To preface this, I know technically I did not fail at this race. I did in fact finish and that’s all that matters! However, I failed in the sense of not reaching any of my personal goals. I went into this race with high hopes, peak fitness, and feeling hungry to chase something that wasn’t too out of reach. I took a huge swing, big risks, and ultimately it turned into a big flop. And guess what? THAT’S OKAY! In fact, I’m actually happy about it. Might sound silly, but the les

Scroll to bottom for full stats on gear, nutrition, mileage and more. What is SCAR? SCAR, otherwise known as the smokies challenge adventure run is a rugged 72 mile route with nearly 18,000 feet of elevation gain entirely on the Appalachian Trail within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of North Carolina and Tennessee. This route has a long standing history of people running and setting records since the early 2000’s. It is what I would consider the east coast equivalen

Scroll to bottom for photos! Course History and My “Why” The Walking Tall 50k & 25k trail race has been a southern staple for the last 8 years since it was founded. It takes place in Big Hill Pond State Park, just 90 or so minutes east of Memphis, Tennessee. I found the race on ultrasignup a few years ago and always felt drawn to it. However, due to October being a very popular month for many other wonderful trail races, I never ran it. This year I finally decided to commit t

With my Florida Trail FKT attempt just over one month away now, I knew these last couple weeks would be peak training. In November I had...

This week I drove south to check off a very important section of the Florida Trail: Big Cypress National Preserve. This is the southern...

Last week I got to check off 36 new miles of Florida Trail that I had never seen before. They were separated into a 16 mile day and a 20...

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The Never Summer 100k in Gould, Colorado had been on my sights and bucket list for some time. I knew it was a challenging race given the...