First off, congratulations to Neal Gorman on his win at Pinhoti! You can read Neal’s account of the race at his blog- http://www.nealgorman.com/. Now for my account: To make a long story short, I dropped at mile 40 of Pinhoti.…
Sophie’s Death March
This past Saturday, after the Derecho rolled through, runner friends of Sophie Speidel gathered from far and wide to run “Sophie’s Death March.” Runners from (at least) Harrisonburg, Richmond, the D.C. area, and a few CAT Runners joined in the…
Eastern Divide 50K
by Marc Griffin Joe Doherty, Jack Broaddus and I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Christiansburg, it was much cheaper than Mountain Lake, plus Mountain Lake has no air conditioning. So right there I didn’t think I could make it,…
A Trail Work Evening
After this week’s Sunday Sixer (look at this awesome group!), Thomas was generous enough to join me for some trail work on the Rivanna Trail. I’ve got a goal of making the section from Quarry Park to the Woolen Mills…
2nd Annual Flip Truck FA
How it all started, 2011 Last June, the Flipped Truck Fat Ass was born. To read the account of that run, see the blog entry from June 8, 2011. I said then that you could mark your calendars for the…
C-Ville: Features – Twenty years after it was created, the Rivanna Trail comes to a crossroads
Fellow CAT runners Tom and Nick are featured in the C-ville cover story this week. A well written piece about the Rivanna Trail. You should check it out! C-Ville: Features – Twenty years after it was created, the Rivanna Trail…
Summary: CAT Talk on Exercise Associated Hyponatremia
We were privileged to hear a talk from Dr. Mitchell Rosner on Exercise Associated Hyponatremia (EAH) this week. This is a condition where an athlete has low sodium levels in the blood during or after an endurance event. Some people…
Mount Mitchell Challenge 2012
Mount Mitchell (Elev. 6,684 ft) is the highest peak east of the Mississippi and lies close to the Great Smoky Mountains of which many of them are over 6000ft. Imagine the Blue Ridge Mountains on steroids (including many more…
CAT in Red Rock Canyon, NV
This is the part of the season where my trail running takes a back seat to teaching, kid sports, and work-related travel. This is especially true for Spring 2012, which has seen a big fall off in my mileage. So…
Holiday Lake 50k++ 2012 – A first Ultra experience
I just wanted to share my experience of my first Ultra and get it into writing before I forget some parts! I decided to sign up for this event after watching Unbreakable a few months prior. My training went pretty…