My first ten years1982 to 1992 I came to planet Earth Turned 1 · 1983 Turned 2 · 1984 Turned 3 · 1985 Turned 4 · 1986 Turned 5 · 1987 Turned 6 · 1988 Turned 7 · 1989 Turned 8 · 1990 Turned 9 · 1991
My teens1992 to 2002 Turned 10 · 1992 Turned 11 · 1993 Turned 12 · 1994 Turned 13 · 1995 Turned 14 · 1996 Turned 15 · 1997 Turned 16 · 1998 Turned 17 · 1999 Turned 18 · 2000 Turned 19 · 2001
My twenties2002 to 2012 Turned 20 · 2002 Turned 21 · 2003 Turned 22 · 2004 Turned 23 · 2005 Turned 24 · 2006 Turned 25 · 2007 Dream come true - First trip to the USA First Black Friday First visit to New York City Turned 26 · 2008 Obsessed with Running! Registered for my first Full Marathon First marathon - Hyderabad Marathon Flying Monkey Marathon Turned 27 · 2009 Flying Monkey Marathon Half, Full, 50K and 50M Running in the snow! My Five Fingers - Keep Stuff Out Trail of Tears! Hill training - Percy Warner Park Frost Bite – Half Marathon Mercedes Marathon First Ultra Marathon - Black Warrior 50K Land Between the Lakes 50 Miler Oak Mountain 50K Andrew Jackson Marathon Country Music Marathon – A race against the tornado and more! Strolling Jim 40 miles Scenic City Trail Marathon The Blister in the Sun Marathon Chennai Runners ECR Half Marathon 2010 Tupelo Marathon Bartlett Park Ultras 50 mi My first Volunteering experience! Winchester Southern Tennessee Plunge Nashville Ultra 50 mi Laz Backyard Ultra 50K Turned 28 · 2010 State Your Intention 24 - 50K Flying Monkey Marathon First 100 mi race - Bartram Forest 100 Mile Dirk's Fat Ass 50K Mountain Mist 50K Sultan 50K ICY 8HR ATR Louisville Lovin The Hills 50K Destin 50K Beach Ultra Mount Cheaha 50K Land Between the Lakes 50 Miler Maniac# 3502 Oak Mountain 50K Georgia Marathon Fall Creek Falls - Spring Tour SweetH2O 50K Strolling Jim 40 miles ALT 50K Long Cane 50K Black Mountain Monster 24Hr Run Under The Stars - Paducah 10hrs The Last Vol State 500KM Road Race – I’m IN First multi-day ultra - Vol State 500K Bloody 11W 100 Mile Warrior Dash 5K Hinson Lake 24hrs Stump Jump 50K Cumberland Trail 50K Big Dog Backyard Ultra Natchez Trace – Fall 2011 Turned 29 · 2011 Flying Monkey Marathon Foothills Trail Ultra 77 Mile Bartram Forest 100 Mile RFH 50K Skydive– And the Indian Flying Monkey Flew Land Between The Lakes Marathon Fall Creek Falls 50K The Barkley Marathons Toeing the line at Barkley, 2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon Strolling Jim 40 miles May Mountain Madness Marathon Bernheim Trail Marathon Run Under The Stars - Paducah 10hrs Jackal Trail Marathon Backass Jackal Marathon Bloody 11W 111 Mile On top of Half Dome Run d'Amore
My thirties2012 to 2022 Turned 30 · 2012 New Year at Mt Diablo, California San Bruno Mountain 50 Mi Razorback Endurance Race 100 Ruth Anderson 50 Mile Born to Run Ultra 50K Peak to beach: Mt Whitney, then the Big Basin 50K The John Muir Trail, 130 miles in 3 days Half Dome, in sandals Turned 31 · 2013 Run d'Amore New Year at Half Dome, Yosemite Set off from Cape Reinga on Te Araroa Turned 32 · 2014 Almost forgot my birthday on Te Araroa Home is behind, the world ahead Finished Te Araroa at Bluff New Year at Mt Ngaruhoe (Mt Doom), New Zealand Razorback Endurance Race 50 My third Half Dome summit Finished Paris-Brest-Paris The Wild Atlantic Way A night on the Cliffs of Moher Black Forest cake in the