Every runner has a story. Stories about what got them into running. Maybe what made them stop. Stories about what – or maybe who – inspired them to try again. What they look forward to, what they dread, what keeps them going. No matter what kind of runner, no matter how fast or how slow, [...]
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To some, a regular triathlon would seem like a pretty big challenge. To most, an ironman would be the ultimate task. But to one guy I met recently, even the ironman wasn’t enough. Did you even know that there was something longer than an ironman???? Let’s just quickly recap what an ironman actually entails: 2.4-mile [...]
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It’s has been a few weeks since my last post… and the comments are still rolling in, both publicly on the blog and privately to me by email. Nicholas (Nick) Kruse’s recent death in RacingThePlanet’s Gobi March has clearly struck a chord. On the day I posted that last entry, this blog received over 500 [...]
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We like to think we are invincible. Actually, as ultrarunners, we like ‘knowing’ we are invincible. Running for hours – sometimes days – on end defies logic… And if one can defy logic, can’t one defy anything? Injury, sickness, death? Of course, the answer is no. Sadly, one of the competitors in RacingThePlanet’s Gobi March [...]
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Greetings from Damascus! For those of you who are geographically-challenged (like my Grammy who said west was always a left turn), that is in Syria, which is in the middle east. It borders Turkey to the north, Iraq to the East, Lebanon and Israel to the West and Jordan to the South. I’m here for [...]
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Greetings from Chicago!! I’ve gone a bit off the radar ever since I finished the Australia race. Truth be told, I put myself in a self-induced chocolate and champagne stupor for the past couple of weeks and have just recently emerged. I stuffed myself full of gluten, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated fats, and bubbly forms of [...]
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“Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming… WOW! What a ride!” – Hunter S. Thompson I want to send out a HUGE thank you to Deni and Anthony from [...]
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I’ve got 9 minutes left on this airport computer to type out an update… I had to leave Salvador and the spanish crew at the singapore airport this afternoon when we landed. They were going onwards to Perth and I to Darwin. Salvador said “see you tomorrow” and I whimpered, “no, see you in two [...]
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We arrived in Madrid at about 2:30am this morning (Wednesday) and finally the motley crew had to say goodbye to one another. A few got dropped off at the airport, determined to catch earlier flights out. I was the last to be dropped off and made it to my hotel at 3am. I was hoping [...]
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I’ve made it to Madrid! IT is 3am and my alarm is set for 6:30…I want to make it to the airport in plenty of time to check into my flight! Online check in isn’t possible, but it appears my flight is still scheduled (!!!!) so let’s hope! Heathrow opened but as the BBC says, [...]
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