ULTRAMARATHONS
Growing up my Dad would take me to any 5K he was running. I would jog along with him and somehow come home with hardware. It wasn’t that I was fast, it was the 80’s and 90’s and not many parents dragging their kids to 5K’s. I ran cross country and track in high school, though not incredibly fast, and during my freshman year of college I ran my first marathon. I finished with a guy who told me that he had just finished his 14th marathon. I wondered if I would ever be able to run 14 marathons in my entire life. I completed 11 sanctioned marathons before graduating to ultramarathons, then I started running marathons, or longer, for training, even running a marathon a month for 2 years before deciding that was silly.
Ultramarathon? What is that?
Wikipedia says: An ultramarathon is any sporting event involving running and walking longer than the traditional marathon length of 26.2 miles.
I say it’s a long way…but it’s fun, and I’ve met some of my best friends on the trails. I was even interviewed by Ultrarunner Podcast, check it out here.
ALL ULTRAMARATHON ADVENTURES
Tim Davis – Burning River 100
Tim Davis paced Tyler Clemens the final 29 miles to the finish of the 2014 Burning River 100. Here is Tim's account of the day and getting Tyler to the finish line. My journey with [...]
Tyler Clemens – Burning River 100
Tyler and Chris Clemens both completed their first 100 mile races in the 2014 Burning River 100. This is Tyler's story from the adventure. The anticipation was torture. The past 2 days had been full [...]
Running Shoes – Brooks Cascadia Review
Strava keeps sending me emails. At first I thought it was nifty. You can document the shoes that you used for your run, you know, so other people could see what you’re running in. Silly? [...]
Crewing Through Hell
“What are you doing in July?” That’s how it all started. A simple question, a few quick words that lead to crewing the Badwater 146, sweat evaporating out my pores in 129 degree heat, driving [...]
Solemates’ CYA 2014
Cool Your Ass. No…wait! That’s not me telling you to get out of here! Stay…read on! Cool Your Ass is actually a new race hosted by Solemates' Mark and Sharill Hellenthal in Prescott, Arizona. Cool [...]
Pacing Western States
Western States Endurance Run… one of the epic events in ultrarunning and a mere 8 hour drive from Santa Barbara, yet, I’ve never attended. Until this year. Do you remember growing up as a kid, [...]
Marathon of the Month – 18 of 18
I don’t set New Year’s Resolutions, I figure if it is good enough to set a goal, you might as well start now. While I think most New Year’s Resolutions are just fluttering dreams made [...]
Runners and Their Birthdays
Runners are a weird breed. But you already knew that. I was reminded of this because of a friend’s birthday. This week Crista Scott turned 26 years old and decided, as many runners do, to [...]
Nine Trails At Night
Nine trails. The hardest thing I’ve ever done. Seriously, I know that I haven’t done that much yet, but when compared to running Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim in the Grand Canyon (45 miles and 20,000 feet of elevation [...]
Born to Run Weekend 2014
Born to Run 2014. Period. That’s really all I can say because no amount of explaining, stories, photos, or videos can really share with someone the magic of Born to Run if they weren’t there. [...]
Marathon Around A City Block
Run a marathon around a single city block. Really? Yeah. It’s silly. It was boring. It was really silly. It was extremely boring. But I did it. It all started in 2007 when I ran [...]
Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim
It started with a mug of Pale Ale at Figueroa Mountain Brewing, as most good ideas do. We were sweaty, smelly, and dusty from the Rancho San Juan preview run. Sean Garbutt, Greg Lowe, myself, [...]
Race Report – Are You Tough Enough 2014
The alarm rang at 4:00 AM. I had only been asleep for 3 hours, but it was time to go. I stumbled around Tyler’s apartment grabbing anything I thought I’d need…my running pack, some granola [...]
Race Report: Red Rock 50 Mile Trail Run
This is a video blog post from the 2013 Red Rock 50 Mile Trail run in Santa Barbara, CA. Instead of writing along post, I decided to make a video! Click the video below, or [...]
Race Report: Tarzan Runs The Bulldog 50K
On August 25 I decided to do something I’ve never done before…run a 50K (31 mile) ultra marathon. I didn’t just decide to do this on August 25th though…the idea was hatched while hiking on [...]