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Tag Archives: Hill Running
New Year’s Resolutions – Part I – Warming To The Cold
The beginning of a new year always gets people to think about fresh starts and new beginnings. Feeling the accumulated burden of a year’s worth of not so great decisions, many people vow to take back their life in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. The majority of Americans will make a New Year’s Resolution, but only a tiny minority of them will actually follow through and honor their resolution. Continue reading
Posted in Getting Started, Plant Powered Athletes, The Journey, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Cold Weather, Depression, Excuses, Exercise, Get Fit, Getting Into Action, Getting Started, Hill Running, Motivation, New Year's Resolutions, Running, Snow, Snowshoeing, Snowshoes, Trail Running, Training, Vermont, Video, Weight Loss, Winter, Woodford
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USA 50k Trail Running Championships – Video
The USA 50k Trail Running Championships were held on September 22nd, 2012 at Mt. Bachelor in the Cascade Mountains of central Oregon. USA Track & Field holds USA Trail Championships at a wide variety of distances. Over the past 3 years, I have had great success in these championship races from 10k to the marathon, winning nine US Masters titles… But I’ve never done a 50k… and I was really nervous. Continue reading
Posted in Diet Tips, Nutrition, Plant Powered Athletes, Products I Recommend, Race Reports, Racing, Running Tips, The Journey, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Athlete, Baby Food, Bend Oregon, Brooks Green Silence, California, Championships, Diet, Flagline 50k, Hill Running, Mountain Running, Mt. Bachelor, National Championships, Oregon, Race, Raw, Running, Running Shoes, Trail Running, Video
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Van Orden Takes Masters Crown at U.S. Half Marathon Trail Championships
Nearly eight hundred runners took on the challenge of the Dirty Half Marathon in Bend on Sunday. For the third year in a row, this race has served as the U.S. Half Marathon Trail Championships. Crystal clear blue skies and temps in the low thirties greeted runners as they barreled down the trail towards the Cascade Mountain Range and views of five snow-capped volcanoes. Continue reading
Van Orden named 2011 USA Masters Mountain Runner of the Year
After a year of stellar performances, Tim Van Orden, 43 of Bennington, Vermont was for the second year in a row named the USA Masters Mountain Runner of the Year. But the committee didn’t stop there. They also named Van Orden as the 2011 USA Masters Trail Runner of the Year. Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, The Journey
Tagged Athlete, Championships, Fitness, Hill Running, Mountain Runner of the Year, Mountain Running, National Championships, New Hampshire, Oregon, Race, Running, Trail Runner of the Year, Trail Running, Uphill, Vermont
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2011 USA Trail Series Champion
It’s been a long and expensive year of racing. My goal this year was to compete in all five of the U.S. Trail Running Series races, and with any luck, come in the top 5 overall. The series consists of the four U.S. Trail Championships at 10k, 15k, Half Marathon and Marathon, as well as the U.S. Mountain Running Championships. Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, The Journey, Uncategorized
Tagged 10K, 15k, Ashland, Athlete, Championships, Continental Divide Trail Race, Dirty Half, Half Marathon, Hill Running, Lithia Loop, Marathon, Mountain Running, National Championships, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Race, Running, Trail Running, U.S. Mountain Running Championships, Uphill, Washington
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Van Orden breaks record at Mt. Ashland Hill Climb
The idyllic town of Ashland, Oregon is known for three things; the award winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival, world famous Lithia Park, and one of the best ultra-running trail scenes on the planet. Among the many race offerings to be found here is the Mt. Ashland Hill Climb Run. This event boasts the second largest climb of any mountain running race in the United States. The course gains 5,700 feet in elevation (more than a vertical mile). Only the Pikes Peak Ascent in Colorado climbs higher. Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, The Journey
Tagged Ashland, Athlete, Course Record, Erik Skaggs, Hill Running, Mountain Running, Oregon, Race, Raw, Running, Trail Running, Uphill, Vertical
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Week in Review: July 4th – 10th, 2011
On the training front, this week was ‘scheduled’ as a base builder. The plan was to get my mileage back into the 90’s and then 100’s the following week in preparation for the Mt. Ashland Hill Climb on August 6th. … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, Running Tips, The Journey, Training
Tagged Ascutney, Athlete, Championships, Cross Training, Hill Running, Loon Mountain, Mountain Running, Race, Rest, Road Race, Running, Trail Running, Training, Uphill, Upright Rowing, Vermont
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Week In Review: June 27th – July 3rd, 2011
The best laid plans of mice and men… This week my manly plans had me feeling like a mouse. A mouse that played chicken with the cat…. and lost. This was all thanks to the Cranmore Hill Climb, which served as the U.S. Mountain Running Championships this past Sunday the 26th. Continue reading
Posted in Diet Tips, Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, Running Tips, The Journey, Training
Tagged Hill Running, Jim Johnson, Kasie Enman, Loon, Loon Mountain, Mountain Running, New Hampshire, Race, Running, Tabata, Trail Running, Training, Uphill, Upright Rower, Vertical
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Weekly Training: June 20th – 26th, 2011
Having a great race at Mount Washington last week was a huge confidence builder. Running well on trails is one thing, but to do well in a mountain race you need to have a pair of mountain legs. So heading into the U.S. Mountain Running championships on Sunday, I was confident that I had a chance at another U.S. Masters title. Continue reading
Posted in Plant Powered Athletes, Race Reports, Racing, Running Tips, Tips & Tricks, Training
Tagged Cathedral Ledge, Champion, Championships, Hill Running, Masters, Mountain Running, National Championships, New Hampshire, North Conway, Race, Running, Trail Running, Training, Uphill, Vertical, Whitehorse Cliffs
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Tim VanOrden’s Running Raw Times August 3rd, 2011
Just before the start of the Mount Washington Road Race, the race director informs the anxious crowd that there is nothing to fear, “there is only one hill.” That lone ‘hill’ just happens to be the tallest mountain in the northeast and stands at 6,288 feet high. But nonetheless, it is just one hill. Continue reading →