Above (Blue) is near the 12 km point of the Scotia Bank 1/2 here in Vancouver. I ran this event 4 years ago and finished in 1:46 and just about exploded afterwords. This year with the unwitting help of the above mentioned 60 year old Wayne Smith I came in right on target at 1:35. …

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http://www.ws100.com/ There are longer and perhaps harder races than the Western States 100 but in North America no other garners as much attention and hype as the Squaw Valley to Auburn 100.2 miler does. The great equalizer for the WSER is usually the heat often reaching 100 plus degrees later in the afternoon and pushing …

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I have spent the better part of 2012 with no concrete run focus plan and its kinds driving me crazy. There have been a few reasons for a lack of target some intentional and others a bit of happenstance. So after having lost sight of a few upcoming races and not dialing in training enough …

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  The last few weeks have been a steady consistent training cycle. I am now just under 29 miles from rolling 5000 since I started keeping track. I expected the nearing milestone to cause a bump up in motivation to push a mile or two longer each outing but that hasn’t yet been the case. …

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