Karl's Deck

The Laurel Highlands ultra entered my list of "must-do" events after I saw this pic from Trail Porn . Despite the edgy name of th...

A nice local winter event is the Mid Maryland 50K. It is entirely within Rockburn Branch park, and consists of 5 loops, 10K each. The race h...

Several of us signed up for this very low key event nearby in Delaware. This event was a "fat ass" race, which is the designation ...

I signed up for this event in 2012, but missed it due to a sprained ankle. This year I got sick for a few weeks in Oct so I made this my las...

I went into this event slightly injured and undertrained due to illness, so I didn't have many expectations. On the other hand I was fee...

A sizable number of Patapsco Trail Junkies showed up for the Rick O'Donnell trail run in Greenbrier State Park. Our group was pla...

My friend Michael talked me into doing this event, largely because the premium was a hoodie. A small group planned to do it, but for various...

Gunpowder Keg is a low key "fat ass" style trail race put on by the Baltimore Road Runners Club (they have a trail race series in ...

My friend Michael talked me into doing an endurance run, an event with a time limit rather than a distance, e.g. run for 6 hours. The one we...

Mai and Charles spent their spring break taking a family vacation up the East Coast, stopping along the way a few times before reaching me. ...

Maryland is filled with blunt names for various landmarks and places: for example there is Gunpowder Falls State Park with an associated Ha...

I looked forward to this event, the Celebration Sprint Tri , my first tri in about 2 years (I missed the 2009 season in Florida for various ...

I've lost a lot of money over the years, by registering for and paying for events I've wound up missing (sick, out of town, etc.) M...

I return to Orlando for the OUC half marathon, and to also visit friends. I knew the weekend would be as busy as I wanted it to be, because...

Grace, a running friend from Orlando, came up with her husband to visit some relative in the DC area. We made a plan to do a race together....

I signed up for the " Run Through the Grapevine 8K ", held at a local winery , after seeing several people in the tri club mention...

This year's Dawg Dash went better than expected - I finished in 51:44 despite not running all that much since moving to the DC area. Un...

I had a great race this morning, taking 2nd place overall at a local 5K! I started out in 6th place - I could see five men in front of me i...

After training for so many months, it was a relief to finally do the event! This was by far the largest event I've ever been to - 22000...

I returned to Seattle for the weekend, to participate in the Dawg Dash, see friends, and celebrate my birthday. It was a great weekend! I d...