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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Shenandoah National Park

White Blaze Fever!

I had a great few days of running in Shenandoah for my Birthday Run.  I was lucky enough to have the company of friends Jeremy Ramsey and Clark Zealand to join in the fun.  We covered 107.1 miles from Sunday afternoon to midday Wednesday.  We saw lots of fog, a little rain, beautiful trail, but NO BEARS. . . I was bummed about that.

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Birthday Run

Next week to celebrate my b-day (the big 3-0!), I'm going to run the length of Shenandoah National Park on the Appalachian Trail.  If any readers happen to be in the vicinity of this section of the Trail, drop by and run a section or two with me.

Here's the itinerary:

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Seen On The Run

First time I'd ever seen this . . . two fawns nursing. They just stood there as I ran 2o yards by them and didn't even budge. Pretty cool.

(Not my pic - one borrowed online)

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