Think of somewhere that takes you an hour to get to by car.  For me, that’s about 50 miles, and it’s too far to drive to get dinner or to commute to work. But ten days from now, I’m going to run that far. I’m past the phase of waking up in the middle of…

No crowds. No timing chip. No medal.  And no name, either. When I used to think about training for an ultra, I always wondered: What happens when you run the marathon distance in training? Are you then entitled to add another notch to your marathon count? Having done it for the first time yesterday with…

Only eight weeks left until I run 50 miles at the North Face Endurance Challenge in Washington, D.C. ! Sometimes that’s exciting; other times it makes me want to soil myself. As a coping mechanism, I’ve written out a training schedule.  (This is something I normally don’t do, since I prefer to play it by…

Warning: This is a race recap so it’s a little long, as they tend to be.  If you’re not into reading, just watch the video I made. Warmth. If I were to sum up in one word my experience at the HAT 50K on Saturday, that would be it.  Nothing could be more diametrically opposed…