An in-depth race recap of the 2024 Tor des Géants TOR130 – Tot Dret ultra running race in Courmayeur, Italy. The recap describes the unexpected challenges in an otherwise smooth race and what the journey is like to run for almost two days. The race is a mental & emotional challenge, that if you can overcome the enormity of it, leaves you profoundly at peace with your accomplishment.
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my UTMB OCC race experience as broken down by the songs played on repeat in my head throughout The morning of the race you are shuttled out to the start line at Orsières. I had misunderstood where the shuttle was for the bus (oops, but also, terrible race website organization). After realizing it was much
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Vertical kilometers & The Power Of Power Hiking Do you ever wake up and realize one of your weaknesses is becoming a strength? Or at least, that you’re seeing a lot more improvement the more you work on it? That’s how I feel about the vertical kilometer and the races at Broken Arrow Skyrace generally.
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I’m finally taking the time to sit down and digest Gorge Waterfalls 100k; I still haven’t quite processed that I did it. Hopefully this recap doesn’t feel as long as a 100k 😉. As many new ventures into the unknown do, it started with doubts. Leading up to the race, recovery was progressing along, but
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Sometimes, a big goal is what you need to execute on the day 5:26:46. A 48 minute course PB & an official 50k PR, and a 33 minute PR from my solo virtual Chuckanut effort 1 year ago. This special race was my first ultra back in 2018. I chose it then because of the
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Cover photo: Bryan Ting Going into race weekend, I had this illusion the Vk would be my “easy” day. I thought I could simply hike it as a warm-up for the coming days without expending too much effort. Man, was I wrong. Or at least, uncharacteristically naive. I should know myself better than that, and
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There is a lot of information out there on how to successfully train for and complete your first ultra or 50k. But what about actually enjoying it? You can read all about training plans and gear, and hear everyone’s two cents on what to do and what not to do. In thinking about my race
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The Preface I had a lot of self-doubt when I transitioned to trail running primarily following the accidental broken ankle of 2015, and for a long time thereafter. Even once I started doing regular 10+ mile Saturday runs at SFRC I felt like I wasn’t cut out for it. I would get out there week in
Forewarning, this post is both unrelated and very much related to running. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we, as humans, establish and maintain a sense of community. I guess this was spurred by my joining The November Project (more on that in a later post). And since then, I keep finding myself
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Ok, so for a while I’ve been wanting to add some shoes to my collection. Haha, well my running tool belt actually only currently contains a “collection” of two shoes, my VFFs and my Nike Free Hyperfeels, which I use about once a week. I want to add a shoe with a bit of cushion
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