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Barkley, A Long Form Race Report

April 29, 2016

Almost a month on from when I toed the line at The Barkley Marathons and I am literally still unable to feel most of my toes. The scars from the briars have mostly recovered and my energy levels slowly return to normal, though I do swing between feeling near 100% and knowing I still have… →
The Barkley Marathons, a quick summary

April 6, 2016

Close but no cigar. The Barkley is tougher than I ever could have imagined and I’m incredibly proud to have made it almost four and a half loops into what is a notoriously difficult race to close out. On my 5th and final loop I was up against some of the deepest sleep deprivation of… →
Video – Barkley Marathons Training Finale – An Overnighter on The North Shore

March 18, 2016

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Video – Barkley Training Day – 20,000ft in 31 miles

March 9, 2016

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My Letter of Condolences Has Arrived – The Barkley is a Go!

March 1, 2016

And on Feb 29th no less, that’s gotta be a good omen on some level. “dear gary; it is my unfortunate duty to inform you that your name has been selected for the 2016 barkley marathons, to be held on april 2-4, 2016, at frozen head state park, in the state of tennessee, usa. it… →
Enter to WIN a Suunto Ambit3 Vertical! MSRP $645

February 10, 2016

World Vertical Week is coming, are you ready? From February 15th – 21st Suunto is hosting World Vertical Week, in conjunction with the official launch of the new Ambit3 Vertical watch. Check out full specs on the new Vertical here. First thing you’ll notice is the lack of the bump on the wrist strap, that’s… →
Video: Rainbow Mountain Heli-Drop

February 3, 2016

Back on January 2nd I had the good fortune of doing a heli-drop on Rainbow Mountain in Whistler with some of my best friends. I pieced together a 90 second video summary of the day. The cost of the heli-drop was $105 per person. A Whistler – Blackcomb lift ticket runs $110 + taxes, advance… →
Video: Kalalau Trail, Na Pali Coast State Park.

January 28, 2016

Finally got a chance to tackle another bucket list trail run, the Kalalau Trail along the Nā Pali Coast of Kauai. This was the longest adventure run that Linda and I have been on in over a year, since that whole spitting out a kid thing occurred 🙂 We were fortunate to run the trail… →
How To: Auto-sync / mass upload all old GPS files via any service to Strava

October 22, 2015

For far too long I’ve desired to amalgamate all my old run data onto Strava, but the task seemed far too large to tackle during race directing season. With the series finale of the Coast Mountain Trail Series in the books as of October 10th I am finally able to focus a bit of energy… →
Brice Ferre Video Project

August 8, 2015

I had the good fortune of connecting with Brice Ferre recently to link up on this video project. It’s always fun to get to tell a bit of my story into ultra running, and Brice stitches it all together so seamlessly, and with drone footage no less 🙂 All footage was collected right here in North… →