in this issue
PUBLISHER’S LETTER 6
VIEW 9
TRAINING 10
NUTRITION 12
SCIENCE of running 14
PROFILE 16
MILESTONES 18
CALENDAR 97
RUN GENTLY
OUT THERE 108
feature
100 MILERS 20
WESTERN STATES 22
VERMONT 29
HARDROCK 32
BIGHORN 36
TAHOE RIM TRAIL 42
KETTLE MORAINE 46
OLD DOMINION 48
MEMORIAL
SULPHUR SPRINGS 49
OLD DOMINION 49
MOHICAN 51
BADWATER 135 54
race results & reports
AFTON TRAIL RUN 80
ANGEL ISLAND 50 KM 96
BETHEL HILL 60
MOONLIGHT BOOGIE
BIG BUTT 50 KM 96
COMRADES 74
DAMN TUFF RUFF BLUFF 96
DESERT R.A.T.S. 76
DEVIL’S BACKBONE 85
FANS 12/24 HOUR 61
FINGER LAKES FIFTIES 78
FOREST PARK 92
GANARASKA 50 KM 93
GREAT CRANBERRY 89
HIGHLANDS SKY TRAIL 40 94
HITCHCOCK WOODS 50 KM 65
HOLCOMB VALLEY 70
IAU WORLD 24-HOUR CHALLENGE 96
ICE AGE 50 KM 58
JAY MOUNTAIN MARATHON 90
LAKE YOUNGS 50 KM 94
LAUREL HIGHLANDS 93
MOUNT DIABLO SUMMER 50 KM 94
OLD GABE 50 KM 77
PACIFICA TRAIL 50 KM 95
PEMI CHALLENGE 95
PINELAND FARMS 92
PITTSFIELD PEAKS 66
RATTLESNAKE TRAIL 50 KM 82
ROCKY MTN. DOUBLE MARATHON 93
SAN JUAN SOLSTICE 72
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS 50 KM 95
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE 6 HOUR 67
SHADOW OF THE GIANTS 64
SHAFER BUTTE 62
SISKIYOU OUT BACK 86
VOL-STATE 83
WHITE RIVER 50 KM 63
WILD WILD WEST 50 KM 92
Cover Photo: Scott Jurek at Hardrock. Photo by Luis Escobar.