Black Forest Turned 33 · 2015 New Year in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India A ride with Greg LeMond Tongariro: one does not simply camp in Mordor A busted knee on the Hillary Trail I'm going on an adventure The Queenstown Classic and the Mountain Goat Northburn 100 Northburn 100 mi Lake Tekapo, the Routeburn and Sefton Bivy Routeburn Classic, in sandals all the way Autumn in Queenstown Into the wild in Alaska The Great Naseby Water Race 160K The simple life in Montana A week on the Backyard trail with Laz Turned 34 · 2016 New Year in Tongariro National Park Set off from Cape Reinga on Freedom Seat New Zealand Freedom Seat New Zealand reaches Bluff On stage at PechaKucha Night Wanaka 6000 miles with the Bedrock crew Turned 35 · 2017 New Year at Sentinel Dome, Yosemite Indian Pacific Wheel Race Finished the Indian Pacific Wheel Race at the Sydney Opera House Run Under The Stars - Paducah 10hrs Tasmania: the Blade, and a No from Cradle Mountain Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan Turned 36 · 2018 New Year at Nag Tibba Peak, Uttarakhand, India Set off from Chennai on Freedom Seat Freedom Seat reaches Hamburg Silk Road Mountain Race Finished the Silk Road Mountain Race Teacher's Peak: Uchitel, 4,540 m Turned 37 · 2019 New Year at Mount Magazine, Arkansas Turned 38 · 2020 Tunnel Hill Marathon New Year at Lake of the Ozarks Turned 39 · 2021 Proposed at Grand Canyon Got married On the other side of the gate: Barkley, 2022 Heart of the South: 327 miles from Kentucky to Georgia Last Annual Heart of the South Barkley Fall Classic The Backyard Ultra World Team Championship, 2022 Tunnel Hill 100: under 24 hours on my birthday Tunnel Hill 100
My forties2022 to 2032 Turned 40 · 2022 Flying Monkey Marathon New Year at Guadalupe Peak Louisville Lovin The Hills 50K Barkley chicken chef, 2023 Run Under The Stars - Paducah 10hrs The Last Annual Third Circle of Hell: 371 miles Last Annual Third Circle of Hell Witnessing Big's Backyard Ultra Turned 41 · 2023 New Year at Cliff Cave County Park Louisville Lovin' the Hills 50K The finish line at Barkley, 2024 Home in New Zealand Costa Rica diaries Pedaling 4 Freedom, Astoria to Washington Finished Pedaling 4 Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial Promoted to fatherhood Mahima is here National Daughters Day Tunnel Hill 100 - 50 Miler Turned 42 · 2024 A finish line photo Mahi's first snow New Year at Castlewood State Park These past months Run Under The Stars - Paducah 10hrs Her first trip around the sun Back to Alaska after nine years Tunnel Hill Ultra 100Km Turned 43 · 2025 New Year at Grass Valley, California The first sunrise of the year Mahi and the polar bear Barkley won, 2026 There is no finish: the World Team Championship, 2026 This week This week is still being written. If I live to 90, there are 2,393 weeks after it: each one a chance to do what I want to do.
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My sixties2042 to 2052 60 · 2042 61 · 2043 62 · 2044 63 · 2045 64 · 2046 65 · 2047 66 · 2048 67 · 2049 68 · 2050 69 · 2051
My seventies2052 to 2062 70 · 2052 71 · 2053 72 · 2054 73 · 2055 74 · 2056 75 · 2057 76 · 2058 77 · 2059 78 · 2060 79 · 2061
My eighties2062 to 2072 80 · 2062 81 · 2063 82 · 2064 83 · 2065 84 · 2066 85 · 2067 86 · 2068 87 · 2069 88 · 2070 89 · 2071
