Written for the Footzone Bend blog and reposted here.

This last weekend a horde of Central Oregonians traveled over the pass to the Rogue Valley to compete in the 35th running of the Pear Blossom 10 miler held annually in Medford.  For me, this...



This past week in Spain I was trying to conjure up a good reason that I wanted to be excited for this weekend’s XC meet. I don’t know if it was the cold the week before, the food poisoning, the familiarity of the week leading to...

World Cross is on Sunday of which I am feeling very ill prepared right now. Did my last workout today and did not feel like myself. I was supposed to do it yesterday but was laid up in my hotel room with something, food poisoning most likely. Luckily ...

On my way. To Spain. There are a lot of questions on this trip. Usually I’ve been training hard for six or seven weeks since USATF XC Nationals and I know roughly what kind of shape I’m in going into the World XC Championships. This year is...

My schedule of late has taken a dramatic turn, and for the better from my perspective. I’m taking on a new career path that will hopefully lead to something bigger in the long run. January 31st was my last official day at Bend Research where I...

Finally, success, ok granted things have typically been going pretty well but finally a successful marathon, also granted, only my second one but still I was starting to think I would be relegated to dying a horrible death every time I tried to run fas...