“Race Report”: Catherine’s FA 50k Trail Run 07/22/2013 by Crozet Running Club – John Andersen This past Saturday Dan Spearin, Jeff Lysiak, and I all proudly represented Crozet as we traveled to the northern reaches of Massanutten Mountain to run…
Highlands Sky Long and Bloody Race Report
by Bob CloustonHighlands Sky is a tough, technical 40 (41) mile race in and around West Virginia’s Dolly Sods Wilderness and finishing at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. The word is that it runs more like a 50 miler, even…
Shenandoah National Park Weekend
by Marc Griffin Day 1, Mile 0 A friend of mine — Charles West — heard about a group of people that were heading up to attempt to run the entire Shenandoah National Park section of the Appalachian Trail, which…
Umstead 100 – My First 100 Miler
by Jason Farr I went to Raleigh, NC on April 6, 2013 with the goal of running my first 100 miler in 24 hours. Well, the last part didn’t happen, but I never lost sight of the fact that…
When I am closest to death I am the most alive…
GDR finisher award …that was the motto of the Georgia Death Race. This past Saturday (03/16) Marc Griffin and I were lucky to be part of the inaugural Georgia Death Race (GDR). A point-to-point race in the north Georgian mountains…
Holiday Lake 50k++ Race Report
Well, my first ultramarathon is DONE, and out of the way! After my great performance at the Route 66 Marathon, (before Thanksgiving), I took 2 weeks off for some “easy paced” runs, to stuff my face full of turkey (and…
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,…
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…
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…
Hellgate 2011
My apologies for the lengthy post, but I wanted to include everybody and an additional perspective (pacer & crew) rather than just a racer’s report. So quickly the scoop: Hellgate is another David Horton race but a special one. It…