Bette Davis Eyes, Johnny Drama Calfs

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Story, Training | No Comments »

She'll tease you She'll unease you Just to please you She's got Bette Davis eyes Kim Carnes might have been referring to the Western trail when she groaned out this classic in 1981. But we're not talking eyes today, we're talking calfs - ...

Da Feet! Da Feet! Boss, Da Feet!

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Training | No Comments »

C1, C2 and I were out running the DRB50K a weekend ago when somehow the topic of "rich Corinthian leather" and Ricardo Montalban came up (I know, I know but when you run 6+ hours together what else are you ...

A Glimpse of Western and What’s To Come…

Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in Training | No Comments »

The Dieselcam was out and about during the Tour de Western in March.  Below are a few samples of the majestic beauty of the Western trails and although the video doesn't do it justice, the steep single track trails that ...

DRB - Dirt Running in Boston

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Story | No Comments »

Actually, it's Don't Run Boston 50K - the 13th annual running of the Trail Animals Running Club's "alternative" to running the infamous marathon which runs the day after on Patriot's Day in Massachusetts.  The DRB was conceived in 1996 when ...

Agony Of Da Feet Update!!

Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Story | 3 Comments »

As promised, and due to overwhelming demand and interest (you know who you are...."you" in the singular sense), here is the latest on my horrible, cruddy, gross, neglected ultra feet, post Tour de Western.  To the left is Exhibit A, ...

Satisfaction

Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Posted in Story, Training | No Comments »

With all due respect to Mick and the Stones, I can get satisfaction.  It came in the form of Tour de Western - three spectacular weeks spend running the trails of the Western States and book ended by the Way ...