Tag: #RoanokeValleyTrailRunners
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RVTR Into The Darkness Reunion
Yesterday, during my home visits, the father of one of my probationers told me I can’t go out on the mountains today. I mean, he didn’t exactly say it as an order. He was wearing a pink shirt. You can only be taken but so seriously while wearing a pink shirt. Except on Wednesdays. That’s…
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PM2HR Ultra
Ok. We’re gonna need some ground rules for this week. Let’s limit the amount of walking you ask me to do. If you need something, you come to me. And if you expect to communicate when you get to me, have coffee in your hand. For me. The coffee should be for me. Things hurt.…
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Iron Mountain Trail Race
Co-Author: GJB Three years ago, I did Iron Mountain Trail Race. Three years ago, I stood at the starting line surrounded by strangers, ran the race completely alone, picked up my finisher’s jam, got in my car, and spent five post-race hours sitting in traffic on 81. Three years ago, I said never again. Three…
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Elevator Shaft Run. On Fire.
I just woke up from a nap coma. I don’t know if y’all noticed. But the earth is on fire. It is on actual fire. All of it. I like to think it is the weight of the atmospheric fire that is making movement feel impossible. And undesirable. That and the decision to run stupid…