My Friend Otto

I flew up to Spokane early this morning for some fun family stuff.

My first stop in Spokane is always at my friend Dave "Otto" Mueller's house. Otto and I have been friends for 20 years now. He's a reclusive artist, and has had a tough time with his advanced arthritis, but this year he's been prolific, artwise.

I want to share some of his work in his house which is an art gallery in itself, even though photos can't do justice to:







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Fabulous Trailrunning Media Blitz

My Grandson, at Mud and Muck 5K, being helped by Laurie "Nerdo" Euler.

I've been REALLY BUSY of late, both at work and running. I promise that I'll post some race reports and fantastic photos, soon. Until then...

The Trail Nerds have had some great media coverage, of late. Here are some of the various articles, podcasts, etc:


A Fabulous Newspaper article, Sep 11: Trail Nuts - Pitch


Newspaper Article, Aug 26 - Running Dirty


Endurance Planet - Bad Ben's Chronicles: The Nipple Report
There's nothing that rubs endurance athletes more wrong than raw nipples. Today on Endurance Planet, a Bad Ben's Chronicles edition, we hear from the head trail nerd about how athletes can avoid chafing on those long training runs and races.


Endurance Planet - Bad Ben's Chronicles: Leadville Trail 100 Race Report
Podcast version of a race report from Tony "Semper Fast" Clark. Tony recently completed an especially difficult version of the annual Leadville Trail 100-Mile Run, and some Trail Nerds were there to help out.
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Kyle Amos & Ben Holmes on the Walt Bodine Show: July 2, 2008.
Kyle and Ben answer questions and wax prolific about trail and ultra running on this popular local radio show. This show takes a look at a different kind of distance running as a growing number of people are moving off the pavement and onto the trails. Meet two runners who embrace trail running over distances up to 100 miles. Hear why they prefer this particular form and what makes them run these "ultra" distances. 1-hour long.
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Video: A family of mud-slingers at the Mud and Muck run.