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I first saw a Western States 100 buckle on a phone while drinking beer at a bar with John at a law firm happy hour back in 2015.  Of course I wanted one and thought it a simple as signing up and running the race.  Thus began my dabbling in the world of ultramarathons.  AsContinue reading “One Last Ride”

While watching my nephew’s YouTube report of his family’s vacation to a resort in the Bahamas my wife Michelle asked me “why don’t we do vacations like that?”  I had to tell her it was because we only do Type II fun. I did not come up with the fun classification system, but I loveContinue reading “The Best Type of Fun”

Most of us have been admonished at one time or another to focus on that which we can control.  A year into the pandemic, we seem to have lost sight of this lesson. The narrative has focused almost exclusively on one element of risk control: limiting exposure to the virus through social distancing, masks, etc. Continue reading “The Elephant in the Room”

For the past two years I have been using the Gaia GPS app on my iPhone for navigation and to record hikes and ultramarathons.  I am neither a gadget nor app guy, but the utility of Gaia GPS is such that I felt compelled to write a review.  Gaia GPS is the single most usefulContinue reading “Gaia GPS Long Term Review: The Best Outdoor App”

A couple of weeks ago I had a disaster workout.  I took a hard fall on the rocks a few miles into a long run, then just muddled through.  To describe it as an uninspiring performance would be charitable.  As we walked to the car after, I told John that the last three hours hadContinue reading “Going Through the Motions”

Like everything else these days, reopening schools has become just another issue for political cultists to fight about.   The lack of nuanced leadership based on an objective view of what we know and what we don’t is, and I say this with extreme understatement, disappointing.  My family is re-engaging with most of the pre-COVID activitiesContinue reading “Its Time”

For something that is supposedly good for us, running can do a lot of damage.  Our injuries rarely announce themselves with the “pop” of a tendon rupturing or the sight of a bone sticking out of the skin.  Instead, running injuries are sneaky bastards.  One day we are fine, the next a little stiff. ThenContinue reading “Patience”