ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT FOR A CHANCE TO RUN THE SPEEDGOAT 50K, register now! A few questions have been recently asked about my new Hoka runnin’ shoes. “Why would I buy shoes that Karl crashed in at Zane Grey?” “Did Karl crash because the Hoka’s have a higher base?” “Did the shoes make Karl stumble?” Like everything else these days…speculation comes up.  Some think I supermanned the fall after stumbling, some think the shoes caused me to crash.  Guess what?  wrong again!  I figured I’d clarify the incident to back up my enthusiasm over a simple pair of shoes. Here it goes: While running at Zane Grey on April 24, I managed to crash hard and break my left Radius bone.  How did this happen?  While leading the race comfortably and just starting to get into my “autopilot zone” at mile 40ish, I came upon a huge dead tree.  One that [...]

So much for running 100 miles at one pop!  It’s time to go big again….this time from Missouri to California.  It’s the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express Trail, so I’ll be teaming up with Red Bull to make it happen.  It’s all gonna start in mid September after I crew for my wife at the Wasatch 100.  More details to follow in the near future. Before the mighty Pony Express 1840 miler, I’ll still run some big dances.  Here’s the list: Zane Grey 50mi, April 24. Jemez Mts 50mi,  May 22 Hardrock 100mi, July 9 RD Speedgoat 50k, July 31 Tour Du Mont Blanc, August 28 One might say I have a ”light schedule” this year.  Not really the case, it’s more about focusing on winning Hardrock for a 6th time and running well at Mt. Blanc.  After that it’s all gravy running across the country….well at least half of it. This [...]