As a coach I often tell my athletes "the longer the race, the more opportunities there are for things to go wrong". It sounds like a sarcastic quip from a seasoned and surly ultra runner| RELENTLESS FORWARD COMMOTION
I never imagined I'd have such a hilariously complex (and at times unnecessarily dramatic) relationship with sport - but here we are. My life as an athlete technically and unceremoniously started when I was 9| RELENTLESS FORWARD COMMOTION
I have very little idea of where we are, or where we have to go. I'm just out there eating pasta in a dirt parking lot , airing out my wrinkled feet, feeling punch drunk and slap happy from exhaustion, and having a hell of a good time.| Hart Adventure Racing
Burnout is a term often thrown around in the endurance racing community to describe athletes who have been training too hard, racing too much, and generally doing a poor job of balancing high levels of| RELENTLESS FORWARD COMMOTION
Spoiler alert: this isn't going to be another post where a running coach trashes CrossFit. When an ultra runner comes to us for coaching and they are already enjoying a specific modality of exercise, we| RELENTLESS FORWARD COMMOTION