Buzz Burrell, Boulder endurance athlete who ran the Project Athena Moab Trail Marathon today, said afterwards: “it’s a race for the ages! Incomparable! People all over the World are going to want to run this in the future!” I wasn’t so sure I wanted to run this race ever again in the hour after I finished, but now I know I will, someday. I have to give myself another chance when I know what to expect. This was the toughest, most technical trail race I have ever run. I didn’t wear shoes fit for surviving this trail. I chose a lightweight racing flat and this led to pain every step, after about 6 miles. Reduced to a  hobble by mile twenty I let out a…

Just about 24 hours to go, until “take-off,” in the U.S. Trail Marathon Championships in Moab, Utah and I am experiencing the familiar neurotic behaviors I exhibit prior to a running endeavor I really care about. The trips to the store for more liquids than a human possibly needs-everything from Mexican Coca-Cola (I prefer real sugar to high fructose corn syrup during the race), to Cherry Juice, to a high carb, healthy (and sweet) Japanese rice shake called Amazake; the perpetual fretting about the condition of my legs: “…am I sore? Do I need to foam roll that knot our of my lateral quad? Sleep! I need Sleep!….” Thankfully, resting solidly beneath these restless cogitations is the bedrock of confidence that my years of experience…