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Sep 27, 20215 min read
Exploring Limits, Over Reaching and Failure Resilience...my story
For those of you who followed my season, I was having an incredible year. I won three consecutive races, getting the course record in one...
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Sep 6, 20218 min read
Time To Fly: High Lonesome 100 Recap
It was my time to let go of that pesky voice of self-doubt and fear… it was my time to fly. I lined up at the starting line with...
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Dec 7, 20203 min read
Age Is Just a Number: Stan Fortuna's Story
Once upon a time there was a Polish kid who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but no one including...
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Mar 5, 20207 min read
The Greatest Celebration - Olympic Marathon Trials 2020
To those of you who told me this would be an experience I would never forget, you were absolutely right.
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Jan 15, 20205 min read
EMBRACE THE SUCK
My race was over, I realized a week later. I sat starring at the back of the seat in front of me on a stuffy, full flight headed to Denver.
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Nov 14, 20196 min read
Run Rabbit Run 50
When I came back to running this year, I decided to run a 50-miler as my goal race as opposed to going for a 100. I was staying in Hilo,...
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Oct 2, 20188 min read
RISE UP....SALT & LIGHT...RRR 100
PHOENIX- A MYTHICAL BIRD THAT RISES UP FROM THE ASHES...(my next tattoo :) "IF I COULD LIGHT THE WORLD UP FOR JUST ONE DAY" - PINK "You...
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Aug 29, 20185 min read
HIGH HOPES
It's has been a whirlwind the past few months! Silver Rush 50 mile mtb, Elevation Race, Rugged Running The Camp, Leadville 100 mtb,...
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Jun 29, 20183 min read
RISE AND RIDE!
"There's a fire just down the road from us!" "You aren't answering I'm coming over to help you!" "We need to get are valuables now!"...
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Jun 4, 20183 min read
FLYING OR DYING
When I signed up for Quad Rock 50 mile in Fort Collins CO, I knew my chances were 25% at best at even finishing. The unforgiving, rocky,...
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Apr 17, 20187 min read
CROSSROADS
For some reason, I'm hard wired to live life to the fullest no matter what crossroads I encounter. I always feel like with a crossroad,...
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Jan 12, 20184 min read
FIGHT FOR IT!
1:30 am Friday January 6th 2018. I woke up soaked in sweat and with intense urge to vomit. My head was pounding and I fought it for a...
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Sep 28, 20175 min read
HEART AFFECT
“FOR GREAT IS NOT MEASURED BY HOW LARGE OR HOW MUCH, OR BY TROPHIES OR MONEY, OR STARDOM OR SUCH, BUT THE GREATEST OF THINGS ARE BY WHOLE...
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Jul 13, 20175 min read
LIVE A LITTLE
LIVE A LITTLE, DREAM, IT IS POSSIBLE… CERTAINLY NOT EASY, BUT POSSIBLE, and you never know who may be watching. I’ve certainly heard a...
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Apr 25, 20176 min read
BEATING THE ODDS
Beating the odds… “Your running career is over, you see this, (as the surgeon pointed to the MRI), you need immediate hip replacements,...
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Jan 14, 20165 min read
BANDERA USATF 100K NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - TX
GEAR UP, FUEL UP, SPIKE UP!!! Yeah I'm crazy... this was portrayed through my act of jumping in the car and driving 14 hours south to...
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Dec 8, 20157 min read
OBRIGADA!!! Experience of a lifetime, Brazil.
I've tried to write numerous blog posts without success, so I will give you my Brazil recap and then all the juicy stuff from the past 6...
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Aug 4, 20153 min read
COLORADO 200
WOW!.. What an experience from the other end of the spectrum! I am inspired, motivated, humbled, and in love! Just when I thought I...
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Jul 1, 20155 min read
I'M NOT STUPID!...WESTERN STATES 2015
It's amazing how caught up we get in this TOTALLY AWESOME sport of Ultra Trail Running, but when we encourage those who are hurt, ill, or...
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May 2, 20153 min read
The Gambler
There are some of us that truly like to live life to the fullest, then there are some who are to scared too, we really can't let fear...
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