The dust has settled on another year at FUEGO Y AGUA NICARAGUA and my third trip to the island of Ometepe is complete. Now settled comfortably back in the United States in a smog filled Salt Lake City I can take the time to reflect on FUEGO Y AGUA NICARAGUA.......
Friday night’s sleep and Saturday’s morning wakeup all seemed to be one big blur. Around 3am we were up, ready to watch the Survival Runners start their race while us ultra runners had a more leisurely 5:00am start time. Knowing beforehand the beginning of the Survival Run I knew it......
Friday morning arrived after a relatively sleepless night in the bunk room. My sleeping bag is rated for colder climate sleeping, I found myself sleeping on the plastic mattress more than in the sleeping bag and used my bag full of clothing as a pillow. Definitely my needs for luxury......
Many races I attend you fly in, run around and quickly fly out, much of the time spent in hotels, going from meal to meal with sometimes a few fellow racers. The Fuego y Agua events are much different than is typical scenario and have a very tribal feel to......
As I ran down the trail solo, said hello to more locals, at one point I reached a gate not knowing if I had gone off course or not I ran back, found a farmer and he thankfully confirmed I had been going the right way. I turned around and......