Lean Horse
Posted by Brad in Race reports on 26. Aug, 2008 | 1 Comment
I had one goal for the Lean Horse 50 mile this year: finish in under the official cutoff of 12 hours. Last year I managed a 14:50 in my first 50 mile finish. I knew I’d have a tough time given the hilly nature of Argyle Road which is miles 11-16 and 34-45 of the [...]
Running in Austria and Liechtenstein
Posted by Brad in Training on 13. Aug, 2008 | 1 Comment
I was in Austria and Switzerland last week for work and managed to sneak in a quick 5-mile run one evening. I started from my hotel in Feldkirch and originally hoped to run on some trails. But after a few mishaps which included almost losing my balance and sliding about 30 feet down a steep [...]
Tahoe Rim Trail chewed me up
Posted by Brad in Race reports on 21. Jul, 2008 | 2 Comments
I was supposed to have completed the 50-miler this past Saturday at Tahoe. Going into the race, I knew it would be tough to make the cutoffs up to the half-way point at Mt. Rose, which would require roughly 18.5 minutes per mile. While that sounds more than generous, I didn’t have any altitude training [...]
Westside, until the mile markers ran out
Posted by Brad in Training on 08. Jul, 2008 | 1 Comment
Today I decided to make a southerly turn after crossing the bRRidge and check out the portion of the Riverparks trail down towards 71st Street. My original plan was to go until I saw the 5.5 mile marker … but they seemed to run out after the 4.5 mile post! I suspect with the recent [...]
Early evening on north Riverparks trails
Posted by Brad in Training on 07. Jul, 2008 | 0 Comments
I got a late start on today’s run but it turned out to be a great decision. The temperature was actually tolerable and though I was sweating like mad, I never felt hot during the run. Today’s route took me a bit more north along the recently redone Riverparks trail. I joined up with it [...]
Quick afternoon bridge loop
Posted by Brad in Training on 05. Jul, 2008 | 0 Comments
Though I only got about 3 miles in this afternoon, I really enjoyed my run. I decided to check out the west side of the Riverparks trail between 21st and 31st Streets since I normally run a bit more south. I used the 21st Street Bridge to cross on the north side and the bRRidge [...]
TATUR night run
Posted by Brad in Training on 29. Jun, 2008 | 0 Comments
Yesterday at 10:30pm I took part in my first official TATUR event, an informal night run organized by several of the “regulars”. The plan was to meet at the QuickTrip at 94th and Riverside and head east on the Creek Turnpike Trail about 7 miles before turning back. Though the temperature was kind of cool [...]
