As many of you know, last month I ran RacingThePlanet’s 250 km self-supported footrace in Nepal…And (surprisingly) WON! It was a very tough race, with an incredible women’s fleet (including second place woman Samantha Gash), but I ultimately came out alive. I know I’ve been quite absent on the blog lately (blame New York – [...]
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It’s 1am and I’m sitting in my hotel room in Geneva, currently en route to Nepal, staring – okay, admiring – the bags of food I have carefully prepared for the week-long race next week in the Himalayas. In fact, I’m admiring them so much that I’ve cracked into my ‘extra’ bag of goodies already. [...]
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Less than two weeks to go… until my first post-foot surgery race and no major setbacks yet! (I’m picturing the gods of irony dropping a giant anvil on my head as I write this…nothing yet, but I’ll let you know). Training hasn’t been stellar, but it has been steady, and right now that is the [...]
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Antarctica. Even just the name puts shivers down your spine, doesn’t it? And not just because of the thought of its frigid temperatures. Antarctica conjures up thoughts of adventure of the most extreme kind in a constantly changing landscape. Vast, barren, harsh, and yet stunning all at the same time. Antarctica is surely not for [...]
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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 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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It is 4pm on the rest day and I’ve been able to read all of your messages up until right before the long day, but the most recent messages haven’t been uploaded yet – itching for more news! The generator here broke down for a while so the cybertent hasn’t really been functional. Competitors have [...]
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I AM SO GLAD STAGE 5 IS OVER!!!!!!!!! It is 9:30 pm here and I finished at 8:55pm tonight…Five minutes shy of 15 hours! WHOA! Sadly your messages from stage 4 onwards haven’t been uploaded yet but I’ll be able to read them tomorrow… and I have all day to blog! REST DAY!! But I’m [...]
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I had a phenomenal day today! It was a tough 17km but the most picturesque stage of the entire race so far. Finally we were off the dusty road and spinifex grass! When we woke up this morning we were blessed with cloudy skies and a cool breeze. We ran out with energy across the [...]
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