Mountain Endurance Lifestyle

Thought I'd share what I've learned about viruses, specifically the influenza. The lack of information on the Internet was lame, and I couldn't get myself to the library so I found a few articles that helped me understand what was happening to my body during and what to expect in the aftermath. The runner's body is so durable and extremely adaptable, but can I bounce back quick enough after being "laid out" for 7 days  to run an ultra?  I rested a lot, right?  Flu feels like the end of Broken Arrow 50k, and you're suppose to jump up and " ring the bell". Nope. It's Tuesday, the "two week out taper" has commenced. But something feels off on my run today. Heart-rate is higher, and I'm thinking well at least I'm resting this week and the next in prep for FOURmidable 50k. I wake up Wednesday morning to find out work has been called off due to snowstorms impacting road conditions. So I sleep, and I sleep and more o...

"Hardergrat"Switzerland 18' To Blog. It's 2019, and I'm now a blogger? I've felt over sometime now that I'd like to share my mountain lifestyle journey with others, but I kept going back to an internal back and forth dialogue with myself where the voice whispering, " no one wants to read what's in your mind, and what you are learning in your simple existence", kept over powering the consistent "do it" voice. So here I am Blogging.  What to expect? I simply want to be honest and open about my experiences living a mountain endurance lifestyle. All the aspects of my life: work, home, spirituality, relationships and friendships support the lifestyle in which I seek to live. Transcending above the status quo; listening to, becoming all that I am and hope to become by moving in the direction towards that simple lifestyle. That lifestyle that moves me and stirs with in me to become my best self each and everyday. I want to sha...