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Bandera 50K - Quick Summary
Went into this race with about as low expectations as possible. Best case scenario - I'd finish. With my abdominal / hip / back issues really flaring up over the last few weeks, and pretty pathetic...
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Bandera Rocks
This year's Bandera 50K was going to be a test of sorts. I've been bothered for the better part of the last 9 months with what I initially thought was an abdominal strain, but know believe is a sports...
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Yearly Stint On The IR
Why can't I get injured in July? It seems that my down time always ends up happening during Houston's prime running season. Oh well. What can you do? Anyway, after a visit to my sports medicine doc,...
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Park Road Rocks RR100
(The kick-ass Park Road Saturday morning crew)Anyone who tells you that running an aid station at a 100 mile trail race is a thankless job is . . . well, wrong. I can't tell you how many times during...
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Return to Running
Over the past couple of weeks, I've returned to running. Short, relaxed stuff (on the trails as much as possible). After a month off, I was hoping to see more relief from my chronic hip and abdominal...
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Not So Fast
So much for the "Return to Running." Just when I'm able to finally put the near-chronic hip and abdominal issues behind me, the left shin rears its ugly head again. Man, this is getting so old (like...
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No Running - Week 3
Fat. That's how I feel today. Deep into my third week of zero running, following on the heels of some less-than-impressive mileage in the preceding weeks, and a sense of full-on slothfulness has...
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May and June
I ran 103.75 miles this month. Hardly all that impressive. I mean, it's only 1.75 miles more than a bunch of people ran last weekend in the Sierra Nevada mountains in one day. And it's well short of...
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2012 Goals
Almost forgot that I have a blog! When last I wrote, I was in the midst of a fantastic streak of running. Nothing very long, mind you, but I was out there every day without fail. This streak continued...
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2011 - Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Ass
In terms of running, there are few years I'll be less sad to see in the rear-view than 2011. Now, numbers don't tell the story every time. But this isn't one of those times. 876 miles over 173 days,...
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LONE STAR TRAIL - 3.24.12
As one injury has bled into the next over the last year and a half (or more), I admit that my absence from the trail race scene (as a running participant, at least) has been a source of some...
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Hell's Hills 50K
(h/t Henry Hobbs)6:23:55. 51 out of 134 finishers. Given my lack of consistent training and the warm conditions, I'll take it. The lead up to race morning was uneventful. Had a nice dinner with friends...
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HOG'S HUNT 50K
(The carrot)The second 50K in a week was predictably sucktastic. After a couple of successful short runs earlier in the week confirmed that my legs still worked post-Hell's Hills, I commited to...
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Huntsville Final Tune Up
Decided to head out to Huntsville for the last long run before Miwok. Simply gorgeous morning for a quiet run in the woods. The plan was to do the Rocky Raccoon 100 20-mile loop. Nearing the Nature...
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Miwok 2012
The lead up to the Miwok 100K was as pretty challenging. For the last year or more, it seemed I had been battling one nagging injury after another. The most recent of these, a nasty case of...
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MAY AND JUNE
Took a few days off after Miwok before deciding to get back at it for what promises to be a long, hot summer (is there any other kind?). The balance of May saw mostly short runs during the week (4-5...
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R.I.P. Ho
This morning was maybe my second or third visit of the summer to what used to be the bread and butter of my trail running existence: the mountain bike trails at Memorial Park, aka, the Ho Chi Minh...
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Wow. Had no idea it had been so long since the last post. 2013 was pretty forgettable anyway. One good block of training during the summer months, but that was about it. Realized (once again) that...
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It's rare that I'd be tempted to post about a massage, but that's what I'm about to do. I had a full 1.5 hour session yesterday with my longtime muscular therapist, Gale. Never done the "long" session...
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January
After a mentally trying end to 2013, the idea was to make January all about getting back after it. The specific goal was just to get healthy and run as consistently as possible. Feel good about the...
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February
So, Punxsutawney Phil emerged at the beginning of the month, saw his shadow, and thus it was ordained that I would not make it through the month uninjured. By the numbers: 121 of my 125 February...
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March
Although the really crucial Miwok training runs happen in April, as an overall training month, March was hugely important. The goals were pretty straightforward: no significant injuries; consistency...
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Hell's Hills 50K
Leading up to Hell's Hills, it dawned on me that it had been about two YEARS since I'd run an organized ultra. I was just glad that my re-entry into the "scene" would be at Rocky Hill Ranch, one of my...
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April and Miwok Postmortem
Closed out April just shy of 175 miles over 19 runs. The meat of the month consisted of Hell’s Hills and a 33 mile HSP run a couple of weeks later. It was a pretty successful end to a more-or-less...
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Starting From Scratch
Whew, definitely need to clear out the cobwebs and sweep away the rat shit in this nearly abandoned place. Not sure why the need to write has gurgled up again, but it has. What led to this? A...
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