My feet are almost recovered from RR100 and the training miles. Here are my battle scars: 3 black toenails about to fall off, the nail that has fallen off and the skin peeling away from my blisters. Fun stuff!
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YOLI ENERGY DRINKS
2010 Races
- May - Keys 100 Miler DONE
- June - Western States 100 Miler - DNF at 85 Miles
- July - Vermont 100 Miler
- August - Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim
- August - Badwater Solo Attempt (maybe)
- September - Rio Del Lago 100 Miler
2009 Races
- March 7 - Old Pueblo 50 Miler
- April 4 - the Barkley 100 miler
- May 16 - Keys 100 Miler
- July 10 - 12 Hardrock 100 Miler (applied for lottery)
- July 13 - Badwater 135 Miler (applied)
- September 26 (estimated) - Spartathlon 152 Miler
2008 Races
- February 2/3 - Rocky Raccoon 100 mile endurance run
- April 5 - American River 50 mile run
- April 19 - Ruth Anderson 100km run
- May 10 - Quicksilver 50 mile (since it is a week before the Keys 100, I need to re-think whether to do the 50 mile or instead opt for the shorter 50km or merely go and volunteer)
- May 17 - Keys Ultra 100 mile endurance run (kind of hurts my chances of doing Ohlone Wilderness now)
- May 18 - Ohlone Wilderness 50km run (withdrew due to conflict with Keys Ultra)
- July 12/13 - Hardrock 100 mile endurance run (Lottery results has me deep in the wait-list so 2008 HR will not happen for me)
- July 14/15/16 - Badwater 135 mile Ultramarathon (INVITED BY SELECTION COMMITTEE!!!!)
- July 19/20 - Tahoe Rim Trail 100 mile endurance run (very doubtful in light of BW 135) DID NOT DO
- August 16/17 - Leadville 100 endurance run
- August 30/31 - Ultra Tour of Mont Blanc 100 mile endurance run
- November 8/9 - Mother Road 100 mile endurance run
- November 29 - Quad Dipsea - 30 Miler
My Blog List
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Tahoe Rim Trail 100-mile 2014: yikes, again... - It was the 9th edition of Tahoe Rim Trail 100-mile, not quite the 41 years of the mother of all trail 100-milers, Western States, but a history and legacy...
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“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” - Yikes I'm so far behind!! Ok I ran Bryce 100 and Summer Solstice 24 hour race last month. I worked safety patrol at WST 100 and crewed. I'm heading to Taho...
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The Importance of My Training and Other Lies I Have Never Told You - *Razorback Endurance Runs, March 9-10, 2013* Rajeev Patel becomes an expert at predicting our finish times. He mumbles something about finishing before noo...
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Training: May update and beyond - This year started out to be year focussed around Mountains to Beach(M2B) marathon, but that got derailed due to my lack of training in Feb and Mar. But I w...
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Get Me to the Church On Time -- Not So Quick at My 5th Quicksilver 50 mile - *Get Me to the Church On Time -- Not So Quick at the 30th Anniversary Quicksilver 50 Mile* *Saturday 11 May 2013* I realized that it was unlikely that I ...
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Got to raise my Butting Average - Yes, it's not a spelling mistake. The title of the post is, indeed, "Got to raise my Butting Average". Read on to find on what it means. Please be warned, ...
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Sean's High School Valedictorian Speech - Earlier this week, after four years of hard work, AP and other extra credit classes, and maintaining nearly all straight As, Sean became the valedictorian...
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Indiana Trail 100 Race Report - So this race was Indiana's first 100 mile race; very exciting! I was so impressed with how well everything went. They had awesome aid stations, great volu...
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Blog Tag - I was tagged by Alan Geraldi on this topic. Please check my responses below and how this tagging works. "It has been awhile since us Ultraholics and friend...
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'09 Jed Smith 50 Mile - *"Don't get caught up in going for the win."* That's what 50K racer and Brooks I.D. teammate Jean Pommier advised me when it became clear that I would have...
LINKS
- Anil's Adventure Unlimited Blog
- Chihping's Ultrailrunning Family Man Blog
- Keith Godden's UltraMarathon site
- Mark's Trail and Ultra Running Blog
- Michael's Ultra For A Cure Blog
- Pacific Coast Trail Runs
- Peter's Run Lake Tahoe Blog
- Quicksilver 50km/50 mile Ultra
- Rajeev The Poetic Runner Blog
- Running My website
- San Francisco Triathlon Club - Home of the PEPS (Pure Energy People)!
- Tri Me - Triathlon Gear & Gifts
- Triathlon Family - Singapore
- Ultraholics
- Ultramarathon Gear & Gifts
- Vinod's Runasissance Blog
- Western States 100
- Wikipedia's Ultramarathon Resources
- Zombie Runner - Running Stuff For Runners
ZombieRunner
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would highly recommend this book Alan. learnt a lot from that. give that a thorough read before badwater.
Thanks Anil - I went one step further and purchased an hour coaching from Don and Gillian (ZombieRunner owners and finishers of Badwater). But I will look at the book too.
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