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 […]
Today was a good day… It all started one early starry morning; having a race start at 5 in the morning makes you an early riser (3:30am…ouch)! I don’t know how much I slept that night, some pre-race nerves plus a flat air mattress for camping, left me with a short “power nap” we’ll call […]
White River…UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, updownupdownupdownrootupdown With a post card back drop of Mount Rainier, you can’t beat this epic 50 miler (total elevation change: 17,400 feet). The USATF National Trail 50-Mile Championship, White River, was my 2nd attempt at the 50-mile distance; let’s just say this one hurt…a lot! The journey your mind can […]