Someone asked me about him and got me wondering. It seems like he hasn't raced that much lately. I did notice he was 4th at the White River 50 miler in late July. He skipped the North Face 50 miler of last Sat. which attracted a lot of the usual ultra suspects due to the $10K prize.
I assume that he must have had some injury problems over the past couple years, but he must be either coming back from them or over them to run 4th at White River. I also read that he became a vegan and spends like 3 hours cooking per day, which might not leave much time for running. Maybe he just decided it was time to move on to other interests.
Anybody out there know?