Training has started for my spring goal race! On April 30th, I will give my second 50 miler a shot at The North Face Endurance Challenge Bear Mountain down in New York. Having run the relay at Bear Mountain last year, I know that I am going to be in for a tough time, but I... Continue Reading →
Matt’s 2016 Season – Going for 100
After 2 months of waiting, yesterday I got the news I would not be running Western States in 2016. All that means is that I get to qualify again and run a 100 mile race that all my friends can be at! Instead of running Western as my first 100, I will be running the... Continue Reading →
Keeping Pace
This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to pace Kristen Peterson on the way to finishing her first 50 miler. She already wrote an amazing race report that we published, but I wanted to spend a little bit of time reflecting on my personal experience, and what it meant to me to share such... Continue Reading →
Stonecat 50 Mile Race Report – 11/7/2015 (Guest Blog from Kristen Peterson!!!)
I am really, really thrilled to be posting this right now. After having a great time pacing Kristen to finish her first 50 miler (in an entirely robotic, super-human 9:04?!!?!!??!?!) she did me an even bigger favor and wrote an amazing, inspiring race report! I am going to write a short post about how much... Continue Reading →
“I Don’t Feel Awful” – Cuyamaca 100K Race Report (10/03/2015)
I do not like the heat. I do not like running in the heat. I do not like sitting in the heat. The only thing I do like about hot weather is complaining about it. So, with that, I have no idea why I chose to run my first 100K in the middle of Southern... Continue Reading →
The Rut 50K – Race Report (September 6th, 2015)
Just about a year after my first trail race, I found myself in Montana staring at a mountain that a few years ago I would have never considered as a place for a run to happen. To be fair, my performance at the Rut was more walk than run, but still 31 miles over the... Continue Reading →
Day 2 – Yellowstone!
Today I got to check off one of my bucket list items of heading to Yellowstone National Park. Ever since going to Yosemite about 8 years ago, I have wanted to visit as many national parks as I could. Obviously, Yellowstone was a huge draw to me. It's the first national park, teeming with wildlife... Continue Reading →
Montana Day 1 – Arrival and Hyalite Lake
Even though it felt like forever into the future when I made plans to come run the Rut, the day has come and I am finally in Montana. Before I get into the details around the first day, I really have to thank Colleen again, since she is incredibly supportive in all my racing and... Continue Reading →
Montana!
Somehow it is already Labor Day weekend! That means that I will be heading out to Big Sky, Montana to "Run the Rut". The Rut 50K is a brutal, technical race with 10,000 feet of elevation gain. I am beyond nervous for the race, but I'm very excited to push my body and see what... Continue Reading →
Training Race – TARC Summer Classic 50K Race Report (August 16th, 2015)
No time goals, no expectations. All I wanted to do was finish the TARC 50K. For the first time since I started ultra running, I decided to use a race as a training run. TARC races are so accessible, it seemed foolish not to take part in the race and use the time to help... Continue Reading →
One and a Half Runners 