The Volcanic 50k is less than two weeks away, and I’m scared as hell. The ten day forcasts are just touching race day now, and it’s not to my liking but it’s not terrible. Looks like it’s currently predicted to …
Category: Race Prep
Disappointment and Adaptation.
Well, as feared, the Fragrance Lake 50km trail race was canceled (or possible postponed). Bellingham is under a 6″ thick sheet of ice, and the trails on Chuckanut mountain are icy, snowy, slushy, and dangerous. The access road that would …
Tapering, and a New Race!
Well, it’s about 10 days until our ultra, and we’re officially in the taper. We did 17.5 miles on slush, snow, and ice for our last really long run. Now we just have a nice little 8-10 miler this weekend …
A Forgotten Half-Marathon
Kind of without thinking about it, we have a half-marathon this weekend. Originally, this was meant to be a “recovery race”. Meaning, we expected to have finished our first 50k and we wanted to put something on our calendar so …
“Race” Preview: Cougar Mountain Trail Series, 19.5 Miler.
Tomorrow we tackle our first endurance race in almost a year, and our longest trail race to date. If you’ve been here before, you probably know that we were originally training for the 50K distance. But with injuries this summer, …
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