Guest Post by SLF (Rob Cain)
When I suggested this topic to Mr. Balls, he turned it around and offered it as a guest blog.  I think when you’re desperate enough for a topic to confront the ways in which your wife loves you, you’ve started to hit bottom.  My guess is until the lottery, or [...]

Guest Post By lowercase
Craig’s note: While this report was written some time ago, I thought it would be fun to post this at the start of the 2010 Western States 100 entry period.  Go to ultrasignup between Oct 1 and Oct 15 to put your name in the GU2O bucket for the drawing on Dec [...]

Lynno here, Craig’s friend from Boise, Idaho.  I’ll be doing race updates from Willamette Pass all day. I’ll be updating this post with short bits on how the race is proceeding. Find the latest update at the bottom (be sure to refresh your browser to view the most recent update).
This is our first year doing [...]

Guest Post by Alan Abbs
The White Trash Diaries, Vol 2
My Western States 2009 race report begins back in time — all the way back in December 2007. I make it through the selection process and get in, and I’m determined to get down toward that 20-hour mark, having done 3 straight sub 22-hour races, including [...]

Guest Post By Laurie Thornley
So, you’ve volunteered to crew for Western States. Now what? Don’t panic. It’s actually a relatively simple process. If your runner has done his job, he will have provided you with adequate instructions for what he expects. All you need to do is follow his instructions, show up when and where [...]

Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series on the Michigan Bluff Training Camp. Check the blog each day to see lc’s report on how the Oregonians are doing at camp and how lc is doing in his efforts to simulate camp back home in Eugene, Ore.
Day 6: Thursday, [...]

Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series on the Michigan Bluff Training Camp. Check the blog each day to see lc’s report on how the Oregonians are doing at camp and how lc is doing in his efforts to simulate camp back home in Eugene, Ore.

Day 5: [...]

Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor
Editor’s note: This post is part of a series on the Michigan Bluff Training Camp. Check the blog each day to see lc’s report on how the Oregonians are doing at camp and how lc is doing in his efforts to simulate camp back home in Eugene, Ore.
The problem, [...]

Day 3: Monday, April 27
Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor
The boys will be headed back into Volcano Canyon today for an easy 12-mile afternoon run. I’ll be trying to equal their mileage and find some similar terrain on my lunch break and my commute home from work.
What They Ran: Out and back from MB to [...]

Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor

Hi. lc, here. I’ll be conducting the juices in Thornley’s absence for the next seven days. In case you haven’t heard, LB, Bili, TW, MB, GM, SLF, et. al., have headed off to the annual Michigan Bluff Training Camp. I’ve been to this camp before. It’s a [...]

Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly
Problems are part of the plan.
“If you plan to have problems, then when you have problems, problems are part of the plan. “ I said this quote last week. It had nothing to do with ultrarunning, rather I was explaining to the City Manager and Mayor of Cedar Rapids [...]

Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly

Passing the final guy at the 1 mile to go sign on the road back to town from the trails, I was booking but I just couldn’t shake him – the him, the guy I just passed, I could hear his foot steps right behind me.
Oh yes, while [...]

Guest Post by Tim Twietmeyer
Hey folks, thanks for the insights on the course change question. The reason I ask is not some kind of indictment of Cool or Julie as that was a great event and we need more race directors like Julie willing to pour their heart and soul into race management (she’s also [...]

Guest Post by Tim Twietmeyer
Hey, Craig says all the really smart ultrarunners read his blog (he needs something to bring up the average IQ of the site). So, I present the question to the brains of the sport - do runners really care if a 50k is exactly 31 miles? I ask as last weekend the [...]

Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly
In my mind I have a list of most over looked, underrated ultra runners. I dunno’ — maybe you have one in your head too — I considered myself one of the most overrated under trained ultrarunners — though I am actually going to race next weekend in Kentucky.
Here’s my list [...]

Giving away my spot at Western States, but not giving up on Ultrarunning
Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly
Ultrarunning in the Midwest is harder than one might think for three reasons. 1) There are no mountains, just lots of hills, lots of runnable hills, therefore one has no excuses to walk, not to run, because you’re [...]

Guest Post by Lewis Taylor
I’ve never known what to do with myself in the off-season until this season when I discovered the answer.
Kegerator.
Beer is the antidote to a running addiction — a pastime that encourages laziness, gluttony and unintended weight gain. I’ve finally found an activity that breaks the spell of daily runs, monthly races and that all-over achy [...]

Guest Post by Alan Abbs
LB,
Thanks for asking me to waste my time writing this entry for a blog that no one reads except for you and your mom. You know, it was only 6 days after you announced your blog that you were e-mailing me to ask 1) if I’ve read it yet, and 2) [...]

Guest Post by Lewis Taylor
Open letter to lc from Lord Balls
Re: Lc’s leadville race report
Dear lc,
That’s a nice race report. Cute. If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t have had to fly 1,000 miles so you could poop and puke and DNF at Leadville. You should have stayed home and showed your mental [...]