Jeremy's Blog

Sometimes Excel is stupid so the formats aren't all consistent... enjoy! Mileage: 388.39 miles Average Race Mileage: 17.7 miles Total Time: 76 hours, 23 minutes, 42 seconds (3 and 1/6 days). Also, 275,022 seconds Average Mile Pace: 11:49 (Stupid ultras) Fastest Mile: 5:40. 3 miles under 6 minutes Slowest Mile: Death Climb mile, Dam 50k (after I saw 30 minutes on my watch I stopped looking) Terrapin Mountain. Right before the 3-mile road uphill section. 21 timed races, 2 untimed races (but I kept the time for Kings Island Glow Run) Volunteered at 7 Races (a little over 3 races to every 1 volunteer, going to work on that in future) 2 Mud Races: Tough Mudder Virginia, Spartan Sprint Virginia 8 Ultramarathons 3 loop courses: Holliday Lake has 2, Odyssey Ultra 40-miler had 3, and Devil Dog 100k had 3 1 st Overall Win: Blossom to Bottle 5k (also my slowest 5k of the year…) 2 nd Place Age Group: Summer Race Series 2 Inaugural Races: Dam 50k, ...

Holiday Lake 50k, Loop 1 I am a distance runner, and I have been since Fall 2011 when I ran my first marathon. I stepped up to the ultra-running distance in April 2014 with my first Promise Land 50k finish. This spring, I ran four 50k’s (Holiday Lake, Terrapin Mountain, Dam 50k, and Promise Land again). That brings my total up to a round 5 ultra’s finished and it also makes me a Triple Crown finisher and ¾ the way done with the Lynchburg Ultra Series (LUS). Here are my remaining races for the fall; I hope to see some of y’all out there! Sat Aug 27: Kennedy Mile at Linkhorne Track in Lynchburg, VA – A timed mile to benefit Kennedy Rylin Osmulski who suffers from a rare genetic neuromuscular disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). My goal is to break my mile PR of 5:20. Sat Sep 3: Iron Mountain 16-miler in Damascus, VA Sat Sep 10: Odyssey Trail Running Rampage 40-miler in Douthat State Park, VA. Longest race to date. Sun Sep 11: James River Splash n’ Da...

I DISLIKE cleaning. I’m the person whose room is an “organized chaos”. By that I mean that I know where everything is, but everybody calls it “messy”. I’m also the person who lets the dishes/laundry pile up until nothing clean is left. So, unsurprisingly, I hadn’t cleaned the bathroom in a while. (Side note: I share the bathroom, so I’m not solely to blame here) I tackled the project recently. As expected the bathroom was a little dirty… especially the shower Disclaimer: Not our actual shower. Stock image. After taking the picture, I realized just how dirty the shower was. Looking back, there was never a moment where I exclaimed, “Wow! The shower is FILTHY. Let me clean it NOW.” The dirtiness accumulated over time. Just like sin. Just like MY sin. Rarely does sin just happen. Usually a slippery slope of events leads to the act. Adultery starts with lustful thoughts and inappropriate conversations/jokes. The thief doesn’t start with grand theft auto. And small...