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Being an UltraRunning Magazine subscriber has its benefits—just ask our next guest, Rebecca Joyner. She entered UltraRunning’s Western States Endurance Run essay contest and won an entry into the premiere event. Rebecca joins the show to talk about winning the contest, her winning essay, taking first female at this year’s Yeti 100 (holy moly what a story!), humanity and ultras, her Guinness Book of World Records running achievement and so much more.
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This week in What’s Up in Ultra, the UltraRunning Calendar touches down around the entire country. Headliners include an ultra in a ghost town in Southern California, a 50/50 touring the Eastern Seaboard, a 50k in the Gem State that is predicted to reach sub-freezing temperatures and a whole lot more.
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Adam Peterman is the UltraRunner of the Year for 2022. He was unbeaten in four major races, setting course records at the Chuckanut 50k and the Canyons 100k. He won Western States in his debut 100-miler, and later in the year won the World Trail Championships 80k in Thailand.
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Herron had another strong year, winning three races outright. She set a course record at the venerable Strolling Jim 40-mile in Tennessee, set a world best for 100 miles on a track, and would have broken her own 100-mile World Record at the Jackpot Ultras but for a course measurement error.
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Jones finished third at the mountainous Hardrock in 23:06, one of the fastest top 10 times ever recorded. Later in the year, he won the flat, fast Javelina 100 in course-record time. He is a mechanical engineering student and the executive director of Footprints Running Camps, which combine environmental activism and mountain athletics.
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Our Ultra Weekend Recap for the weekend of January 15 is highlighted by the 22nd HURT 100 in Honolulu, Hawaii, a fairly frosty 50k in Illinois and a handful of other ultras scattered across the country.