From the archives. . .

I just stumbled upon this again this morning.  If you're a beginner trail runner, you should commit the advice from these two doctors to memory.  My favorite moment is at 5:46.  Study up.

Superior Sawtooth 100 Mile

I am very excited to make the trip to MN tomorrow to run the Superior Sawtooth 100 on Friday.  This nearly 100% single-track course follows the Superior Hiking Trail and what looks like some amazing terrain and scenery along Lake Superior.  I think this course is going to be right up my alley - 20,000 ft. of gain and loss on technical trails. . . it doesn't get much better!  Expect a full report of the suffering and maybe some pics of the carnage next week.  I'm off to do battle with the SHT!

Motivation

Just watched a great movie online tonight.  Click the image to the left to watch it.

Kind of made me want to throw on the flats and starting doing 400m repeats on the track tonight - not what I need to do a week out from a 100 miler though.

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Running For Office?

Check out this story: Candidate Walks 40 Miles To Run For Office

Too bad he's not in our voting area.  I don't know his platform, but I'd vote for him just because he had the guts to walk 40 miles!

My New Favorite Tool

This is for all you trail-work junkies out there.  Check out this Swedish Brush Axe -- no tree limbs or spruce trees along the trails stand a chance with this bad boy!

Laying Low

I've been laying pretty low since the Shenandoah B-day run.  Not by design though.  Last Tuesday I sprained my ankle pretty badly on a 20M loop run - 10 miles in.  I had a pretty painful 10 mile hike back to my truck that took me over 3 hours.  Certainly not a good time and ill timing since I had just signed up for the Superior Sawtooth 100 the day before and even booked my flight.  I thought it was going to be a real issue.  Luckily, I only missed three days of running, but got on the bike for two of them instead.  Back to running solid now.

I've been super busy with all the organization, planning, and trail work for Cheat Mtn coming up next week.  Just got in from doing trail work with Dan and Joel.  The trails are in the best shape that they have ever been for the event! . . . I'm kind of jealous of all the runners.  I can't wait for next Friday- it's going to be a great race!

Check out this great video that Joel did for Running Times: Click HERE - good stuff!

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