obligatory year end 2014-by-the-numbers-and-other-stuff note

(originally posted as a Facebook note on 31 December 2014 .)

Things I learned:

"Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time." — Johann Wolfgang Van Geothe

Race Report: Strikhedonia--Georgia Sky to Summit 50K

(Originally posted as a Facebook note on 15 November 2014.)

(I don't usually write race reports.  A few of you asked for this.  Pardon my out-of-practice writing skills. 
For my American readers--please forgive the use of the metric system.)

Race Report: Tour de Tirol

Originally posted as a Facebook post on October 5, 2014.

Alan: here’s what you missed:

 

Post Trailstoke/Canadian Death Race/Iron Legs Binge Ramble.

(Originally posted on my Facebook wall on 17 August 2014.)

I've never been one to write full-blown race reports more than a few words as I've never seen the need to have proper documentation of my tales of badass racery (I find hearsay or uncited rumors work so much better), or to remember what I need to repeat or improve at my future races (I mostly run to sustain my perverse love of scotch, and because I can't afford a therapist); however, after finishing Iron Legs yesterday and witnessing a ridiculous show of community and sense of accomplishment, I am compelled to offload a few memories and thoughts, and to issue some well-deserved gratitude: