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I have not participated in an official running event in nearly a year. That is a long hiatus for me. I don’t do a ton of races but usually at least a few spread out across the seasons. I have been craving some type of formal event to participate in. But I am have one big race on my calendar for late spring and that is my A race for the year…. Read More
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Usually when I write about endurance sports or adventures it is an event I have taken part in myself. Or it is a race I have photographed. Something that I have had hands on involvement in. But this story is a bit different. At the 2026 Hills Creek Endurance Challenge my role was the complete opposite of what it normally is. I started my foray into running over a decade ago. If… Read More
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On August 30, 2025 we set out to ride all the way around Seneca Lake. A route that would be over 82 miles. By far the most miles I would ride in a day to that point. I was getting a little nervous in the lead up to this ride. Our previous high mileage day was when we rode around 2 different lakes back to back for a total of a little… Read More
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I am fortunate to live in an area rich in natural beauty. So many great public lands available to access and enjoy all year long. Some of my favorite beautiful state parks are under an hours drive away. How much more could you ask for. Well, you could ask for a state park that takes those beautiful close to home state parks and scales them up to the next level. And that… Read More
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I don’t do a lot of photography off pre arranged or set up subjects. And I don’t do a lot of photography indoors. Most of what I photograph is the interaction of me with some mostly natural occurrence. Something I did not orchestrate. Several years ago I undertook a challenge to create and share at least one photograph every single day for the entire year. The goal of this was to stretch… Read More
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I usually plan most of my races in advance. If not registered for well in advance then they are at least on my calendar so I can sign up for them if I decide I want to run it. But sometimes you just go run a race. In 2024 I paced a friend for 20 miles of the Twisted Branch 100k. Since then we kept in touch about our running adventures and… Read More
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I am not really a holiday person. I don’t like special days that make everything more crowded and more complicated than they would be on an average day. I am very bah humbug, not just for Christmas but for just about all holidays. My mindset is that I just try to celebrate life everyday. I don’t need a special holiday to make me feel more appreciative of life or all the things… Read More
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We all have times when our fires burn hotter than others. Sometimes it is just the embers keeping us warm at night. Other times we are like a raging bonfire.
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I struggle with wanting to research things to death so that I can get it just right. Buy the right product. Use the right software. And on and on. When photographing public parks I often get hung up with excluding anything man made from the photos. I really try to focus on the natural part of the scene. It really bothers me if I look back at a photo and realize there… Read More
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I really did not have this on my BINGO card a year ago. As little as months ago I was just focused on trying to get healthy, stay healthy, and hopefully finish my first ultramarathon in over two years. I just wanted to have a good solid year of running culminating in one big event to cap it off. As I started to feel better and believe maybe I could actually finish… Read More
