Don't yawn, it hurts!

MMT 100 is around the corner. I've had major pain in my jaw the last week so I went to the dentist and he said I need my wisdom teeth out. Bad timing, Yes. Don't really feel that removing four of my teeth a week before a run that I have been looking forward to for a few months is in my best interest so I get to suck it up and play tough. Can you keep your wisdom teeth to put under your pillow? If so, what do you get for them? Damn the wisdom, to hell with logic. Monkey wrench, not by Edward Abbey.

I like soup bring it on.

April

End of March and the beginning of April put me in Frozen Head TN. Didn't get to play on the Barkley course this year but did get to enjoy most of the candyass trails around the park. Great single track, rolling and runnable. Passed up a trip out west snowboarding. POOP. Ran a local trail race called the Ault park switch back and won a free pair of shoes. Yeah for free shoes. Ran the John Bryan 50k yesterday as a last long training run for MMT 100 next month. Felt good all the way and feel really good today. Debated on running the flying pig marathon but have no desire to beat myself into submission on pavement. Run along and enjoy life!!!!

March

I've run some this month and will run some more. I am going to watch some hoops and then I might run some more. I ate a burger tonight, it was good. Life is good.

Bill

February

BLAHHHHHHHHHHH. Consider my blog updated.
Barkley-Waitlisted
HRH-accepted

Reverse Ring completed
Land Between the lakes completed

And know you know!!!

January

Thank goodness the holiday season is over. Work gets crazy around the holidays and now I can get back to running routines, less hours at work and a great 2008. Happy New year everyone!!!!
Been getting some junk miles around the roads with some up tempo stuff mixed in but hit the trails today.
Got waitlisted for The Barkley Marathons and just mailed my Hardrock 100 application(Waitlisted that last two years) so maybe just maybe I get lucky in 2008. Time will tell.
Heading to Virginia next weekend for MLK training week. Back to Back to Back long days in the MMT 100 mountains. Always a good time with great people.

Bring on the mountains, these roads suck.

AH December

So after signing up and getting into MMT 100, It is time to start running again. After a week hiatus in November and the first week of December, I am currently building up my mileage and have added a weekly spin class, stair stepper and treadmill walking into the mix. I am fairly confident that the spin class and treadmill will help me on the climbs of the upcoming runs that I have planned or at the very least, I'm burning some calories. Happy holidays!!!!

Slim Pickings 70

The real start of the Slim Pickings 70 starts at the seventy mile mark of the Laurel Highlands Hiking trail and runs to the zero mile mark in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania on Friday morning. This is in the reverse direction of the LH ultra trail race held in June. Since I only get one weekend off of work every month, It is easier for me to get days off in the middle of the week and being of the Fat Ass format, I decided to start on Wednesday. I informed Gombu of my plans and he joined in on the fun.
I left work on Tuesday evening and drove the 5 1/2 hours to Seven springs ski resort. Slept in my car and met Gombu at Seven springs on Wednesday morning. He had just dropped off Moose's car at the top of the resort as Moose was running from the start to Seven springs. They had dropped aid at the 11 mile mark the night before and we would use Seven springs as the next aid around the 26 mile. Back to Ohiopyle we go and we started running around 9:30ish. To summarize the run, windy, snowy and slow. I had no time goals just fun trail time. A bear got into the aid cache and left us some scraps. We were going to meet up with John DeWalt at 26ish miles but missed him and we spent the next hour or two wondering were oh were could Downhill Johnny be. I was supposed to bring my cell phone but forgot it in my car at the start so we had no way to get in touch with him. Around this time, the snow really started coming down and the trail was beautiful. FRESHIES. A few miles before the bridge crossing we see a light coming towards us and lo and behold it's John. John's phone was operational and we spoke to Jim Harris who was dropping aid for us and the runners the next day. Thanks Jim but we missed it and spent the next couple hours going off trail(not on purpose) and getting soaked by the large bushes that were weighted down by snow and covering the trail. We ended up stopping at John's van with about 50 miles logged. It was fun playing in the mountains and catching up with a few of my favorite trail partners. What is next? I am taking some time off to heal up. Small little achy, nagging pains have made me decide to take a week or two off of running.
Congrats to all finishers and Way to go Brian on a new PR distance.
Happy Trails