The journey to becoming an ultrarunner has many varied paths. I personally never dreamed to be a runner of any kind and in fact most of my life, pretty much despised running. But along these unexpected paths, running somehow evolved. This story is mostly for me, to look back and understand where I came from, but it also may be of interest to others as they too become an ultrarunner. Perhaps this is my runner memoirs. It is an attempt to bring together many of my experiences and lessons learned over the years. In 2018 I finished my 100th 100-miler.
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- Early Running Childhood Roots
- Discovering Running and the Outdoors
- Life-changing Fitness
- Injuries and Rookie Mistakes
- Pushing the Limits and Discovering Ultrarunning
- Rookie Ultrarunner
- First 100-milers – Defeat and Victory
- Gaining Experience and a Mentor
- Dabbling in Road Races
- Night Running
- Running 1000 Miles in the Grand Canyon
- Learning lessons from DNFs
- Streaking the Bear
- Birth of the Pony Express Trail Runs
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Review of 34 100-mile courses
- My Running “Firsts”
- Mount Timpanogos – Hill Training
- Health and Life Balance
- Dangers and Safety
- Adventure running in Capitol Reef National Park
- Running Fixed-time Races
- Running Around Mountains and Lakes
- Running Repeats
- Treadmill Training
- Pace to Race
- Negative 100-mile Splits
- Blunders and Trail Comedy
- Running on Frozen Utah Lake
- Training Strategy
- The Frequent Long Run
- Running Against the Aging Curve
- Miles and Miles
- Training Playground
- Shoes and Foot Care
- Fueling on the Run
- Peak Bagging
- Winter Training
- Toughest Running Moments
- Urban Running
- Reaching for 100 100-mile Finishes
To be continued…
Hi, I just found your site. This is great to read, thank you for writing it down. You have an intense commitment to running.