The Struggle Itself

The Struggle Itself is my blog where I explore my relationship with ultra-endurance sports, training, racing, and pushing myself to my limits out in the mountains, and how those experiences reshape how I understand myself.

  • The TBF 50 Mile Mountain Bike Race

    The TBF 50 Mile Mountain Bike Race

    This post was originally published to a now-archived version of this blog. Yesterday, I was going through some old emails, and came across my race report from my first real introduction to endurance racing: The TBF 50, a 50 mile mountain bike race in Granite Bay that I completed when I was 16. In terms…