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All the articles I've posted.
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The Push for Legitimacy
WordPressAt my grandma’s 90th birthday party following the Pacific Northwest Spartan Sprint, I found myself in a conversation with a family friend, who I had
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Death Race Truths*
WordPress*for me. (like I would proclaim universal truths. pshaw) (1) The Death Race isn’t fair Andy and Joe should really keep a running tally of the number of times racers complain “but this isn’t FAIR.”…
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2013 Summer Death Race By the Numbers
WordPressParticipants registered: 390 Participants that started the race: 206 Finishers: 41 Finishers that received all 8 chips as of 6am Monday morning (“fi
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World’s Toughest Mudder 2013: and it won’t change a thing?
WordPressWorld’s Toughest Mudder registration went live two weeks ago, and judging from the Facebook and social media reaction, you would have thought TMHQ h
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The Trouble with Chicking
WordPressAs I passed a group of guys at the sandbag carry during the Indiana Spartan Sprint this past weekend, I heard “Are you kidding? She’s passing us. A
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Meels on Wheels
WordPressDuring P.E. class in fifth grade, we timed our 100m dash in the parking lot of good ol’ Palisades School. I finished last in my class of 30. Dead la
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Walking a Tightrope
WordPressA conversation that happened with a couple in my apartment building the other day: Man: “Excuse me, but I have to ask, are you a trainer? My wife an
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The First DNF
WordPressTwo years ago, the letters “DNF” meant nothing to me. Nor did the letters “DNS.” Despite running some road races, I’d never really heard the terms thrown around. I’d never known the stigma attached…
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Coming Back as a Veteran
WordPressThe racing season hasn’t exactly started off with a bang. After missing the Spartan SoCal due to weather and air traffic control (thanks Philly!), I
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A Racing Year in Review: The Tippity Top
WordPressSo the world didn’t end today, though judging by the looks of the weather outside here in Chicago, it may still choose to do so. I guess that means
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WTM Commandments Revisited: One Year Later
WordPressYou all can blame WTM 2011 for me entering into the blogosphere. It’s because of that race that you feel obliged to read my unimportant and trivial
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Day After World’s Toughest Mudder Hangover
WordPressNo, not like booze hangover. I wish. Back to work, back to the grind, and thanking the higher powers I’m a desk jockey. Sitting is the only thing th
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The Gearwhore Edition: Cold-Weather Racing
WordPressIt’s that time of year again. The time when I dig out my boxed up hats, gloves, snow boots, and full-length down coat. The time when I mournfully pu
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How World’s Toughest Mudder Ruined My Life
WordPressThe second ever World’s Toughest Mudder is rapidly approaching on November 17th. It’s not technically a perfect one-year anniversary, since TMHQ moved the race up a month this year, but on that day,…
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The Trouble with R&R
WordPressIt’s “Active Recovery Week” here at my Crossfit box, and I am irrationally angry about it. All I want to do is throw heavy shit around. I wake up cr
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Spartan Ultrabeast: The Happiest Place on Earth
WordPressThe winners have been declared, the legs have become mobil-ish again, and the bruises and scrapes have begun to heal. And all I can think is “Woo, l
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UltraBeast Eve Eve Non-Sequiturs
WordPressAs I sit in an Epsom salt bath, the random musings of a brain on overdrive: Grape Pedialyte is the bomb. Ironic that this is my first “real” Spartan
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How far we’ve come
WordPressI’m not big on anniversaries. They always seem to forced, so artificial, to me. Then again, I’m also a sentimental person. I enjoy milestones. I enj
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DR Recovery: At Sea
WordPressA funny thing happened over the past few weeks. I’ve had post after post started concerning the Death Race, yet I couldn’t finish any of them. There
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DR 2012: Cheaters (and Brats) Never Prosper
WordPressAs we began the 6hr drive back to Philly from Vermont, I broke out my legal pad and a pen and began to list all the tasks we completed in the 2012 D