by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | Catch The Breez
“I have to be done running by 7:20am to take the kids to school or before 8pm to take the girls to gymnastics,” said Iain as I discussed the details of his weekly training plan in preparation for Rio Del Lago 100. Iain was training for his second 100 mile...
by admin | Jul 8, 2017 | Catch The Breez, Coaching
“Mommy are you okay?” , I could barely hear the faint voice of my daughter Summer Blu coming through on a borrowed cell phone. I was standing just outside of Devil’s Thumb aid station at Western States 100. It was just after 5pm and at mile 48 I was over 12 hours...
by admin | Jun 18, 2017 | Catch The Breez
This past month I was speaking to a group of student athletes at Cal High in San Ramon about the sport of Ultra running and my experience with running the 100 mile distance. Most students knew nothing of the sport nor heard of anyone running 100 miles in less than a...
by admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Catch The Breez, Summer Dayz
Have you ever DNF’d a race? That’s the acronym for Did Not Finish. It’s that moment during your race when something inside your head says, nope, not today. Do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars. I’m done. The legs are either completely wasted from...
