Although I had a terrible day-before-the-big-day, on Comrades Up Run Day I woke up feeling nothing but positive excitement for the race. I’d managed to get about three hours of real sleep and another three hours of calm mind resting. Compared to last year, I...
Hello, and greetings from Durban, KZN South Africa. This Texan’s journey to Comrades 2017 is an epic quest for a back-to-back medal in the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon. It all began in March 2015 when my dad mentioned he’d like to chase...
Ask any marathoner or ultra runner: taper anxiety is real.Even after weeks and months of training, the taper is the worst time of the whole training period. What should be a glorious week (or two or three) of downtime is really a torturous period that breeds anxiety...
When I sat down over Christmas break to plot out my January – May training for Comrades, I came across the Seabrook Lucky Trail Challenge. This event requires a marathon on Saturday followed by a half marathon on Sunday. Bingo!The arrangement of the Seabrook...
Comrades Meet Up One of the greatest unanticipated benefits of running Comrades 2016 was the friends I met through the process. As such, I offered to host a Comrades Meet Up for interested runners the day before the Austin Marathon. The cast of characters was small...
The 2017 Austin Marathon was the worst race of my life. The 2017 Austin Marathon was the worst run of my life. But I did what I needed to do, and I’m glad to have it behind me. Let me explain: I had three goals for the Austin Marathon. Goal 1: Run a sub-4:00...
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