RACE REPORT: 9/16/2017 The North Face Endurance Challenge - Gortex 50 Mile - Wisconsin A 2:45AM alarm clock for Saturday morning is only manageable when the trails are calling.  That's a unanimously agreed upon fact. (Trust me, I fact checked it) After a banana, bagel with peanut butter (creamy, not crunchy, duh), and TWO microwaveable oatmeal cups, I found myself…Read more Because….. Fire

Waking up to this is magic.  Waking up to this is exactly the motivation that gets me through the hard miles, the climbs, the fatigue, and the times when one foot does not want to be put in front of the other. We all have our reasons to push our limits, we all have our…Read more Stage 6: The Motivation Bank

Another morning of frost and face coverage with the cold air infiltrating through the paper thin tent walls. Only one more sleep left until a real bed and a thermostat.  The only thing separating me was 46.3 miles and 9300 ft elevation. We were transported back to the sleepy town of red cliff for the…Read more Stage 5: The Pain Cave

Cold.  The only way to describe mornings at camp hale. With the fog lifting off the lake the only sound you could hear was the wrestling of sub-zero sleeping bags and the unzipping of tents.  The shear vertical climb awaiting each competitor today was enough reason for the morning silence. I unrolled my ankle high wool socks…Read more Stage 4: Gnarly Vert.

  "Another GLORIOUS morning" (For all you Hocus Pocus Fans) Tent - covered in ice, grass - covered in ice, my lungs - I imagine they look like a Bing Crosby winter wonderland.  With my eyes and nose exposed from my sleeping bag its time to uncover the rest of my body.  I'm pretty sure…Read more Stage 3: 10,000 ft too high

“This is your alarm clock, its time to get out of your tent.” With her hands cupped around her mouth Sarah, an INCREDIBLE volunteer, was going above and beyond to supply the runners with a personal touch.  Well done Sarah, I may or may not have been voice recording you in-order to set as my…Read more Stage 2: All the HOPE to PASS

3 rings Me:  "Hello" The doctor:  "Yes this is Doctor Ginny, may I speak to Drew Miller" (my doctor is not named Ginny, and not of the female specie, fool me once) Me:  "This is Mr. Miller" The Doctor:  "Mr Miller, i'm sorry to tell you that you have a tumor on your brain" WHAT! I have never woken…Read more Stage 1: Goin’ NASCAR fast