The Stubborn Tortoise

I still haven't run since my Snowdrop debacle, but that will change today. I spent last week pondering the year ahead. I also spent Wednesday helping set up for the Bandera race. Let me tell you: it i...

9 Jan 202329min

I dropped out at Snowdrop after 23 miles. It's embarrassing and humiliating, but my mind wasn't right. I didn't feel like being out on the course for over two days, even though I knew what I signed up...

2 Jan 202322min

Kenneth Anderlitch has had an audacious running career: he won his first marathon and took second in his first 100-miler. There have also been missteps but he has considered them learning experiences....

19 Des 20221h 12min

I think I just created a new subcategory. Joe Schmal is an exceptional runner. He is humble about admitting it. He has won 100-mile races and used running as a way to overcome alcoholism. He now faces...

11 Des 202258min

I went into the Brazos Bend 50-miler on Saturday with the best of intentions. I wanted to finish, I had my mind right and had more or less dealt with a cranky left hip flexor a few days before. Well, ...

5 Des 202227min

Paz welcomes Hundo back to the pod for a chat about our upcoming races. The nerves and ghost pains are kicking in. I am more worried about the voices in my head and have some ideas about how to quiet ...

28 Nov 202252min

Fresh from a trip to South Florida, I am reminded why I can't live there again. Oh, how I loved that place. But now it has morphed from being the quirky-cool cat into a freak show of garish skyscraper...

22 Nov 202226min

I have a 50K on Friday and am a little worried because my training hasn't quite been there. But, over the weekend, I tapped into my mental game and reminded myself that the mental game is a big part o...

14 Nov 202223min