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Vermont 100 Race Report

By saltyrunrPosted on July 23, 2013Posted in Race Reports, RacingTagged RaceReport, running, TrailRunning, ultramarathon, ultrarunning, vermont100, VT100

Every training session, every race is a teacher. If you are open to the lessons, you can learn a lot. My training for and racing of the Vermont 100 is no exception. Here’s how it went down. The race started at 4 a.m., which meant the timeline for pre-race eating was pushed ever earlier. I went to[…]

First Time Ironman: 2013 Ironman Coeur d’Alene Race Report

By nolimitsadminPosted on July 16, 2013Posted in Race Reports, RacingTagged firsttimeironman, IMCdA, ironman, ironmancoeurdalene, nolimitsendurance, nolimitsendurancecoaching, teamucrazy, triathlon

Note: The following is a race report from one of our athletes, Mike Shaffer, who competed in his first-ever Ironman triathlon at 2013 Ironman Coeur d’Alene, which took place on June 23. Not only was this Mike’s first Ironman, it was also his second triathlon ever. Mike put the work in, and got the results.[…]

Peaks Ultra 50 Race Report: Hardest Race Yet

By saltyrunrPosted on June 4, 2013Posted in Race Reports, RacingTagged peaksultra, peaksultra50, peaksultramarathon, peaksultraracereport, RaceReport, running, TrailRunning, ultramarathon, ultraruncoaching, ultrarunning

Saturday morning, I woke up at 3:25 a.m. to the glare of headlights as athletes began arriving for the Peaks Ultra Challenge in Pittsfield, Vermont. The back of our Subaru was my makeshift hotel for the previous night. I had dropped Maria off in Lake Placid so she could get her training in, and then[…]

Race Report: Trail Dawgs 2013 Trail Triple Crown – Marathon

By saltyrunrPosted on April 28, 2013Posted in Race Reports, RacingTagged DelawareMarathon, RaceReport, RaceReportTrailMarathon, TrailDawgs, TrailDawgsTrailTripleCrown, TrailMarathon, TrailRunning, TrailTripleCrown

My mom Jeanne and I headed to Newark, Delaware for the 16th running of the Trail Dawgs’ 2013 Trail Triple Crown event, which included a marathon, half-marathon, 10k and 5k. I was going for the marathon, and my mom would be doing her first trail event in the 5k race. My goal for this race was[…]