’s Devil’s Den 10 Mile will be on August 15, 2021. Race organizers have asked for me to measure the course going in a counter clockwise[more …]

Probably, I have too many race shirts. Almost 6 months ago, I ran the Halloween 5km at the Jeff Rouse Center. Saturday, for the first time, the shirt from that race bubbled up to the top of the stack and I wore it on my 6 mile run.[more …]