Took my dog and my parents’ dog to Palmer Park this morning.  Pretty uneventful 4 mi loop on the Palmer Point trail.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much mud on the trails there.  The first mile was like running through glue.  I was afraid I was going to run out of my shoes [...]

I just want to say thanks to all the people who train with me or listen to me talk about this stuff. Josh, Crazy Bastard Bucky, Kenny, my parents who think I’m certifiable, and especially my fiancee, Michelle, who puts up with my shitty attitudes that come with exposure to heat and lack of [...]

I’ve been wearing some Montrail Hardrock shoes for trail runs.  They are pretty rigid and offer a ton of support.  However, they lack in cushioning and I’ve gotten some shin splints the last couple times I ran in them.  I threw on my old Asics Gel Trabuco VIII yesterday for the run on Ute Pass.  [...]

So they just posted on the Pikes Peak Marathon site the process to remedy the botch registration from last week. Looks like I’ve got to re-register now. The races that were less than 50% full which is all of the Triple Crown of Running spots and Wave 1 of the Ascent will [...]

The fine folks at the board of the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon had an emergency meeting Thursday night to discuss the epic mishandling on the part of active.com during the registrations yesterday. They still don’t have a resolution for the problem, but I hope they can get something figured out quickly. The [...]

Active.com is a website that a lot of race organizers outsource the tasks of registration and collection of fees to. The Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon was no different. However, with the shotgun registration process that is in place for the PPAM, apparently Active.com wasn’t prepared for the traffic all at once.
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