RunTheUltras

What a relief! After massive blowups in my last  two 100′s, including a 80 mile puke fest DNF at Javelina and a less than stellar, lots of dry heaving, 27 hour performance at Tahoe in August, I was able to put it all together and run the race I wanted.  The goal was simple this time, run a complete [...]

The basics. This did not go as planned. I finished in 27:07. I’m not happy with my performance but I’m proud of my effort. The details. This course is stunning.  As someone who grew up and lives in Illinois, I was in awe of the scenery the entire race.  When everything was going south I could [...]

Potowatomi Trail Runs is the renamed McNaughton Park Trail runs.  After an RD change a few years back, the current RD’s gave a new name to the races but kept the course which runs though McNaughton Park in Pekin, IL.  Why do I call this out?  Mainly because it’s a little confusing that there is currently [...]

Solid start to the year! I wont go into all the details but I kept things in control, had a great time, ran solid, and did not puke once. low-five with skin! I met up with my friends, and cabin mates for the weekend, John and Dave over on the Missouri side of the river, [...]

This one is a few weeks late but I figured I should get this up here.To start, Flatlanders is not what I would call my typical race format.  Flat and fast.  I like to run and open it up every now and then, but that is usually sandwiched between some climbs and/or some downhill on the trail.  [...]