Hi, I’m Joe. I am a fitness trainer and trail runner living in Austin, TX.

This blog is intended to connect with my fellow trail runners via my experiences in training and at races, reviewing running products and sharing what nutrition strategies work for me. Running an ultramarathon is something one could categorize as “crazy”, “stupid” or “special”.  In reality it really does take a special kind of person to be willing to put their body thru the kind of stress an ultramarathon places on it.  This by no means invalidates any other type of running or distance of race…I’ll just say that ultramarathoners are well….different! The posts you find here are only intended to share what has worked for me and are by no means a definitive answer to each runner’s specific circumstances.  I encourage you to seek your own knowledge but hope that I can still impart some level of wisdom or at least inspiration into your own fitness journey! Enjoy!