My Racing Background
In high school I flip-flopped between the varsity and JV cross country teams. We weren’t great; I certainly wasn’t very fast. My best time was in the high-18s for the 5k. Throughout my college years I completed various road 5ks, a 6k trail race put on by my college, and our local annual triathlon. Following graduation I ran about twice to prepare for a 10k race while teaching English in Peru.
In the spring of 2012, like a billion other people, I read Born to Run and decided I’d make running a lifestyle choice: running regularly all year instead of just in various seasons for race prep. So I started running on my forefeet, at least three or four times per week, more frequently on the trails, and throughout the year. My first legitimate-feeling trail race was the half marathon in the fall of that year. I ran my first 50k in the spring of the following, and I’ve been running one or two 50ks a year since, as well as finally getting a 50-miler under my belt in 2018.
I don’t race overly frequently because budget,* but here are my running results from the past few years.
*And also because I don’t run or race on Saturdays (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) except on rare occasions. You can ask me about it if you’d like.
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| DATE | RACE | LOCATION | DIST. | TIME | O | G | A |
| 2019 | |||||||
| Oct 13 | Mystery Mountain | Chatsworth, GA | 12mi | 1:40:08 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sep 1 | The Rut | Big Sky, MT | 50k | 7:06:50 | 28 | 26 | 12 |
| June 23 | Broken Arrow Skyrace | Squaw Valley, CA | 26k | 2:29:56 | 19 | 16 | 6 |
| June 2 | Big Basin Skyline to the Sea | Boulder Creek, CA | 50k | 4:14:07 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| May 5 | Verdugo Mountains 10k | Glendale, CA | 10k | 43:23 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | |||||||
| Dec 2 | OTHTC High Desert Ultra | Ridgecrest, CA | 50k | 3:46:53 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | Revel Big Bear | Big Bear, CA | M | 2:51:54 | 20 | 19 | 7 |
| July 8 | Silver Rush | Leadville, CO | 50mi | 9:18:43 | 43 | 38 | 24 |
| 2017 | |||||||
| Dec 10 | Loma Linda Holiday Classic | Loma Linda, CA | 1/2M | 1:25:00 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Dec 3 | OTHTC High Desert Ultra | Ridgecrest, CA | 50k | 4:20:08 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Nov 23 | Sports Barn Turkey Trot | Chattanooga, TN | 8k | 29:40 | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| Aug 25 | Kodiak | Big Bear, CA | 50k | 6:38:00 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| June 11 | Holcomb Valley Trail Run | Big Bear, CA | 15mi | 1:59:14 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| May 21 | Soboba Trail Race | Hemet, CA | 25k | 2:45:50 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | |||||||
| Sep 11 | Moscow Mountain Madness | Moscow, ID | 50k | 6:18:13 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Sep 5 | Mt. Baldy Run-to-the-Top | Mt. Baldy, CA | 7mi | 1:23:58 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| June 5 | San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon | San Diego, CA | M | 3:32:24 | 348 | 300 | 48 |
| 2015 | |||||||
| Nov 6 | Kodiak | Big Bear, CA | 50k | 6:30:41 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | |||||||
| Dec 7 | OTHTC Ridgecrest Ultra | Ridgecrest, CA | 50k | 5:03:00 | 57 | 52 | 7 |
| Sep 1 | Mt. Baldy Run-to-the-Top | Mt. Baldy, CA | 7mi | 1:31:02 | 41 | 40 | 7 |
| Mar 9 | Dirty South Trail Half | Knoxville, TN | 1/2M | 1:49:44 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | |||||||
| Nov 28 | Estes Park 5k | Estes Park, CO | 5k | 21:43 | 2 | 2 | ? |
| Aug 25 | La Sportiva 10k @ 10,000 Feet | Vail, CO | 10k | 49:28 | 26 | 25 | 4 |
| May 5 | Bloomsday | Spokane, WA | 12k | 54:33 | 837 | 708 | 138 |
| Apr 21 | Spokane River Run | Spokane, WA | 50k | 4:56:10 | 22 | 19 | ? |
| 2012 | |||||||
| Oct 14 | Walla Walla Half | Walla Walla, WA | 1/2M | 1:33:11 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Sep 9 | Moscow Mountain Madness Half | Moscow, ID | 1/2M | 2:09:27 | 47 | 36 | 4 |
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