Hitting rock bottom is better than I thought it ever could be: Big Dog Backyard Ultra Mike Baker, Big Dog Backyard Ultra is a 4.166666 mile loop that you have a whole hour to finish. All you have to do is run a 14 minute mile. It’s easy. A whistle blows...
The Barkley Fall Classic: When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People Mike Baker, There is no telling you this story without telling how I blew off Terri. She’d invited me to run the last South Carolina edition of her classic 50k. It meant a lot that I’d...
A Few Thoughts on Middle School Cross Country Jay Wallace, The Leon County middle school cross country season is a mere four meets in the hot month of September. Like so many things in a busy school year, it seems to come and go in a blur. I want to...
DFL: Mike the Dog 50k/Marathon/1/2 Marathon Mike Baker, I have signed up for the Mike the Dog Marathon and 50k, every year Dana Stetson’s held the race and slept in almost every single time. That’s a lie. I wake up Sunday morning and consider...
Training for StupidThe Long Cane 50k/55 Miler – Parson’s Mountain, Abbeville, SC Mike Baker, Some races are wrapped in a story. Some races are more like real life. The night before the race, the race director Terri Hayes, her grandson and his...