august quick race recap

the beginning of August started with an apartment hunt and a return to work after the two week trip to Alaska.

august 13th - the first ever Mt. Sneffells Marathon - Ouray, Colorado - I love ouray.... I love colorado!!! this was a tough little marathon in between the towns of Ridgeway and Ouray (an out and back).  it was  a nice mountain trail run will lots of rolling hills and a few semi-steep climbs. it was slow but yet fast. it was good to be back in the elevation (8,000 ft) and it was good to see the flopping 'fro of Nathan Coury coming at me as he was doing the half marathon which started at the full marathon,s turnaround point. then, moments after crossing the finish line and getting my medal I climbed into my car and drove straight back to Phoenix (9 hr drive).

august 14th - ARR summer series race #5- the final race of the summer seriesand one of my favorites- south mountain 5k - that is right...i drove straight back from Colorado just to run in a 5k!

August 19th -drive back to Colorado!!!!!

August 20th - 40 miles of pacing duties at the Leadville 100 for my brother Michael Miller - what an honor! Thank you Mike - it was something that I will cherish forever!

august 27th - Leanhorse 100 - South Dakota on the Mickleson Trail- after pacing near 11,200 ft just the weekend before this race I was ready for this flat and fast course at about 5,500 ft. This was a fun trip with Lori Hickernell, Jay Danek, and Deb Bliss. Thank god for the final 6 miles of hills because they allowed me to snap out of my flat sickness and squeak out my first sub24 hr race.


August 20th - pacing duties at LEADVILLE for my brother Michael Miller - 40 miles in Heaven with Mike...what an honor! Thank you Mike!

july quick recap...

July was an eventful month for me...
the month started off with a return trip to Tulsa for the 2nd Annual TATUR Midnight Madness 50 miler. there were to things that I wanted to come out of this race...the first being an evening of the score with Billy Gebhart's brother Brian who had beat me by 8 lousy minutes in the previous year's race, and second I hoped to see Billy to be succesful in completing the race this year as, not for a lack of effort, he was unable to finish last year. as it turned out it would be a bittersweet day as i was able to totally spank billy's brother by over two hours (YEEHAW!!!!!!) but once again Billy feel short of finishing the race. it was truely amazing however to see the efort that he was putting into the race. I come se that he wanted it so bad. Hell I wanted it so bad for him too. but it wasnt meant to be on this day but i earned a whole new level of respect for Billy as he left nothing out there and had nothing to regret in the end. thank you for continuing to inspire me Billy! and as far as brian and I...well it was decided that we would have our tie bre aker at the first Anual Pumpkin Holler 100 to be held later in the year by TATUR.
July 4th - ARR Summer Series Race #3 - 4 on the 4th - after a flight back to Arizona on the 3rd a slow four miler was run on Inpendence Day.
July 9th - a trip to Holbrook for the Buckets of Blood 1/2 marathon... i entered this race just because of the name and because i thought that it would be neatto have a shirt that said it too. I was right...it was awesome and the race was fun too as it was trail run and it had rained the night before so the course was a bit muddy and more fun!

July 10th - the next day brought with it a trip down to Tucson for a favorite of mine...the Ev1 runs with the rosters race at the Old Tucson Studios Park. the rolling hills of this race adds a tough challenge to the fun aspect of the race as it starts at 5am and you get to run as the sunrises in the desert.

7/16 - flight to Vancouver
7/17 through 7/24 - 20th Anniversary cruise with Tammy to Alaska
7/24 through 7/27 - stay in Anchorage
7/27 through 7/30 - stay in Cordova, Alaska

7/30  - Alaska King Salmon Marathon - amazing flat and fast run (except the last 6 miles were uphill) past glaciers and the wilderness of the frozen frontier land. it was amazing but it also marked the end of the trip and my marriage as Tammy and I were set to seperate upon our return to the states. Thank you for 20 years Tammy.

june quick recap...

since it is now october when i am writing this i just wanted to highlight the races that i ran this month in an attempt to get caught back up.
June 5th - San Diego Rock N roll marathon

June 11th - Run the Caldera marathon - Los Alamos, New Mexico - absolutly beautiful!

June 12th - ARR sumer series race #2 - 5k

June 17th - Bighorn 100 - Dayton, Wyoming - flooded starting area, course changes due to snow and closed roads, freezing weather overnight, mud and raging water, mud, mud, amazi ng scenery, 18 miles of downhil near the finish, 60 miles without my orthotics, shoe sucking mud and an absolute desire to do it again!
June 25th - seattle rock n roll marathon




June