Hell yes! Buried in my Amazon box full of gels. #bm100

So this is happening.

Don't get stuck in comparison mode. Don't look fondly at the glory days and think that they hold some secret to success. It worked in that moment. That moment is now gone. Focus on what you can do in the moment to get better.

If you ever need your faith restored in humanity, go spectate an ultramarathon.

My latest Substack trying to reconcile the fulfillment of success with the drive for cheating.

Checkout my latest post on Substack.

I’m doing a thing over on Substack where I am trying to combine my background in mental health and philosophy with my running addiction. If you’re inclined, check it out. substack.com/@ohionightru...

Can confirm. Really shows how much this administration values #veterans mental health care. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u...

Kelly Haupin sharing a bit about her #bm100

An NPR investigation uncovered 40,000 vets facing foreclosure due to a VA mistake. A rescue program is helping many of them, but others fear being left out if Congress cuts this new lifeline.

Maxx Gaudine’s reflection on his time Out There. #bm100

Casey Thivierge was one of the brave souls Out There this past week. #bm100

Kris Rugloski’s take on her time Out There #bm1001

John Kelly with some course info for #bm100

When #bm100 is a team sport.

Another bad luck story. #bm100

Tough out for Max King. In case you hadn’t seen elsewhere. #bm100

#bm100 2025

My training log looking at me now that #bm100 is over.

The 2025 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

The course won. #bm100

Tick, tick, tick… #bm100

Regardless of the outcome, I can’t wait to here the stories from out there this year. #bm100

A bit better pace than yesterday. #bm100

We won’t know for sure for some time, but looking over @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social’s sheet, if indeed we have a fellow Ohioan that started, and we know it’s not Harvey, wondering if it was Massillon’s own Arlen Glick??? Would be huge! #bm100

#frenchconnection #bm100

Japanese Laz looking for a Fun Run. #bm100

The brutality is real #bm100

This is what we get for having 8 finishers in the last two years. #bm100

The toll mounts #bm100

The names are no longer being changed to protect the innocent. #bm100

Might be a busy morning for Petros’s finest #bm100

Can we get this on a T-shirt? #bm100

More than I thought would still be out there when I called it a night. Good morning #bm100. Welcome to Day 2. Hoping I’m wrong, but history says we won’t be doing this much longer.

Meatgrinder was added. Testicle spectacle, meth lab hill, and danger Dave’s wall were removed and replaced with the reintroduction of Little Hell. Only added about 800 feet of climbing per loop but made navigation harder and most runners now call meatgrinder the worst climb on the course. #bm100

This is prepandemic-level carnage. This isn’t quite your father’s #bm100, but maybe like your uncles, if it’s your dad’s youngest brother.

…and hope fades #bm100

Over a 10 hours for loop 1 usually doesn’t bode well for 4 more loops. #bm100

This is the thing that all the top performers have learned in the last couple years: No lingering in the interloopal. I imagine the support is at the gate and operating like an F1 pit crew. #bm100

I’ve been getting serious 2015 vibes for the past half hour. #bm100

Yep. And 2.5 hours to get from the Fire Tower to the Gate going clockwise. Quite peculiar. #bm100

Hope abounds #bm100

One thing about finishing in the dark, if you’re up against the cutoff, you will think loooonnng & hard about going back out in the dark. History tells us this. The mental game of #bm100 is no joke.

The hard truth #bm100

As a point of reference, it’s now dark in Frozen Head. #bm100

The first drop went almost five miles in six hours; the second drop made it ~ seven miles in seven hours or so. #BM100

Tomo!!!!????? #bm100

Arulien, Sebastian, and John, maybe??? #bm100

With seemingly ideal weather, this seems like a harbinger of woe. Laz must have served up something dastardly this year. #bm100

The second runner has faced the bugler. #BM100