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Showing posts with label keystone ultra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label keystone ultra. Show all posts
Saturday, November 30, 2024

My Comments on the Wall Street Journal article "If Marathons Aren’t Enough Suffering for You, Behold the Backyard Ultra"

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Since absolutely nobody asked me for it, here's my "Fact Check" of a recent Wall Street Journal article about backyard format ...
Sunday, May 5, 2024

2024 April Monthly Mileage Check In

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Monthly mileage check in! A little over 335 miles for me in April, just slightly less than March (350) so I did not follow my regular monthl...
Friday, April 19, 2024

When a Run is a Sigh of Relief

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Today’s run was like a great sigh of relief for me. I had a sudden and stark reminder of my age this week and had thought that it could pret...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

2024 March Monthly Mileage Check In

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  Monhly Mileage check in! Just over 350 miles for me in March, a pretty high mileage month by my standards. Granted, many of those miles (a...
Friday, March 1, 2024

2024 February Monthly Mileage Check In

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I finished February with 267 miles for an average of 9.2 miles a day! This was the last full month of training before my first race of the y...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

2024 January Monthly Mileage Check In

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Just under 283 miles for me last month which is my highest mileage for January ever! Hopefully that is a sign of bigger performances to come...
Friday, November 3, 2023

2023 October Monthly Mileage Check In

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I racked up 385 miles last month with the majority of them during the Big’s Backyard Individual World Championships. The end of the race was...
Sunday, October 8, 2023

Big's Backyard - 2023 Individual Championship Poll - Full Results

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  On a bit of whim that popped in my head while running I decided to create a poll to gauge the backyard community’s thoughts on how they ex...
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Friday, October 6, 2023

2023 September Monthly Mileage Check In

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  “Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” — Michelangelo I was pretty apprehensive about going into my training p...
Sunday, September 3, 2023

2023 August Mileage

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  #Monthlymileage check in... Initially I was pretty disappointed with my August mileage. I finished the month with 268 miles for an average...
Saturday, July 1, 2023

2023 June Monthly Mileage

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Monthly Mileage check in! I ran 151.82 miles in June. This was a bit less than my normal training mileage and a huge drop from last month wh...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Took a Fall... Recovering from Capital Backyard Ultra

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  Well, my first recovery run after Capital Backyard Ultra felt pretty good. I had some muscle soreness, but for taking only four rest days ...
Monday, June 12, 2023

May 2023 Monthly Mileage Check In

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Monthly Mileage check in! I feel like it's kind of misleading to claim 521 monthly miles for May without including some acknowledgement ...
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

April Monthly Mileage Check In

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  Monthly Mileage check in! I ran 322 miles in April with 100 of them during a 24 hour trail race. My last run was very fitting for April. I...
Saturday, April 1, 2023

March Monthly Mileage Check In

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  Monthly mileage check in! Yesterday's run brought me to just over 300 miles for the month and 800 for the year! I'm feeling good a...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

St. Jude Fundraising Success and a Happy Birthday Run

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I am so happy and excited to report that my fundraising effort for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ® has been a complete success this ...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

2021 Goals Check

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It’s January and the deadline to achieve my 2021 running goals has come and gone. Here’s what I accomplished and the targets I missed. At my...
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Saturday, October 16, 2021

Post Inspiration 4 St. Jude Fundraising Effort - Asking Billionaires For Help

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As some of you may know, earlier this year I attempted to tie in a fundraising effort with several of my races. I set up a St. Jude Heroes f...
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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Floundering: Battling the Post Race Blues

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The post race blues are not unique to me. Heck, I’m sure it’s not even unique to runners. From the other runners I’ve talked to about them, ...
Friday, June 4, 2021

2021 Keystone Backyard Ultra - Hope and Faith against a DNF

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The inaugural Keystone Backyard Ultra (KBU) would be my third backyard format style race. It would also offer the largest and deepest field ...
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