TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
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I suffered a brain injury on a cycling trip in 2015 and this blog is about my return to running ultramarathons, from 50k to 100 miles, my ongoing mental and physical struggles, my rehab, and my life with mTBI.
TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
8M ago
This is a year full of travel, and I am thrilled to be in a place where my brain can *mostly* handle it, and in [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
I'm spending some time with reduced running mileage, trying to work out all the minor injuries I've been pushing through. Now its time for gravel biking and training for a big fall trip.
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
Well, that did not go as planned. This race was my first “real” DNF. I have one previous DNF at Sheep Mountain 50 miler, but [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
Coming into this race looked a lot different than the last time in 2020. That year, I had trained with Kristi to do this as [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
As one year comes to a close, many people choose to set resolutions for the year to come. I prefer to look back and appreciate [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
After a couple of months of race recovery (and softball injury recovery), I’ve been enjoying gorgeous weather and fall colors while gradually getting miles back [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
When I was 16, I had a high school cross-country meet in Leadville. The altitude was no joke, and I had an asthma attack about [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
1y ago
I don’t have any tattoos. I thought about getting one after my first 100 miler, but I didn’t know what to get. That was the [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
2y ago
After a rough start at Black Canyon 100k in February, this race season is turning around. Desert Rats 50k in May went exactly as planned. [...]
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TBI to 100 Miles - From Crashing to Finishing - My Journey to Recover from Brain Injury
2y ago
This past weekend was the Desert Rats 50k in Fruita, and it was the most fun I’ve had at a race in a long time. [...]
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