Life got a little stressful in July so haven't updated this blog in a few months. Here's my attempt to catch up on the major races I...

This race was my 60th ultramarathon and my 10th Psycho race (6 of them Psummer). Temperature was 83 at the start and 97 (111 heat index) by ...

After a 7 month break from ultramarathons, Saturday I ran my 8th Berryman 50 miler. Always a fun race and we had a large contingent of loca...

Running mileage was 2472. Goals accomplished (or not accomplished) for 2016: I set a goal to do 50 weight workouts, 25 less than my goal ...

Prerace: Saturday I ran Big Dog's Back Yard Ultra for the 3rd time. For background info on this race, see my  2014  report where I ...

Psycho Psummer 50K I ran Psycho Psummer in July. Starting temperature was 81F and finish 91F. It didn't make to 99 as predicted but ...

I drove up on Friday, the day before the race. Due to road construction, the drive was much longer than expected. I waited until Rockford, I...

I ran the Berryman 50+ miler Saturday. There was a large group of us from Columbia that went this year and many of us camped together. Some...

I ran Flatrock 101K (aka Storm Rock this year) on April 30. I rode with 2 friends on Friday to the race. We encountered a storm on the way t...

I ran the Free State 100K yesterday in Lawrence, KS.   I had to get up at 3 am to leave around 3:30 since I decided to drive in the morning...

I ran the Ozark Foothills 50K on April 9. This year was the second year for the race and my first time running it. It is in the St. Louis ar...

Here's a very brief but late report on the Psycho Wyco 50K that I ran in February. I hadn't run the winter version of this race in a...

As far as goals go, once again I failed in some areas. I think I might try not setting goals for a year and just do what I need to do. Runni...

I ran this race in 2010 and it was the toughest 100 miler I've experienced so far. I wasn't sure if I ever wanted to return. It was...