Blackstrap Hell Trail Video #2

Here is another video from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge, this time from gIANt Parlin. As in yesterday’s video, the transcription is after the break: Pre-race instructions: “Everybody has, I think, a race map. It is a well marked course. “This...

Blackstrap Hell Trail Video

A video is now available from the Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge last month, put together by Jeff Walker using my footage and Ian Parlin’s photographs. He did a great job, and it’s too bad it took me so long to get him the video footage in the first...

31 Days of Adding “One More Mile”

Congratulations to Erik Barr for starting with a 1 mile run at the beginning of November and adding 1 more mile each day through the beginning of December, when he ran 31 miles. Erik ran a total of 496 miles (although he snuck a few extra in there so that he could...

Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge (2008)

This past Sunday was the first Blackstrap Hell Trail Challenge, which turned out to be 6 miles of slick, muddy, wet single track and bush whacking. The course was great; just to get to the starting line you had to walk through 6 inches of water. Of course, that stream...

Wicked Creepy Halloween Trail Run (2008)

Last Friday night, Halloween, my wife and I took part in the Wicked Creepy Trail Run put on by Doug and Hana Welling. I have some video shot from the start and finish, but I haven’t even had a chance to watch it so it will be a little while before I put...