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Pine Mountain 40 Mile

Pine Mountain, Georgia December 4, 2011 http://www.getguts.com/e-pm40.shtml

Cumberland Trail 50k (Race Director)

Caryville, Tennessee October 15, 2011 http://www.cumberlandtrailraces.com/CumberlandTrail50k/HOME.html

Georgia Jewel 100

Dalton, Georgia September 24, 2011 http://www.georgiajewel.com/Site/Welcome.html

Superior Trail 100

Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota September 9, 2011 http://fall.superiortrailrace.com/

No Shortcuts to Anywhere Worth Going – Massanutten 100

May 14, 2011.  Caroline Furnace, Virginia Have you ever been merrily working toward a sure goal only to feel the world was increasingly against you?  That it wasn’t meant to be?  That the Universe was sending you clear messages to cease and desist even thinking about it? That was this year’s Massanutten 100.  I had [...]

Chattooga 50k

Mountain Rest, South Carolina June 25, 2011 http://ultrasontrails.com/chattooga.html

Why Worry? Miwok 100k

May 7, 2011.  Rodeo Lagoon, California. Rob and I got a coveted entry to this beautiful, premier race through the lottery again this year.  When you win the lottery, you take it, so I happily wrote it on the calendar in pen. It’s a long, cross-country trip and well worth investing an long-ish weekend to [...]

Powering Up at SweetH2O 50k

April 16, 2011 Sweetwater State Park outside Atlanta, GA Course: This year, two loops on mostly single-track trail It’s the weekend after Zumbro 100 so today’s theme is Fun Recovery.  It’s also peak spring wildflower season in a peak year, which I hate to miss by racing other places, so today should be a colorful [...]

100 Miles at Zumbro

April 8-9, 2011 Zumbro Bottoms State Forest Recreation Area, MN Course: 5 x 20-mile loops of dirt road and technical single-track trail with some hills To be honest,I didn’t want to go.  Temperatures in Tennessee had barely warmed at all so it had to be colder way up north in Minnesota.  Even in the past [...]

Hot Day at Oak Mountain 50k

March 19, 2011 Birmingham, Alabama This was definitely going to be an interesting day.  First, it was the weekend after Three Days, which made three racing weekends in a row – Old Pueblo 50 Mile, Three Days of Syllamo stage race (93 miles total) and this one, a 50k. Second, the forecast here in Birmingham [...]