Enjoying life and running go hand in hand with me. Basically any day I have the chance to go and prance around in the great outdoors, it’s a good day. Running brings me to life and fills me up with enough endorphins to prod around blissfully the rest of the day. Running by myself or […]
A week after racing Way Too Cool 50k I was back at it again. I definitely don’t recommend running two 50k’s back to back, but as of the time of this writing, I think I survived. Well, my recovery/tapering combo week was a bit crazy. My wife and I just bought a house and received […]
Way Too Cool 50K Town of Cool Photo by Hannah Olson I couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to run. Cool California was a delightful spot for a solid morning run. I was anticipating a fast start with a line up of talented speedsters from around the running circuit. They didn’t disappoint and […]
Pearl iZUMi Ultra Run Team! L to R: Ian Torrence, Josh Brimhall, Nick Clark, Ashley Nordell, Darcy Africa, Timothy Olson, Scott Jaime-Photo By: Eric Wynn Last year I decided that I wanted to run with gumption. I wanted to push my body to the extreme and run Ultra’s as fast as I possibly could. I […]
Training thus far in 2011 It’s been a wonderful start to the year. First off, my leg has fully recovered and with the added rest from the injury I’ve never felt so ready to start training. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNF2emZyEe4] Withlacoochee State Trail Florida My first week in 2011 was a vacation with my wife’s family in Florida. […]
So the plan was to go over to the Marin Headlands and take a crack at the abundance of talent that was congealing in San Francisco for TNF endurance challenge 50 mile championship. Unfortunately my body had another idea…rest. A few weeks back my wife and I went to the Oregon coast and I […]
Lithia Loop USATF Trail Marathon Championship was this past weekend and guess what…it didn’t rain! You did it Hal, Congrats on a race in the sun! Lithia loop snuck up on me just a little over a month past the Pine to Palm 100 mile footrace. I recovered well and have been really enjoying running […]
100-mile vets told me to expect the unexpected, yet I never dreamt I would be rained on for 15+ hours, but … As the day progressed the leak in the sky would not cork up. There were brief moments of relief, but basically I ran around like a soggy dog most of the day. The […]
Extremely thankful for all the help and love that went into the inaugural Pine to Palm 100-mile endurance run. A big shout out to Hal, Carly and Ian, for making this all possible. A special thanks to Hal’s parents, Hal and Diane, who came down just to help with a lot of the logistics of […]
A Special thanks to Daniel Newberry for writing this article…enjoy! Tim Olson is shown here on his way to winning the Where’s Waldo 100-kilometer trail race, held Aug. 21 at the Willamette Pass Ski Area, 70 miles southeast of Eugene. Photo by Laurie Monico August 31, 2010 By Daniel Newberry for the Mail Tribune If […]