Table of Contents
Introduction: What’s the Password?
1 In Defense of 3:00 a.m. Registrations
2 It’s All Uphill from Here
3 Davy Crockett, Dust Storms, and a Bag Full of Poop
4 How Did I Get Here? And Where Are My Shoes?
5 Uphill, Both Ways, in Jorts
6 A Helluva Race in a Helluva Town
7 Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed
8 That’s a Horrible Idea. What Time?
9 Feels Like Home
10 One Mile at a Time
11 Lay It All Bare
12 Back Story
13 Stay Weird, San Francisco
14 And Jill Came Tumbling After
15 Thank Hell for Little Girls
16 Get Off My Back
17 The Ultimate Human Race
Epilogue: Open Sesame
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
A YEAR OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE
SEPT
Huntsville Marathon (#1) | Huntsville, UT
Red Bull 400 | Park City, UT
OCT
Pony Express Trail 50 | Faust, UT
DEC
Across the Years | Phoenix, AZ
JAN
La Farola Run | Havana, Cuba
FEB
Empire State Building Run-Up | New York City, NY
MAR
Coffin Race | Nederland, CO
Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Run | Flagstaff, AZ
APR
Salt Lake City Marathon | Salt Lake City, UT
Grand Blue Mile | Des Moines, IA
MAY
Caliente Bare Dare 5K | Land O’ Lakes, FL
USA Network’s Storytellers Project | Phoenix, AZ
Bay to Breakers | San Francisco, CA
Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll | Gloucester, England
JUN
Girls on the Run Camp | Salt Lake City, UT
Midwest Wife Carrying Championship | Frederick, SD
Comrades Marathon | Durban, South Africa
SEPT
Huntsville Marathon (#2) | Huntsville, UT