by nlewis | May 21, 2025 | Running
7 hour race on the local trails out at Palos — second place by a hair! Together we set the course record at 10 laps of the 4.5 mile course, just squeezed the last lap in with less than 5 minutes to spare. Second place by something like a minute at the end.
by nlewis | Oct 17, 2024 | Running
First hundred miler in the bank! Smashed it at Hennepin. 8th overall, 3rd in age group, just under 18 hours. It was super hot all afternoon, so it was a matter of troubleshooting all day – managing heat, fluids and nutrition. I succeeded in not burning myself to...
by nlewis | Jul 2, 2024 | Conferences, Running
A lot of activity this June with two 100K races and a great CMDS conference in York. Kettle Moraine 100K at the beginning of the month was fantastic, won my age group and 10th overall! I was planning on taking it easier in the first half then pushing harder on the way...
by nlewis | Nov 27, 2023 | Running
Dead Horse 50M finish, first 50M attempt. Amazingly beautiful environment just north of Canyonlands. The course was certainly more technical than I was anticipating, but that was maybe down to wishful thinking on my part when I read the course description. Struggled...
by nlewis | Oct 9, 2023 | Running
Great time this weekend in my second running of Chicago — always fun to see the city from a new perspective. Finished right on target in 3:14:27, didn’t try to do too much and nailed my nutrition plan. The weather cooled off perfectly right on time!
by nlewis | Jul 3, 2023 | Conferences, Running
Just got back from a fantastic TRVS in Amsterdam. It was a great conference, lots of exciting talks and some great conversations at the poster sessions. I gave a talk on development of 2D IR spectroelectrochemistry and a poster on water vibrational dynamics in...