Hard Rock 100 miler

Hard Rock 100

Well, today, a bunch of crazy trail runners will embark on the Hard Rock 100 mile race. Here’s a synopsis of the mountains that they’ll traverse on the course: Silverton – Sherman (Lake City) – Ouray – Telluride – Ophir – Silverton, 100 miles, 33,000′ total elevation gain, 11,186′ average elevation, low point 7,680′ at [...]

Brain Surgery Creates an Ultra Runner

Brain Surgery Creates an Ultra Runner

This article came to my attention courtesy of one of my friends over on Facebook.  I’d not heard of this ultra runner named Diane Van Deren, but I’ll be following her progress at Hard Rock over the weekend. Basically, she had a labectomy, where they removed a part of her brain in order to help [...]

Chinese buffet for lunch

I had some Chinese food for lunch the other day. I think I ate about half my body weight during that engorgement session. Seriously, I think I may have eaten too much. The whole time I was there, I kept wondering if the workers there secretly hated me. Something else, have you ever noticed that [...]

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