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Training Week: March 24-30th, 2013 – prep for Lake Sonoma 50
My quads got beat-up from the Tarawera 100km. Despite taking 5 days totally off from running after the race (on March 16, 2013) I can still feel a dull ache in them. That is to be expected though. I’ve...
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Lake Sonoma 50: An Unsustainable Pace
“This pace is unsustainable.” My inner voice repeated this over and over as Chris Vargo and I split a couple sub 7-min miles about 15 miles into the Lake Sonoma 50. We were on a gorgeous, rolling...
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Need More Vert! Transvulcania Race Report
Need More Vert! Transvulcania Race Report I need more vert! Two days before the Transvulcania Ultramarathon on the volcano island of La Palma I suddenly feared my training this whole year had been...
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Training Week: May 19-25, 2013: Cayuga Trails 50 prep
Training Week: May 19th to May 25th, 2013. After taking a couple days off after the Transvulcania ultra (followed by a relatively low mileage week), I put in one of my best weeks of training so far...
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Cayuga Trails 50: Shifting Perspectives
Terra chips? Such a gourmet aid station treat! As soon as the vegetable-oil-salt-beet combo hit my taste buds I felt more in equilibrium. Pringles, Lays, and even fish-flavored potato chips in New...
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Running Westward and up: Training From Colorado to Oregon
Cirques on peaks bring views Like woods show serenity Instinct for nature July 12th, 2013: Okay, so Sandi and I have just a little over 2 weeks until the Speedgoat 50k in the mountains of Utah. With...
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Running with Sandi
Running with Sandi “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do…but how much love we put in that action.” -Mother Teresa Training solo became the norm for me last year. Ever since I left the...
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Speedgoat 50k Race Report
“Lead Runner of Speedgoat 50km Gored to Death by Two Angry Moose.” I could already see this title of a future newspaper article. What a way to go though! But it sounded painful…much more painful...
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Training Week: August 18-24, 2013
This was my first serious week of training for the UROC 100km. My fitness has been decent, but nowhere near it needs to be come race day at the end of next month. I fell a little short of hitting my...
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Training Week: August 25-31, 2013
I’ve been training with a focus on the UROC 100km coming up in just 4 weeks. After my disastrous run at Sierre-Zinal I am very hungry to redeem myself with a solid race in this upcoming SkyRunning...
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Maroon Bells Four Pass Loop FKT
Sandi heading up the 2nd Pass over 12,000′ Anton Krupicka (4:46). Ricky Gates (4:35). Lance Armstrong (5:40). These are just a few names that have put down some solid efforts on the Maroon Bells...
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Training Week: Sept. 1-7, 2013
First off before we get into last week’s training I wanted to share some News: 1. The crisis in Syria has been going on for years, but lately many here in the US have felt compelled to take notice and...
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UROC 100km Race Report: “Just Finish”
I’ve never wanted to quit so bad in my life. At 10,600’ on the top of Vail Pass, and 33 miles into the race, I was leading the UROC 100km. But I had worked way too hard to get to that point. A fierce...
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Training for Speed: November 2013 Updates
Time flies…when you’re running a lot! I apologize for my blogging hiatus. The thing is, after my disappointment at UROC I just wanted to crawl inside a cave and hibernate for a couple weeks. However,...
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Rise of the MUT Runner.
Click HERE for my new blog post I wrote for the Ultimate Direction blog. It’s about my take on how Mountain-Ultra-Training is evolving. This is also the subject matter of my film project, “MUT Runner.”...
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I’ve been doing some informatvie (at least I hope they are informative), “Training Talk” videos on my YouTube channel, Vo2maxProductions. Here is the latest Training Talk (it’s quite long), where I...
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Moving Down To The Marathon
Moving Down To The Marathon Finishing the 2013 Carlsbad Marathon. Photo: Rich Cruse Photo Credit: CrusePhoto. com, Also on Twitter at @CrusePhoto. I ran my very first marathon at the 2007 Houston...
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Fat as a Fuel in Marathons and Ultra Marathons
First of all, I want to thank everyone for their positive comments and support of this blog. I really appreciate your support. Without your following and feedback none of this would be possible. In a...
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2014 Tarawera 100km Training and updates
I took a week totally off after the Carlsbad Marathon on Jaunary 19th. This has pretty much been my standard recovery time frame for any race…marathon to ultra marathon. Next up will be the Tarawera...
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Diet and Nutrition for Runners: a study of one
Let me first start off with a disclaimer: I’m not a doctor or nutritionist…these opinions are my own. What to eat (and perhaps more importantly what NOT to eat) is a question that inspires, haunts,...
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