the COYOTE BUSHIDO - "Way of the Trail Runner" | A Running Commentary on Life

1. Your Physical Health is Ground Zero

Running should enhance your health, not tear you apart. Recovery is key. Always keep in mind the point of doing this is to maximize your health/fitness/well-being. If you are constantly pushing, never taking time for recovery (especially if you’re prepping for “an ultra”) you will soon break down or burn out. Keep an eye on your energy levels, your health, and your physical aches-n-pains. Either we make time to self-maintain or soon we’ll be doing all the things we should have been doing all along while injured.

 

the COYOTE BUSHIDO - "Way of the Trail Runner" | A Running Commentary on Life

The Yin-n-Yang of Distance Running & Life: Patience VS Passion | A Running Commentary on Life

 What I'd love to leave you with is this: you are part flesh and part machinery and all heart + soul.  One needs both passion coupled with patience to maximize your potential in order to achieve all you are capable of accomplishing.  What area do you need to work on?  The work will reap many benefits.  Get after it, yo.

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

The Yin-n-Yang of Distance Running & Life: Patience VS Passion | A Running Commentary on Life

Dear Race Director | Trail And Ultra Running

Dear Race Director,
I hope this letter finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to share a few thoughts and feelings with you in the hopes that you can continue to foster our sport in the right direction. I’m sure you can understand an ultra-runner like myself, finding great need in attempting to protect something I hold so dear to my heart. It’s just natural seeing as I’ve noticed some changes you’ve made since I started running these things back in 2005. Please hear me out, I beg of you, so that together we can maintain a community that is fair, just, and which protects the valued sanctity and history of our sport.

Dear Race Director | Trail And Ultra Running