Written and run by Chas Willimon, and originally posted on his blog. Ambitious, stubborn, crazy…these are all things I’ve been called in the past few months. And, they are all necessary qualities of a successful ultra runner. I … Read More
2013 has been a busy year so far. It’s 35 days into the new year and I have logged well over 300 miles of running, including two 50k’s and a 13-mile trail race. The last of these–the Charlotte Ultra Run … Read More
Written and run by Chas Willimon, and originally posted in his blog. My goal for this year’s Frosty 50k was to beat 4 hours. More specifically, I was trying to take an hour off my previous 50k PR (4:57:59) which … Read More
Happy New Year, everyone! I capped off 2012 with a bang. As I said in my last post, my goal for 12/31 was to break 90 minutes for Half Marathon at Freedom Park New Years Half-Marathon. Everything went down more … Read More
Written and run by Cliff Weston While I’m inescapably “a runner”, I’m not the sort who races all the time, especially at the longer distances. The Twin Cities Marathon I ran in October 2010 was my second ever, and the … Read More
As written and run by Chas Willimon, and originally posted on his blog. Those that know me are aware that I keep a pretty regular two-month training cycle between big races. I nearly doubled that training period for Ridge-To-Bridge, but … Read More
Written and run by Chas Willimon, and originally posted on his blog. Lately, I’ve made no effort to keep secret the fact that Ridge To Bridge Marathon (R2B) was to be my first honest attempt at qualifying for Boston. Up … Read More
Written by Chas Willimon, and originally posted on his blog. This has been an exciting Fall for racing. After the memorable but humbling milestone of completing my first honest-to-goodness 50-miler in June, I shifted my focus away from ultras and … Read More
Written and run by Chas Willimon, and originally published on his blog. The late September week leading up to Salem Lake 30K was beautiful. The early morning running weather was in the low fifties with clear, starry skies, and I … Read More
Written by Chas Willimon, and run by Bobby Cordell, Sam Mishler, Dave Munger, Chas Willimon, Bobby Aswell, and Stan Austin. Originally published on Chas’s blog. In September, of 2011, a bunch of my running buddies from DART rounded up a … Read More