Darren Van Soye

At the finish line of every ultra race, I always do the same thing. I promise my wife I’m swearing off the stuff. I usually say something like “That was terrible… I’m never going to race again!” A few days after my last race in January (Avalon 50), my wife noticed that I was on [...]

Summary
As the days grow short and the temperature drops, you may find you aren’t exercising as much as you were just a few months ago. In this post, I review three “Tricks of the Trade” that will help you to safely run in the dark whatever the season.
Introduction
Many people drop their running routine late [...]

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Story: Ran with OCTR (Orange County Trail Runners; see octrailrunners.org) this weekend. Met in San Juan Capastrano at 5:30am. Carpooled up Ortega Highway to the trailhead. We actually started running (in the dark) at 6am.
The first part of the journey was all up. We walked… [...]