Nathan and I ran a 45 miler starting at 3:00 am Saturday morning to prep for some upcoming hundred milers on the schedule this summer (the Headlands Hundred for Nathan and Tahoe Rim Trail 100 for me).  The run was great.  A camera crew came out to shoot some footage.  It is a little rough but [...]

One of the difficult — and appealing — things about trail running versus road running is the near-impossibility of comparing various routes and races of equal distances. In 2004, Scott Jurek set the course record in the Western States 100 ultramarathon with a time of 15 hours and 36 minutes. The course record for the [...]

I’ve been back to running and training with The Endurables on the weekends which has been a blast.  Incredible weather has made for some amazing, clear coastal views while running trail throughout the Marin Headlands just north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.  The club is great.. a really laid back, funny group [...]

In 1997 I ran my first Ultra and it was not well thought out. I suffered. I had recently moved to San Anselmo, CA from Manhattan where I had started to run on trails because of the lack of sidewalks. I missed running the reservoir loop in Central Park but quickly became enamored with the [...]