How to start this post? The Hellgate 100k wasn’t only a race to me. It was more than that. It was an adventure, a saga, and challenge of how the human spirit can endure so much and be so strong in the face of adversity. This is my story of my Hellgate. Coming into the race, Hellgate follows this ultra runningContinueContinue reading “Hellgate 100k: Quest for the Puffy Jacket and a Western States Lottery Ticket”
Category Archives: 2019
2019 TCS NYC Marathon
Central Park Only a week from running the Tussey Mountainback 50 mile, where I had placed 2nd place in the USA road championship, I would be testing my recovery efforts and limits at running a fast marathon in arguably one of the greatest cities in the world, New York City. Running this race had been aContinueContinue reading “2019 TCS NYC Marathon”
Rainy Days: Tussey Mountainback USATF 50mi Road Championships
It was all a drizzly blur… I have run this race many times. Every time I ran in the past, my finishes were 3rd place. I always struggled in the late stages of the course. Tussey is my kind of ultra! With about 6k of elevation gain on rolling gravel roads, this USA 50 mile RoadContinueContinue reading “Rainy Days: Tussey Mountainback USATF 50mi Road Championships”
Eastern States 100mi
Little Pines State Park, PA This race was my crazy summer race. I knew how hard the Eastern States 100 mile was. It was a course that has been ranked as one of the top 10 hardest ultramarathons around. With elevation gain close to 30k and descent also close to 30k, I would be runningContinueContinue reading “Eastern States 100mi”
2019 Cayuga Trails USATF 50mi Trail Championships
Treman State Park, Ithaca, NY Two years before this 2019 race, I had placed 5th at Cayuga Trails which was a vindicating performance for me after having numerous issues and drops at this event. I felt that I would let this event rest, but with it being the USA 50 mile trail championships one more time,ContinueContinue reading “2019 Cayuga Trails USATF 50mi Trail Championships”
Cresting the Summit 