Beast Coast Trail Running Scott Snell

I am a Midwesterner (Quad Cities) who relocated to the East Coast (NJ) in 2006. I have been interested in trail running since before I realized I was a fan of running. Some of my most vivid and pleasant childhood memories are of sprinting on a dirt trail imagining I was Indiana Jones escaping from the Temple of Doom. Things have changed a bit since then, but not completely. I still do a good amount of imagining and daydreaming while trail running, but for the most part at a more sustainable pace. 
I ran my first marathon in 2009. I began training for what I hoped to be my first ultramarathon in 2013. Unfortunately, as I began to increase my mileage I was hindered by an unrelenting pain in my hip every time I ran which lasted for several days following the run. After several visits with the doctor, x-rays, an MRI, and a visit with a surgeon I decided corrective surgery was the best option. This channel will tell the stories of my adventures afterwards.