Here it is, finally, my 2009 Tour De France race report…err, umm, oh yeah, Western States race report…has it really been almost two weeks already! The Drive Down took us almost two full days, including one stop in ummm, I can’t even remember where we spent the first night? Somewhere south of Portland. We smuggled… →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTJs_rBaJ3Y&w=425&h=344] Thanks so much to everyone who entered, and to all for the overwhelming support throughout my Western States experience! I apologize that my race report has not yet been written or posted but my Dad is only here until Tues night…and in all honesty, I’d much rather be spending time with him right now… →

Well so much for my pipe dream of this being a ‘cooler’ year for Western States. The latest forecast is for it to jump up an additional 15 degrees tomorrow and to hit 103f by Saturday! That should push the canyon temps up over 115 and will basically ensure a much slower winning time than… →

With Western States just days away it’s time to give my light sponsor, Princeton Tec some well deserved love! During Stormy last year I used my Apex light for the night section, which due to a noon start time was the entire second 50 mile lap, and I also carried along an Impact XL to… →

Yes, you read that right, I was hit by a car while on my road bike yesterday! I am fine, but I’ve been feeling a little bit like this lately: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbOcSqfGJk&w=500&h=405] and yeah, that last bullet was the car hitting me yesterday. In the last seven days I was nearly hit by a car while… →

(Winning, and setting a C.R. in my one and only attempt at 100 miles) I actually made it…taper time is here! Unfortunately it wasn’t exactly how I had envisioned the last 14 days of training. Instead of logging my last long run yesterday, and eclipsing that magical 200km barrier, I was spitting up gunk and… →

(Even Roxy sat this one out!)I can’t believe that I am already down to the last five days of my big mileage training! The final 14 refers to the last two weeks of running in which I was shooting for a 100 mile / 160 km week, and a 125 mile / 200 km week,… →

News Article in Squamish Chief Newspaper I’ve always said that you learn something new about yourself as a person, and as a racer, with each and every event you attend and attempt. This past weekend’s Squamish Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race hammered home that point for me on a whole new level. I hadn’t touched… →

That’s what I just realized I have run in the last few weeks. No wonder I was tired and lethargic throughout the weekend! After a solid 100 mile week which included ‘The Juan De Fuca’ and ‘Club Fat Ass Enduro’ runs, I was hoping to sustain similar mileage on a follow up week for the… →

And other times…you actually are… Last week ended with a bang for me as I decided to try and attack a local ‘Fat Ass’ event called ‘The North Shore Enduro’. The premise is that you run a 7.8km loop as many times as you can in under six hours. The route consisted of a fairly… →