In six weeks I embark on my toughest race season yet. 3 big ultras in 4 months. Which is a strange feeling because it means that…
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As I reflect on my 2015 race season, it was… a strange one. I lumped my entire year’s effort into 3 ultras across 8 weeks. It came and went in a flash. I’ve never trained harder and delivered more than this year. I accomplished more in those eight weeks from June-August than I would have ever dreamt possible several years ago, tackling some legitimately hard races/runs, but – in one way or another – failing at each of them. Spectacular failures, though, so there’s that at least. I’ve never gained so much from, or been so proud of, accomplishing so ‘little’.
I started a great trend in 2014: run a great race, never get around to writing a race report. I ran CanLake 50 last October…
1 Comment(Image: Beast of Burden Race Start, © 2014 Ron Heerkens, Jr.) Before getting into this race report, it’s come to my attention that not everyone…
3 CommentsIn a little over a week I’ll be running my first 50 mile race, the Beast of Burden 50 Mile Winter Ultra out of Lockport,…
Leave a CommentThis year sure has been crazy. Like, unbelievably, insanely, “totally didn’t see that one coming” crazy. A major career change I hadn’t anticipated. A fourth…
Leave a CommentAh, sweet revenge. Last year (2012) was my first crack at the infamous Sehgahunda Trail Marathon and it didn’t end well, DNF’ing at mile 20,…
2 CommentsLast week I posted about “How To Become A Runner In A Few Easy Steps.” But what if you’ve already done that and are looking…
Leave a CommentLast Saturday, November 3rd, I joined 72 other brave souls in cold, wet, snowy, windy weather (yeah, that photo above is very misleading) for the…
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