Race Report: Time To Fly 50K
"Each day seemed evidence of something, and I counted them. I’d add them up. Line them up end to end... And soon it would get… improbable. As if each day [...]
Ty’s Training: Week of April 1, 2018
Weekly Summary - 71 miles in 11 runs. A great real taper week. Super low mileage and the legs are feeling great! A solid speed session on the track and [...]
Race Day Routine
I prefer Ira Glass(*) to Eminem… at least when it comes to my pre-race listening choices. However, it hasn’t always been that way. It’s taken me almost a decade to [...]
Ty’s Training: Week of March 26, 2018
Weekly Summary - 109 miles in 14 runs. A great last “up” week as the taper has already started. Good recovery from last weekend’s ultra-marathon long run and two solid [...]
All the Little Things: With Intense Training Must Come Intense Recovery
Going hard on your hard days means you have to take recovery very seriously! Waking up sore comes with the territory. After my 29 mile (47km) long run [...]
Ty’s Training: Week of March 19, 2018
Weekly Summary - 133 Miles in 14 runs. Fantastic week w/ two great lighter speed sessions and a huge last very long run of 29+ miles here in Quito. Feeling [...]
Fueling for 50K
Last week, I did an interview on Reddit.com, and some of the most popular questions that came up were about diet. How do you fuel your body to cover 31+ [...]
Ty’s Training: Week of March 12, 2018
Weekly Summary - 116 miles in 12 runs. Great recovery from last weekend’s marathon victory and then a good jump back into the mileage. Two light workouts (progression run and [...]
Ty’s Tips: Running and Traveling, like Peanut-butter and Chocolate
Last Thursday, I left my apartment and within 68 hours and 55 minutes returned having traveled 5536 miles by plane, another few dozen by car, and 40 or so on [...]
Ty’s Training: Week of March 2, 2018
Weekly Summary - 102 miles in 13 runs. A fantastic week w/ a slight drop in mileage due to travel for my race at the Rock N Roll Marathon where [...]