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Finished 33 miles today, which now makes 41 marathon distance runs with 31 of them being 30+ miles! That makes 41 marathons in 7 years! Since I’m pacing a training group, my miles are split between different consecutive runs, which normally include (run from home to Running Wild, training program run then run back home).
Finished my 40th marathon distance run (and 30th ultramarathon distance run of 30+ miles) today! Feeling good and blessed to run with friends and help runners reach distances they’ve never accomplished before!
Felt good running the US Whitewater Center 50k with all the trails and elevation in North Carolina! It was especially great as I got to stay with my sister Lisa (who lives there) and see a lot of family who lives in the area. It’s more about the memories and visiting families than the actual […]
Finished a total of 30 miles this morning. Started early and got 15 miles in before heading to the store and pace 15 more miles. This brings it to 38 marathon runs (28 of them being 30 miles or much greater)!
Started before 3am and got 18 miles before I paced the 4:30 group. I then paced the 4:30 marathon group 13 miles so that makes a total of 31 miles for the morning. Another ultramarathon distance to the books!
This was definitely the most muddiest trail I’ve ever been on! Definitely worked out some new muscles from having to pull each shoe from the sticky mud each step.
Today I finished marathon #35 (#25 of 30+ miles) at the Blackwater 50k. Ended up running 35 miles and I can already tell I’m going to sleep good tonight!
Finished another great run (another new favorite) to Carpenter Peak in Roxborough State Park near Denver. The trail contained about 95% of snow and ice with over 1100 feet of elevation up (total elevation of 7230 feet) . Had to wear Yaktrax on my shows for traction to prevent sliding. Saw some deer, animal tracks […]
First time running a long run (12.7 miles) in the snow! One of my favorites for sure. Filled with thick snow, beautiful views and wildlife! Great running with you Jeni Dwyer and thanks again for the awesome adventure!! The highlight of the run was when we encountered a few male rams that were pretty big. Was told […]
Great weather and ready to keep training for the upcoming ultras! It was good to see friends, as well as make new ones. I paced the 4:00 marathon finishing group along with another pacer, Othman Doubiany, as well another running friend (Rebecca). It was a great morning for a run.
Updated on May 31, 2020 – I ended up cancelling this run due to some sight problems that started a week after running the Mississippi 50 Mile run. I ended up not running for about two months due to the eye issue, but started walking instead. After seeing specialists, the doctors were convinced the eye issues were […]
Finished the Marine Corps Marathon with a 3:57:39 on my watch and an official race time of 03:58:15. Not quite sure why, but my watch as well as all my friends who ran it, all showed a much longer distance. I was focused and consistent on running the tangent lines as well, so not quite […]
This was the second time of being the “sweeper” at the Blackwater 50k ultra. Not including the missing runs that got deleted off my watch, this should bring me up to 21 ultras with distances of 30+ miles now! For those who don’t know what a sweeper is, it’s basically the person who stays by […]
My everyday life responsibilities conquered my ultra training time last month. After having some personal related things that had a higher priority to training, I had to miss out on some much needed runs in for the 50k which is only a few weeks away!! Although I’m bummed that I wasn’t able to train this […]
Just finished a 30 mile run with a 10:08 pace. Beautiful weather to add another ultramarathon distance run to my log!
The first day of training on a treadmill for an upcoming race with some elevation (Conquer The Rock 50k), I realized that the treadmills at the local YMCA here did not actually tell you the elevation you climbed. The following day I went back to the gym to train for some more elevation but before I […]
I was looking for a few ultras to do that had some beautiful views during the run (although most ultras have some of those) and got some great recommendations from some running friends. My friend Shannon told me about the Conquer the Rock 50k and after researching it and seeing the views and how technical […]
Finished pacing a group at Running wild and added more mileage to get 30 miles in. Here’s some photos of the adventure. These guys seemed like they wanted to join me for a short section (or chase me away):