My Epic Fail, Part Three Mike Baker, I need to tell you a few stories. I need to lay all my cards on the table. I ran an awful lot this last year but little of it was training. I ran a lot of ultras last year but none of it was racing. I suppose it’s...
My Epic Fail, Part Two – Ancient Oaks 100 and the Barkley Marathons Mike Baker, I ran in the 37th Annual Ancient Oaks 100 Miler December 21st, 2013. Ancient Oaks is run in the Enchanted Forest Sanctuary in Titusville, Florida. It is a deceptively...
Mike Versus The Viennese Table Mike Baker, I attended a Christmas party where someone asked, “How the hell did you happen?” This is not, as my lovely wife tried to frame it, a complimentary question. It is akin to someone looking out over the city of...
The Mountain Dew of My Salvation: 20th Anniversary Mountain Mist 50k Mike Baker, There is a section of Mountain Mist called the Waterline. It’s a long steady steep climb up the side of a waterfall. I have no idea how high it is but to my mind it’s high...
My Epic Fail, Part One – The Duncan Ridge 50k Mike Baker, The Duncan Ridge 50k was really tough. It had 10,000 feet of elevation gain. That means going up 10000 feet, a third of the way up Mount Everest. That means the rest of the race was going...
They do not sell GU at the Circle K: Running the Truck Route Trek Mike Baker, The Truck Route Trek is a 27 mile run from the Oak Valley Publix at North Monroe and Capital Circle to the Killearn Publix right after Capital Circle turns into Thomasville...
