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,…
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…
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…
Recap of Beautiful Training Weekend: SMUT and 3 Ridges/Priest
Fall mountain splendor. Courtesy Jenny Nichols Last weekend saw several great training opportunities and for many of us it was the last long-run weekend before the upcoming Mountain Masochist 50 miler. It was also a spectacularly beautiful fall weekend to…
This Saturday: UROC at Wintergreen
The inaugural TrailRunner Ultra Race of Champions (UROC) 100K will be held this Saturday, September 24th, at Wintergreen Resort. The race, directed by Charlottesville Running Company owners Gill and Francesca, has as its goal the creation of “the championship event…
50K in Norway
My run began in the small community Snippen Today I ran about 50K, mostly in the wilderness, Nordmarka, that surrounds Oslo, Norway. I lived in Norway back in the 1990s and consider it to be my adopted home away from…
Martha Moats Baker Memorial 50k
This past Saturday some CATs (Bob, Drew, Sophie and me) ran another free event put up by Dennis Herr from VHTRC. As always, VHTRC events are guaranteed fun and you can experience the dedication those folks put into their events.…
Promise Land 50K+ — Big day for the CAT!
David Horton and the CAT gang (David, Sophie, Drew, and Joey) As many of you know, a group of Charlottesville Area Trailrunners were among the 300 or so racers at last weekend’s 2011 Promise Land 50K+, a David Horton race…
The Sweetwater 50K
Last weekend, Mike Stadnisky ran the Sweetwater 50K in Atlanta. Here is his report: I was in Atlanta this past weekend visiting family and I ran the Sweetwater 50K. If you ever get a chance, I would grab your fiddle…
Running Becca: Holiday Lake 50k++ Race Report (2011 Edition)
Running Becca: Holiday Lake 50k++ Race Report (2011 Edition) a little later, a HL race report from CATster Rebecca