A training week with a champion: Karine Herry

I saw Karine for the first time two years ago on the Western States course when she passed through Last Chance, the aid station I was captai...

Running in Paris (2): La Coulée Verte (South)

Last week I described a run which may not be appealing to ultra runners visiting Paris. 1-mile loops in Parc Montsouris are better than cir...

Running in Paris (1): Parc Montsouris

Before escaping the French capital for a family vacation week in the Alps in Chamonix , a short post to describe one place for a run if you...

An athletic tour of Olympic Barcelona

It took me 42 years to visit Spain for the first time, but this is my second times in 14 months. First time was Madrid, for business. This t...

Beaches of D-Day "ultra": souvenir and respect

This week, I'm enjoying some vacation in Normandy, the homeland of my parents. My mother's family is from Granville, in the South of...

Western States 2007: done!

[See more pictures from the 3 pre-race days and race days in my Western States album , credit to the whole family and crew. ] I spent so man...

Western States training camp: gearing up! Or down?

[Like my blog guru, Scott Dunlap, taught me: blogs are better and more readable with pictures. Unlike Scott and Chiphing though, I'm not...