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  • 2017 Thanksgiving Point Half-Marathon Recap

    2017 Thanksgiving Point Half-Marathon Recap

    Originally published on Salty Running. I’ve been running for almost 10 years now. The best 10 years of my life, if you ask me. Ten years of crazy, if you asked my family. I lost count of the number of times my dad shook his head when someone asked me how far my next marathon Read more

  • 2017 Faulkner 5k Recap

    2017 Faulkner 5k Recap

    Originally published on Salty Running. The entire week preceding the 5k road race I was nervous. More nervous, by far, than I had been for my first stage race that was 12 times longer and on pretty technical trails. This 5k wasn’t my goal race. It actually wasn’t even really a race, but just a Read more

  • 2017 Birmingham Stage Race Recap

    2017 Birmingham Stage Race Recap

    Originally published on Salty Running. Throughout the 16-mile race, running up and down a mountain in the heat of the day, I found that I was not mentally as strong as I had trained to be. Not because of the heat and humidity that characterizes my new life in the Deep South, although that was Read more

  • 2017 Endless Mile Race Report

    As I drove to the Endless Mile race start Saturday morning, I had a feeling in my gut that this race would not go well. While not my goal race this cycle, the Endless Mile — a race with 48-, 24-, 12-, and 6-hour options — was still an important race for me. I wanted to Read more

  • 2016 Stanky Creek 25k Race Report

    Originally published on Salty Running. The story behind my Stanky Creek 25k race is much longer and even more important than the actual race. For the most part, the hardest part of a race isn’t the actual race: it’s the months or years of training that lead up to it. But since I started running, Read more

  • 2015 Burning River 100 Mile Recap

    In so many ways, the Burning River 100 mile ultramarathon exceeded my expectations.  It was harder than I imagined, of course, but the course through the Cuyahoga Valley in Ohio was exceptionally beautiful.  The support from my Salty Running crew (led by Crew Chief Salty) provided the support I needed before, during, and after the Read more