august 17 day 100 26 miles total 2,637 after a day that started out with the excitement of running down the 100 marathon split in the cool morning, the reality of the idaho desert made itself known. the rapid progress of the morning gave way to a depressing slog in the afternoon. i have to admit i struggled today. actually i was surprised to reach the home stretch in reach of my goal for the Read more…
so i just passed 2,620 miles. pending john price wheeling the course i am calling this my 100 marathon pr. since this is not a race it doesn’t mean anything to anyone else, but i am pleased to have broken 100 days. maybe another 20 or 30 marathons and i will have really done something. laz 08/17/2018
august 16 day 99 27 miles total 2,611 “where are you going?” a passing car had stopped and the driver got out to talk to me. “newport oregon.” “i started in newport rhode island!” “i knew something was up.” “i went on a 3 day fishing trip and i saw you in dubois. on the way back i saw you climbing teton pass. the next morning i saw you in victor… and i told myself Read more…
august 15 day 98 29 miles total 2,584 this was my best day in a while. but i was inspired by the amazing scenery. first it was the beautiful big hole mountains. then, when i hit the main highway, it was the snake river cutting thru layers and layers of lava deposits left when the yellowstone caldera passed thru. it was amazing to see all the different kinds of lava that had been deposited at Read more…
august 14 day 97 26 miles total 2,555 have you ever heard of the big hole mountains? up until today neither had i. they ought to have been named the sucker punch mountains… my plan for the day was to finish off the last 2 miles of teton pass, and then use the journey down to kick off a relaxing and potentially low mileage day. i have been whipping myself thru the mountains, and after Read more…
august 13 day 96 28 miles total 2,529 there is a new bad boy on the lazcon course. the climb to teton pass is a bear! i had to stop with about a mile to go, but i reached the top of the worst grades. i just ran out of time. would have easily made it over the top, and almost to idaho… if i had not gotten lost in jackson. that’s what i get Read more…
august 12 day 95 28 miles total 2,501 i felt sort of silly taking a 2500 mile time. after all, as i have heard so often; if you ain’t done 2600 you ain’t done nothing… but i did it anyway since i don’t expect to do another 2500 real soon. today was a very nice day, no major climbs and absorbing what i had seen of the wind river mountains while learning a lot about Read more…
august 11 day 94 27 miles total 2,473 this morning i finished the high passes in the wind river mountains, playing around climbing and descending between 8000 and 9000 feet for way too long before finally making one last push to the big boy. in addition to hitting the high point for the journey, i crossed my second continental divide! for the first time since crossing the missouri into nebraska, me and the water are Read more…