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Soky Circuit Part 1

February 1, 2021 /

After flaming out during HOTS in a major way I was ready to redeem myself at the earliest possible juncture.  I hadn’t expected such an opportunity to come so soon, but when Brent called me in mid July and asked if I’d be interested in doing a charity run with him to raise money for the Family Enrichment Center in Bowling Green, I was totally in.  In years past Brent has volunteered for this organization and has played a major role in setting up their annual half marathon run and their mud run.  With Covid, those events were cancelled this year and he wanted to try to help the organization in any way he knew how.  He, like myself, also just enjoys having an adventure and facing a challenge.

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HOTS 2020 Part 2 (DNF)

September 28, 2020 /

By the time we reached Somerville the sun had dipped completely behind the horizon. I was sick to my stomach from eating nothing but french fries and salt and drinking sugary drinks. I climbed the stairs to the city hall which was right on highway 64. I laid down flat on the concrete and took my pack off. I felt like barfing and I honestly wanted to because I knew I would feel better afterwards. But there was no such relief so I just laid there. I felt otherwise fine although we had been on our feet through the entire heat of the day.

Town Hall in Somerville, TN where I laid face down on the top of these steps
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HOTS 2020 Part 1 (DNF)

September 22, 2020 /

I’ve taken over a month to consider my experience with HOTS, Lazarus Lake’s latest 340 mile road race from West Memphis, Arkansas to Castle Rock, Georgia. I had registered for this event almost a full year earlier and my name had been called off the wait-list in December, shortly after finishing Tunnel Hill 100 when my spirits were running high and I felt invincible. For years I had been obsessed with the Last Annual Vol State Road Race and when that sold out and I was placed on the wait-list, I was at first disappointed until Laz revealed his plan to start a new race with a similar premise. When I was fortunate enough to enter, I was terribly apprehensive but simultaneously elated.

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It’s 2020. Time to Snow Flurry Scurry.

January 31, 2020 /

A new year has arrived and with it one of my favorite races, the Snow Flurry Scurry, which begins at Lost River Cave right here in Bowling Green, KY. This is one of about a dozen or so 5Ks in town and one that I try to run each year. Even an ultrarunner can enjoy blazing along a 5K course every once in a while and I find the change in pace to be refreshing. It’s so easy to get stuck thinking about the miles that I have to put in each week and vacillate on whether to run a particular race or whether to just get my work in. It’s unfortunate but all long distance runners can fall into this mode of thinking, which of course can be perfectly appropriate at times. We all must decide what races we want to run and how seriously we want to approach an event and I would never discount the importance of sticking to a plan! Last year I caught the Snow Flurry Scurry on a long run Saturday and if Strava is to be

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