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How to Plan and Run a Successful First-Time 100-Mile Ultra
“Preparation is the key to success,” a coach I used to train with liked to say. This post covers the mental, logistical and physical preparation that gave me a fast and fun first 100-miler.
The Journey to the Starting Line of a 100-Mile Ultra
One year after a DNS caused by injury, I’m going back to the race to attempt my first 100-miler.
My Wild Week at the Grand to Grand Ultra, Part 3: Good Guys and Goodbyes
Would our tent hold in the storm? Probably. I wasn’t worried. I actually felt calm, cozy and secure. I had developed a mindset of taking anything and everything in stride. Whatever happened, happened.
My Wild Week at the Grand to Grand Ultra, Part 2: The Long Stage
Whereas Stages 1 and 2 were like an appetizer and salad course, Stage 3 would be the Grand to Grand Ultra’s Supersized Full Meal Deal. It would dish up hot, hard roads; steep, rocky climbs; debilitating deep-sand tracks; gnarly, in-your-face vegetation; slippery slickrock, monotonous highway shoulders, and beautiful, baffling fine-sand dunes—relentless, towering, engulfing sand dunes.
My Wild Week at the 2014 Grand to Grand Ultra, Part 1
I was completely unplugged, off the grid and rocking out. I was going native, kicking ass and feeling half my age. And it just kept getting better. Inevitably—hilariously—something had to harsh my buzz.
Join Me, Ian Sharman and Victor Ballesteros at the Trails In Motion Film Festival – Walnut Creek – Nov. 16
Spend the afternoon at a trail-running film showcase that features incredible, inspiring stories of runners and captivating footage of trails.
Got Gaiters? I Do, And Here’s How
Want to know how to get or make full-cover gaiters for running through sand? This is how I did it for the upcoming Grand to Grand Ultra.
My 2014 Grand to Grand Ultra Food and Gear List
Very soon I’ll start the week-long Grand to Grand Ultra 170-mile self-supported stage race that goes from the north rim of the Grand Canyon to the pink cliffs of Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Here’s what I plan to bring to get through an event that’s been listed with the world’s toughest ultramarathons.
Pack Training for the Grand to Grand Ultra
At a 50K race, which I used as a pack training run for the Grand to Grand Ultra, one runner wondered if I was a Marine and another asked, in all seriousness, if I eat dog food.