Sometimes I wonder how I do it. I went into the Zion 100k with the intention of running strong to the finish.  I had no intentions of “racing” off the front.  It just happened.   With a total of about 130 miles on my legs since the Moab 55k on February 14th, I managed to Read More

Go to the page Me to Ga 2008 under my left ear to read a somewhat brief writeup of the AT Assault. I will now get back to regular programming. There are still lots of great races coming up: Masochist, JFK, Javelina….just to name a few. Stay tuned for odds and other rambling from me. Read More

I’m on my way home from Denver now, and will be posting a report from the AT Assault. (Sorry Warren, I’m still gonna call it that) It’ll either be posted here or at Whereskarl.com. And it’s gonna be good! In the Meantime, rememberTHIS IS THE ONLY SITEto go through to get the 15% DISCOUNT at Read More

Check out ultratrailmb.com for info on the Mt. Blanc race. Scott Jurek is running and is hopefully gonna kill it! Then get back to me, cuz’ I got lots of days left! Caoi for now!

My Anterior Tibialas is tweaking. It’s swollen and unrunnable right now. Needless to say, the record will remain in AT’s (Andrew Thompson) hands. My plan now is to pop vitamin P (Prednisone) for a few days and see what happens, along with ice baths a few times a day. I am not quitting yet, vitamin Read More

NO, not the olympics, those speedsters run in circles, I’ll be running the “Long Green Tunnel”. Less than 2 days away. we’re packing up the rig and making final day preperations, hoping the weather will cooperate….at least for the start. And if it doesn’t, we’ll wait till it does……just for the record. Marit Fischer and Read More

The USATF 100 Mile Trail Championship on the line! He kinda looks like Mr. Bill! And the odds are: Erik Skaden: 5-2. He was ready for Western and will likely be ready forthis one Jon Olsen: 7-2. Not far behind Erik, these two guys should battle it out. Ian Torrence: 12-1. Claims he’s not quite Read More

26 days till post-time for the toughest 50K on earth!….maybe not, but it sounds good! This mornings run took me to the summit of Snowbird to scope out the Speedgoat 50k. It looks like a butt-slide is likely in Little Cloud Bowl for the final descent! It’ll bring back those childhood memories of you’re favorite Read More

This year the Bighorn 100 will be different, most of the Rocky Mountain region had tons of snow this year and the Bighorn Mountains were no exception. The turnaround at Porcupine is still under 3 feet of snow, nonetheless the course will be awesome as usual, and two new records will be set…..and may last Read More

Preparation for the AT assaultis coming together, the RV is in the house (outside of the house) and the Backcountry.com wrap is being designed. Training wise: Yah, I’ve been running every day, the real training will be after the WS track meet, where I’ll go hiking alot instead of running, it’ll be nice to slow Read More