Viktoria Brown Triathlete RSS

Driving to the race on Friday I was determined to win this one or at least go far enough to make it to the Canadian Team for Big's in October. I estimated that going 37 hours long should be enough to get in but 40 would definitely get the job done. I would have really liked to get to 48 but that is a very challenging goal so there was little chance I could actually do it. I still wanted to try. A backyard ultra is a race format where you run 6.7km / 4.1 miles every hour on the...

My first goal race of the year was 6 Days In The Dome. I've never finished a 6-day race before and my main goal was to just finish the full race, regardless of the results. Of course I had my eyes on records and even very high records, but I had no idea what was realistic on a first shot and as I learned, the right approach is to just get through the first one and learn as much as you can. I had a plan that wasn't great, but again, I didn't know any better. For next time, I...

My second trail race went much better than the first one did! Back then I said I won't ever race on trails again (race report of my first trail ultra) but you know how these things go for us, endurance athletes ...  There were, again, a bunch of different reasons I wanted to do this race, and unlike Ultrabalaton this was approached as a pure training run, not even a day off training that week, just rolling into it from full build for the 6-day race that is coming up in 3 weeks. The event was local which made logistics...

I will do this in reverse order, and write my Ultrabalaton race report before the Boston Marathon race report - if I ever get to that haha... I have another race in 5 days (Sulphur Springs 100 mile trail) and then my "A" race 3 weeks later (6 Days In The Dome) so we'll see. The lead-up to this race was shaky at best, but since it wasn't an "A" race (that is, target race for the season) but rather a preparation race, I wasn't too worried. I ran the Boston Marathon 2 weeks earlier, which is fine in terms of...

WOW - so I did it! I don't even know where to start this report, the whole 3 days seem to be just a big blur so far, but I will try to peel back as much as I can dig out from my memory. Let's start with a little perspective. This race was not a goal in itself but a stop on the way in my quest for a 6-day record. I'm so new to ultrarunning (I've been doing it for less than 18 months) that I felt that I needed a bit more experience before jumping into another...