BEHIND THE ROCKS 50K – Moab, Utah (March 22, 2025)
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Category: Race Recaps
NEVER SUMMER 60K – Colorado (July 26, 2024)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/11990036810 The Never Summer 100K and 60K events are high-elevation races (the whole course is run between 8,500′ and 12,000′ above sea level) held in late July, when thunderstorms above treeline are always a risk. This made this a little intimidating, coming from flatland Michigan. I was actually signed…
SEDONA CANYONS 125 – Arizona (May 8-10, 2024)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/11378126726 This story starts with my attempt at running the full Cocodona 250 in 2023. You can read that recap here. I was unable to finish the full race, but I made it past the halfway mark and eventually bowed out at Dead Horse Ranch after 138 miles…
BEN NEVIS ULTRA (DNF) – Scotland (September 17, 2023) – 4,413′
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/9868911356 My friend Mark called me out of the blue in February 2023 asking if I had any interest in joining him for a week or so of travel in Scotland sometime in the fall. Exploring the Scottish highlands was one adventure I couldn’t say no to. During…
MARQUETTE Trail 50 (50k) – Marquette, MI (August 19, 2023)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/9680329428/overview This Michigan race is one that’s been on my radar for a while. It sells out within hours once they open up registration on Black Friday every year, so it’s one to jump on early or you’ll miss out! I had registered for the 2021 event, but…
COCODONA 250 (DNF) – Arizona (May 1-6, 2023)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/9007463278Race website: https://cocodona.com/about/ & https://cocodona.com/course250/ The Cocodona 250 is an ultramarathon covering diverse Arizona landscapes between Black Canyon City and Flagstaff. The course winds through the Sonoran desert, runs the length of the Bradshaw Mountains, passes through historical mining towns, takes participants along the red rock formations of…
BLACK CANYON ULTRAS 100K – Mayer, AZ (February 18, 2023)
Strava Link: https://www.strava.com/activities/8584907717 Black Canyon Ultras 100K is definitely up there as one of my favorite races and runs I’ve ever done. I had a good race, the course is amazing, and I got to spend lots of time with my Michigan and Arizona friends over the long weekend trip…
JAVELINA JUNDRED – Fountain Hills, AZ (October 29-30, 2022)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/8044430399 I signed up for Javelina Jundred as soon as registration opened on January 1, 2022. I had first heard about this “ultra Jalloween party” in the desert from my 2019 Ragnar Trail Michigan relay race teammate Jens Lundy. At that time I had run a marathon and…
IT100 – Chain O’ Lakes State Park, IN (October 9-10, 2021)
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/6093360537 After DNF-ing my first official 100 mile race (Mohican 100) on Halloween 2020, I trained for nearly a full year before I would get another crack at it at the Indiana Trail 100 on October 9-10, 2021. While failing to finish Mohican stunk, that was a good…
PIKES PEAK ASCENT – Colorado (August 21, 2021) – 14,115′
Strava link: https://www.strava.com/activities/5830677680 Having registered for the Pikes Peak Ascent and the Marquette Trail 50, both scheduled for August 21, 2021, I had to make a decision as that date approached. I went with the mountain race (and as it turns out avoided the brutality of running 50 miles in…