The TUDC 50M and the Tannenbaum 6K Mike Baker, For Greta, a blue merle cattle dog, and the all the runners who cannot run but still fight (I ran the TUDC 50 miler last weekend and the last 12 miles were the hardest miles to run. It wasn’t because...
The Big Dog Backyard Last Man Standing Endurance RaceBell Buckle, TN Mike Baker, On 10/20 I ran the Big Dog Backyard Last Man Standing Endurance Race where the goal was to be the last person to DNF on a 4 mile loop. I DNF’d on my 9th loop with a total of...
The Kingdom of My Running Mike Baker, This morning, and perhaps only this morning, I can say with all certainty that I am blessed. It is true I have been injured, over taxed and overdrawn on my most of my accounts. I have not raced well or fought enough....
There is So Very Little of Man in Where We GoBad Marsh 50k Mike Baker, It is always the last quarter mile of a 5k that matters most. The rest of the race is just what got you there. It is in that final quarter mile that we decide who we are going to be....
A few thoughts on suffering, human and otherwise … Mike Baker, North Face Endurance Challenge, Washington DC: 06/02/12 A note: Keith Gates and I went up to Virginia to race in the North Face Endurance Challenge. He was racing in the 50 miler and I was...