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"What motivates you? What REALLY motivates you?" That's an easy one. What really motivates me is.... uhhh.... errr.... well.... Could you repeat the question?This question was posed to me some time back and I have struggled with an answer. Doesn't seem that tough really. How hard can it be to give a solid, straight forward ...
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I could hear the music and the occasional roar of the crowd. I was close. So close. Looking at my watch in disbelief it was evident that a PR was within my grasp. I crossed the finish line of the 2013 Rocky Raccoon in 19 hours and 37 minutes. Not blazing fast in the big scheme of things but still much faster than I had run ...
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I was born on Flag Day, raised with the Pledge of Allegiance and listened with pride to the stories of family members that served in World War II and Vietnam. I grew up in the 70's and 80's during the Cold War, a time when schools had routine drills for nuclear war, and I watched in relief as the Iranian Hostages were ...
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It's kind of weird how things just happen. Nowhere in my "life plan" did I think that I would become a runner. Or a marathoner. Or an Ultra-runner. Or a parent. Or the son of two cancer survivors. It wasn't too long ago that I was childless, 235 lbs of happily NOT running and both parents were cancer free..... Weird how ...
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“I’m going to retire from ultras. Never again. This is insane.” These were my thoughts as I struggled through a few of the lonely miles late during last year’s Dogwood Canyon 50k. Climbing the ridiculously steep hills with the sun in full blaze above and carrying an empty water bottle it was easy enough to question ...
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I used to think that I had it all figured out. This running stuff is really simple after all. Just lace 'em up and hit the road. Run as fast as possible for the desired distance and call it good. Go back the next day and run just a little faster. Training plans were, in my mind, something designed by "professionals" to ...
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It's almost midnight. It's dark. It's cold. I'm hungry. I'm tired. Nobody will know. Just sit down for a minute. Better yet, lay down. Who cares? Dude... NOBODY cares. Nobody cares if you finish in 20 hours or 30 hours. Fact is, nobody really cares if you finish at all. They are all asleep and will totally understand if ...
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As the sun began to fill the sky, bringing the darkness into light and signaling the start of a new day, it became difficult to see the faces of so many that had braved the night in a celebration of lives and continuation of a long enduring battle. The difficulty was a result of my own blurred vision as tears formed in a ...
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For the past three years I have ran during the Relay for Life in Ozark County, MO. All night. Around and around an old asphalt track in the heat and humidity of a southern Missouri summer's night. This year I was leaning towards the idea of NOT running all night and just kicking back and watching the awesomeness that ...
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I was born on Flag Day, raised with the Pledge of Allegiance and listened with pride to the stories of family members that served in World War II and Vietnam. I grew up in the 70's and 80's during the Cold War, a time when schools had routine drills for nuclear war, and I watched in relief as the Iranian Hostages were ...
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