New Book!  I’ve started to compile some of my research and stories in books. The first is about Frank Hart (1856-1908) from Boston, Massachusetts. In 1879, just twelve years after the Civil War ended, Frank Hart of Boston, Massachusetts, became the first black running superstar in history, and the most famous black athlete in America. In a sense, he was the Jackie Robinson of the sport of ultrarunning in the 19th century, overcoming racial barriers to compete at the highest level in the world, in the extremely popular spectator sport of ultrarunning/pedestrianism. Frank Hart’s full story ..read more

The journey to becoming an ultrarunner has many varied paths. I personally never dreamed to be a runner of any kind and in fact most of my life, pretty much despised running. But along these unexpected paths, running somehow evolved. This story is mostly for me, to look back and understand where I came from, but it also may be of interest to others as they too become an ultrarunner.  Perhaps this is my runner memoirs.  It is an attempt to bring together many of my experiences and lessons learned over the years. In 2018 I finished my 100th 100-miler. Full book, download PDF here: My P ..read more

  The treadmill. Love it or hate it? They were invented back in 1818 to help prisoners cure their idleness. In those early years they were used for punishment and certainly in modern times they are still viewed by many as a way to punish yourself. In the late 1960s, my dad built a treadmill (without a motor) to exercise on. It was an amazing difficult machine to get moving and made no sense to me. Most trail ultrarunners despise the treadmill and consider using them as wimpy when you could be running outside. However many years ago I discovered the value of doing workouts on the treadmil ..read more

I’ve joined a partnership with Ultrarunning Magazine. I can offer a 25% discount on Ultrarunning Magazine subscriptions and renewals. Visit https://ultrarunning.com/ultrarunning-history/  Subscribe or renew today and it will greatly help me continue the Ultrarunning History Podcast and my websites ..read more

When my backpacking buddies started to discuss a destination for our annual trip, I suggested “The Maze District” of Canyonlands National Park. I knew very little about it, but did know it was very remote and we love hiking in remote areas. The Maze is one of the most remote areas in the United States and among visitors of Canyonlands, only about one percent of the visitors go there and I would bet less than that. Last week, one of my buddies who is very experienced with off-roading went to investigation and came back with a great report. However accessing The Maze would require hours of very ..read more

It has been a long time since I posted a race report on my blog. It’s about time! I recently finished Zion 100 held near Zion National Park. I had finished nine different 100-mile races in Utah but had never run Zion because of conflicts each year.  This year I could finally make it and signed up with a few days to spare. At the end of 2018, I managed to finish my 100th 100-miler at Across the Years on their flat course in Arizona. But I still was battling a bone injury in my left knee that wouldn’t let me run very long on trails. I could run on the treadmill or on the flats. In February, I at ..read more