Traveling to India Day 1 & 2 – Planes, layovers, and customs The journey to any foreign country always tends to be filled with excitement, a bit of apprehension, hope, and often a very long travel experience to arrive at the destination. The HOPE61 trip consisted of Rob DeCou from Los Angeles California a HOPE61…
As we all lined up for the start of the La Cuesta run this past Saturday morning at 8:00am race director Luis Escobar with his usual keen sense of humor and irony announces, “If you all don’t like hills or cows… you’re going to have a really tough day ahead of you”. The La Cuesta…
One of the mentors and the race directors that I look up to the most is Luis Escobar. He has a community engagement, empowerment, and joyful spirit that is tough not to be drawn to and make you want to be a part of his events. The Red Rock 50 mile race this past weekend…
Starting his training for Uberman, the world’s toughest endurance race, Rob DeCou competes in the 24 Hour World Time Trial Championships in Borrego Springs, CA with very little preparation. In 2016 Rob rode 3000 miles across country to complete the Race Across America. After that he sold his bikes and focused on endurance running and…
One of my favorite runs that I’ve ever taken part of was the Hood to Coast relays from Mt. Hood to Seaside Oregon. Which is approximately 197 miles spread between a team of 12 runners. I competed in Hood to Coast for 5 years in a row on team “The Fit, the Fat, and the…
On a Wednesday October 16th I noticed a post from my good friend and incredible race director Luis Escobar asking for a couple suckers, I mean volunteers to drive out to Death Valley a few days later on the 18th for a photo shoot for some upcoming projects he’s working on. I quickly checked my…
On October 9th and 10th I had the opportunity to crew for Adam Sully-Powers on his Uberman journey for 2019. In 2015 I remember doing a similar activity with Joan Deitchman on her solo Race Across America journey where I had the opportunity to accompany her as a crew member and gain unbelievable amounts of…
The “Back On The Ranch Trail Run” on Saturday, October 5 was my first opportunity to gauge where I am at with speed endurance. It was my first “A” race of the year and my first chance to push my new training mentality of practicing and preparing to race, as opposed to training to finish,…
The swim Saturday July 20th from Dungeness Spit to just off the shores of Victoria Harbour was such a breakthrough for me as an ultra athlete I find myself filled with joy and appreciation not just for my mind, body, and spirit holding up better then I could have ever imagined but also from the…
The adventure started in Los Angeles with the crew trickling in on different flights. Luke Rafferty, videographer for the trip, was the first to fly in, and we went directly to a presentation to a group of students at Mar Vista Family Center on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, Holly Cunningham arrived in the late afternoon,…
Faith, Hope, & Living an Abundant no-fear life To start off I need to confess. I’m not a fast enough rider to complete the Race Across America in the time allotted. I knew this going in and it would play out as I went. The riders of this years Race Across America found out about…
The weekend at Borrego Springs went very well for me this past weekend on my new Cruzbike Vendetta. I switched from my ultra-trail running schedule to cycling this past July. Over the past four months I have slowly been getting myself ready for this last weekend as a launching pad for my higher mileage training…