Marathon des Sables

Thanks so much to all who have visited my site and shared your support for this great adventure — before, during, and after the journey!… Read More »The Full Story

Morning comes much too soon and I awake hearing the Berbers quickly call instructions out to each other and then walk straight through our tent,… Read More »The Relentless, Arduous Push to the Finish – Part 2

I awake the morning of the rest day after a particularly rough night of sleep. I’m feeling very dehydrated, extremely hungry, and hung-over. Pain shoots… Read More »The Relentless, Arduous Push to the Finish – Part 1

Within moments of the start I find myself in a small cluster of a dozen or so runners at the front of the race. Several… Read More »Stretching of Limits –The Surreal Long Stage: How is this possible?: Part 2

To give you a seat right next to the action for the first few stages of the MDS, I’ve created a video with tunes, photos,… Read More »Stages 1-3: How could we have underestimated this challenge?

We arrive in Ouarzazate, Morocco several days before the race starts and immediately find ourselves trapped in a thick cloud of anxiety. There’s no doubt… Read More »Jittering away the pre-race days in Morocco

I’ve been thinking for a couple weeks now about how I’d tell this story – the story of a surreal desert adventure, of rising above… Read More »Story time

After months of progressive increase to the challenge of my training, this weekend marked a peak in volume and intensity with another 3-days of long… Read More »The big lean

Just finished a well-needed recovery week following the prior week’s madness. The biggest shocker was how quickly I recovered from the long weekend of running.… Read More »Catching my breath

I remember the first time I was exposed to someone doing a “long run”. It was just after college and my house mate mentioned he… Read More »Positive thinking & the mega training weekend

Greetings from a morning in Zürich where it again feels like winter. I’m wrapping up an easy week — designed for recovery and catching up… Read More »Finding balance and getting to the core

Just capped off a great week of training with a 5-hour trail run with friends in the hills outside of Zürich. It was great to… Read More »Dialing it in

Just finished a stellar week with friends from the U.S. and Germany in the town of Verbier (in southwestern Switzerland). While I knew going into… Read More »Make it fun