The last two races I ran were very scenic. On August 3rd I ran the Cheatin' Woodchuck Chase for the third year in a row, and I ran a HUGE course PR of 31:38! This is 5 mile down hill race on a gravel road. The following week, August 10th, I ran the Pyro Trail… Continue reading Cheatin’ Woodchuck Chase & The Pyro Trail Race
Category: Races
The lost races of 2019
Race recaps have been scare this year. It's difficult to write about things that aren't enjoyable, which has been the case for a lot of the races I've run this year. Now that I am done with all of the races I'd planned to run, aside from Marathon 2 Marathon, I have finally been able… Continue reading The lost races of 2019
Sequoia Glen 5k & The Grand River Gallop
I am running The Grand River Charity Race Series again this year and I'm already 2 races in. I've been debating if I even wanted to recap these races in great detail because both of them felt dreadful due to my running streak, which has finally come to an end. The last 30ish days of… Continue reading Sequoia Glen 5k & The Grand River Gallop
The uphill challenge
Last weekend I ran the Cheatin' Woodchuck Chase, the last race in the Grand River Valley Charity Race Series. After the race I drove back home to attend the trail conference we were having here in town. It doesn't come up much on the blog, but I do my best to stay active in our… Continue reading The uphill challenge
The Hogback Hustle (21:25) & The Cheatin’ Woodchuck Chase (32:44)
The final two races of The Grand River Valley Charity Race Series were The Hogback Hustle and The Cheatin' Woodchuck Chase. If you read my previous post, the lost races of spring 2018, you might remember that I committed to running all six of the races in this series back in March, and I took… Continue reading The Hogback Hustle (21:25) & The Cheatin’ Woodchuck Chase (32:44)
Ragnar Snowmass: Team Toes To Trail
Team Toes To Trail began training to run Ragnar Snowmass in January, approximately 6 months before the race. At the time, I had just started to run consistently again after having an achilles injury. This was a difficult commitment to make since I wasn't sure how my achilles was going to respond as I started… Continue reading Ragnar Snowmass: Team Toes To Trail
The lost races of spring 2018
Even though I haven't been keeping up with race recaps, I have run some races. None of the races went particularly well, none of them were goal races, none of them were races I had 'trained' for. They were just races I've run because, well, they were convenient and part of a race series I'd… Continue reading The lost races of spring 2018
REVEL Mt. Charleston 1/2 marathon (1:44:01)
In January I signed up to to run the REVEL Mt. Charleston 1/2 marathon with my friend, Jessica. Back in March I went to Las Vegas and we attempted to preview the course but we accidentally started at the marathon start and we were 13 miles away from the finish after we ran the 1/2… Continue reading REVEL Mt. Charleston 1/2 marathon (1:44:01)
Grand River Gallop 5K (21:25)
Last weekend I ran the Grand River Gallop, the 2nd race in the local race series I'm participating in. For those of you who remember, I ran the Grand River Gallop last year too. I felt like I was risking everything when I stood on the starting line, more specifically I felt like I was… Continue reading Grand River Gallop 5K (21:25)
Sequoia Glen 5k: starting at the bottom of the fitness mountain
After being injured for the latter part of 2017 I've been slowly increasing my mileage. Things have been going well and I've been scoping out races to run as a baseline while knowing that my fitness isn't where I'd like it to be. I have to start somewhere and running a race is the only… Continue reading Sequoia Glen 5k: starting at the bottom of the fitness mountain
The Road Less Run 