Words from Laz
Posts from Lazarus Lake about the courses and journey running.
Apr 7, 2026GVRAT 2026 (R3) – the great american road tripYou will run across classic Great Plains country from the Missouri–Kansas border all the way into the high plains of southeastern Colorado, passing working farm towns, wide…
Apr 18, 2025GVRAT 2025 (R2) – the great american road triptwo great highways across america were opened in 1926; US route 50 and US route 66. road trips across the country on these two great highways were a staple adventure for the…
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Apr 1, 2024GVRAT 2024Q: will there be a GVRAT in 2024Q2: what about a virtual transcon?.A1 and A2: yes!.while the internet has been pretty quietme and durb and naresh have been working at this…
May 19, 2023Consistency will be the keyIf you want to build miles, consistency is everything. I learned that in the early 1980s when we went from 1 or 2 ultras a year within driving range to 1 a month. I thought all…
Apr 16, 2023Greetings aspiring RATS and welcome to the great journey of 2023.We will be following in the footsteps of history. The ground we will walk on was created over the last 450 million years, as the southern part of the North American Continent…
Apr 1, 2023Trace? What Trace????So lets talk about the GVRAT this year (Great Virtual Race Along the Trace) . Trace? What Trace???? . After three years and three meaningful courses across Tennessee, I was…
May 26, 2021forever gearWe have one week to go in May, and for those of you who are pursuing a goal that will take all four months to reach, the journey has truly begun. I felt it yesterday. That…
May 24, 2021Do the right thing.We don’t set our standards by what other people do. This is what I was taught at home. It was drilled in me by my coaches growing up. These are the basic lessons I tried to…
May 20, 2021the old wolf hunts with the teeth he’s gotIt is easy to relate to those of you who are a little rattled by the numbers some of these people up front are throwing down. I spent a lot of my running career struggling with…
May 19, 2021When the days are easy and the miles fly bywhen the days are easy and the miles fly by; you look at that map and you want to hurry. stick to your plan and do what you can. because you are flesh and blood not a…
May 16, 2021The hardest stepInertia is your enemy. Inertia is your friend. inertia is the property of bodies that are at rest to remain at rest, and inertia is the property of bodies that are in motion to…
May 13, 2021Ramping UpThis is for a whole lot of you. maybe in the thousands, who have not done something like this before. Some of you have been cautious, running below the average required, and…
May 8, 2021take care of your feet!For you newbies to this journey running thing, you are now a week into your trek. For many of you that week has only carried you from the start at the tip of the state, and…
May 5, 2021Day 5 – Now, what is your choice?This is for those of you (and there are a lot of you) who are trying to do something beyond what you have ever done before…. Today is a critical day. Day 5. (depending on your…
Feb 5, 2021FoundationsBy: Gary Cantrell For more than 30 years I was a drystone mason, building rock walls without mortar. It was a very pleasurable, if somewhat arduous profession. The pace and…