Cavemen would've made great adventure racers . This thought came to me on my run this morning (yes, my feet have recovered to the point where running isn't painful . . . now if only my GI tract would get past all the unfiltered water I drank down in Tierra del Fuego . . .). Here's a photo...

I bought a new Princeton Tec Apex 3 headlamp, their nice waterproof model, and trained with it a bit before heading down to Patagonia. Here is a detailed review of the Apex: http://flashlightreviews.com/reviews/pt_apex.htm . The Apex is great and I thought I had the light issue under control. While my...

Before too much time passes, I need to get some thoughts down about the Patagonia Race. When I next tackle a big race like this, I will be able to refer to these notes and *hopefully* learn from prior experience! This will be an ongoing stream-of-consciousness sort of thing, spread across many blog posts...