100M Trail Run @ Javelina Jundred 2025! The goal for this race was simply to finish, and that was more than enough to tackle. The race consists of 5 loops around the Pemberton Trail at McDowell Mountain, with the addition of Escondido Trail on the first loop. My pacing strategy from the start was run […]
70M Trail Run @ Mogollon Monster 2025. Set out with great pacing for the full hundred miler. I wanted to build some time buffer on Day 2 so I was picking up the pace and was abruptly stopped in my tracks when my foot hit a sharp rock in the trail. Physically this felt like […]
16M Trail Run @ Usery. Last “longish” run before the Mogollon Monster, two rounds of the Five/Three protocol. Feeling ready!
26.2 Trail Run @ Usery. This was a bucket list training run for me. I wanted to get a full marathon distance run during training for 2025 MOG. And yes, this was done in the middle of August and I finished at noon. 4 full loops of the 10K, plus additional mileage around the parking […]
14M Trail Run @ Mogollon. First training run at MOG for 2025 to check out trail conditions and remember all the climbing. Yikes!
9K Night Trail Run @ San Tan. Logging more miles on the trails.
4.5M Night Trail Run @ San Tan. Shifting gears to start training for Mogollon.
5K Night Trail Run @ San Tan. Easy pacing following the Hotfoot Race. Apparently the rattlesnakes come out at 8pm – Almost ran over this one, just stretched out across the trail.
45M Trail Run @ Hotfoot Hampster. Hot Race today! Set out with record pacing on the Five/Three protocol and held up strong through three full rounds. However, by the fourth and fifth rounds the Sun was in peak position and there was no cloud cover until 3:30-4pm. Had to slow the pace just to keep […]
8M Trail Run @ Usery. Last run before Hotfoot Hampster, one round of the Five/Three protocol. Feeling ready!
