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February 24, 2020 Brandon Chase

New Gear Roundup: What I’m Testing in 2020

[disclosure] Every year, a few things get added to my gear rotation and a few get subtracted. It’s an iterative

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January 9, 2020 Brandon Chase

Next Race: Ultra Trail d’Angkor (64k) – Cambodia

My debut race for 2020 will be Ultra Trail d’Angkor’s “Bayon Trail”, a 64km route around Siem Reap’s famous Angkor

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November 20, 2019 Brandon Chase

In Search of Superlative Shorts

[disclosure] I spend a preposterous amount of time wearing shorts. Unless there’s a blizzard, I’m at the office, or visiting

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September 29, 2019 Brandon Chase

Gear Review: The Cutaway by Nashville Pack & Equipment Company

This article first appeared on TheTrek. There is an undeniable influence on thru-hiking from the ultrarunning community, as evidenced by

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April 24, 2019 Brandon Chase

How and Why to Run the Kepler Track

It’s no secret that New Zealand is home to some of the world’s most amazing nature. Woven among the many

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April 14, 2019 Brandon Chase

Race Report: Altra 50k Skyrun – New Zealand

Link: Race & Registration Information I’ve just returned from a spectacular trip to New Zealand where I spent three weeks

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March 9, 2019 Brandon Chase

Next Race: Altra 50k Skyrun – New Zealand

Coming off a successful and wildly entertaining race in Thailand in January, I had my sights set on another race

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February 5, 2019 Brandon Chase

Race Report: The North Face 100 (50k) – Thailand

Link: Race & Registration Information I’ve just returned from my trip to Thailand where I partook in the North Face

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October 25, 2018 Brandon Chase

Why I Hired a Running Coach

I started running in 2014 as I trained for the Mount Desert Island Marathon while living in Egypt. I had never

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July 10, 2018 Brandon Chase

Weekly Trail Update #14: FINISH!

Welcome back for another trail update! Day 93: Campsite at mm2064.2 to Monson, ME – 12.2mi As expected, it rained

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The 2nd Annual Fall Trail Rally was a blast! 🍂🚵‍♂️ The 2nd Annual Fall Trail Rally was a blast! 🍂🚵‍♂️🏃‍♂️

This year, we really wanted to make it feel more like a grassroots trail party than a race weekend: a chance to slow things down, hang out, and enjoy the trails together.

More than 30 people joined us over two days to ride bikes, run, eat together, and explore two different trail systems in the Katahdin region, with an awesome raffle to cap it all off.

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make the weekend such a good one!
Back at the Megunticook 50K for the third time and Back at the Megunticook 50K for the third time and my first since 2022. 

This course is every bit as hard as I remembered: plenty of climbing, technical trail, and some great views mixed in. Fun to come back a few years later and see that the work has paid off.

Finished with a 32-minute PR from my last time here. I’ll take it! ⛰️🌲🏃‍♂️

📸 @joevigerphoto @megunticooktrailfestival
A perfect day of guiding up Cathedral to Baxter Pe A perfect day of guiding up Cathedral to Baxter Peak! Big views and great company 🤘🏻
A few very full days in NYC with @anrope -- biking A few very full days in NYC with @anrope -- biking around the city, the Met, rooftop sunsets, excellent food, and later nights than I’m used to. We packed a lot into a long weekend!
VO₂ max test in NYC last week. Scored a 62.9 (99th VO₂ max test in NYC last week. Scored a 62.9 (99th percentile for my age), up from 56 last year.

I’ve always liked having objective ways to measure fitness beyond race times and how I feel day to day. VO₂ max isn’t everything, but it’s a useful snapshot of aerobic fitness—and one of the things I’m hoping to maintain as long as possible.

Mostly just happy to see that the running, biking, hiking, and generally spending a lot of time outside seem to be working.

Also, running to exhaustion while breathing through this thing is about as enjoyable as it looks.
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