Category Archives: race

Redemption

Posted on November 2, 2019 by cdan4th

“Are you going back for revenge this year?” Last year, I fell and broke my arm at mile 9.7 of the Moab Trail Marathon… because I was a complete jackass. It was my own arrogant self who did that and … Continue reading →

Posted in family, race, running | Tagged adventure 5k, amasa back, audra, ben, captain ahab, hunter canyon, kane creek, marathon, moab trail marathon, pritchett canyon, scorched earth | Leave a comment

Check yourself before you wreck yourself

Posted on December 3, 2018 by cdan4th

I mean, I’m certainly not the fastest guy on the trails, but I’ve got more trail running cred than most of the racers here. After a full summer of big runs in the mountains, throwing down thousand-feet-per-mile grades off trail … Continue reading →

Posted in race, running, sedentary | Tagged crash, distal radius fracture, hospital, hunter canyon rim, marathon, moab, moab trail marathon, pritchet canyon, race, utah | Leave a comment

Stupid Fun

Posted on March 7, 2018 by cdan4th

“Hey, let’s go race each other uphill on skis in the dark!” Some people (probably most people) would say, “No! That sounds stupid and painful and why would anyone do that!” A much smaller group of people would say, “Okay, … Continue reading →

Posted in night, race, skiing, winter | Tagged eldora, night, nighthawks, race, ski, skimo, telemark | Leave a comment

Squirrel!!!!

Posted on September 10, 2016 by cdan4th

Running a half marathon is not like running an ultra. For one thing (at least for me), it’s not the pinnacle of an entire season of training, emotional and physical preparation, and logistical ponderment. I’d registered for the Black Squirrel … Continue reading →

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Lucky Thirteen

Posted on August 28, 2016 by cdan4th

Some problems have multiple solutions. Three months ago, Levi talked me into signing up for the Gold Rush Bike Rally. It’s a wildly-varying course with lots of climbing, some pavement and smooth dirt road, some loose gravel and sand, more … Continue reading →

Posted in biking, race | Tagged cyclecross, fear, fourmile canyon, gold hill, gold run bike rally, lefthand canyon, lickskillet, oskar blues, poormans, race, reeb bikes, rowena, sunset, sunshine canyon, sunshine saddle, swizerland trail, wall street | Leave a comment

Closing the Circle at Bighorn

Posted on June 19, 2016 by cdan4th

The Bighorn 100 last year was certainly one of the highlights of my life. It was a huge challenge accepted and achieved, a new emotional and physical range, bragging rights galore, and basically one hell of a life experience. … Continue reading →

Posted in exploration, night, race, running, travel | Tagged beer, ben, bighorn 100, chip, chris, cow camp, dayton, dry fork, footbridge, jaws, kari, little bighorn, medicine wheel, rob, sheridan, steve, tim, trail race, ultramarathon | Leave a comment

Quad Jock

Posted on May 14, 2016 by cdan4th

Quadrock is a cool race put on by a couple friends of mine up in Fort Collins. It winds through some beautiful, brutal terrain in Horsetooth Mountain Park and Lory State Park in a 25 or 50 mile jaunt. I’ve … Continue reading →

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2015 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2016 by cdan4th

Obviously, it’s been a big year for me running-wise. In previous years, I’ve hit 1000 miles only twice and that was in mid-December. This year I rolled over that fourth digit on June 20th. The pace fell off quite a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in race, retrospective, running | Tagged 1427 miles, 2015, retrospective, running | Leave a comment

Momentum: 100 miles in the Bighorn Mountains and Other Places

Posted on June 29, 2015 by cdan4th

It grinds on, but I’ve lost all sense of time and pace and effort. I’m so far gone that the idea of stopping seems exotic, anathema. Kate is right there at my elbow, matching me stride for stride, just as she’s always been, just as she’ll always be. I’ve lost track of when I last drank, or ate, or peed. It doesn’t matter. I don’t need anything. I run. That’s what I’ve always done, that’s what I’ll always do. I have momentum. Continue reading →

Posted in classics, exploration, night, race, retrospective, running | Tagged bear camp, bighorn 100, cow camp, dayton, dry fork, elk camp, footbridge, jason, jaws, kate, little bighorn river, momentum, race, run, spring marsh, tongue river canyon, transcendence, wild and scenic | 22 Comments

Bighorn, the short-attention-span version

Posted on June 22, 2015 by cdan4th

It’s going to take a little while to muddle up a coherent enough reaction to Bighorn to post here. So for those of you following with baited breath (if any), here’s the short short version. Race went pretty well. There … Continue reading →

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