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Despite Old Man Winter rearing his head this week across the country, our UltraRunning Calendar valiantly chips away toward spring. Leading the way is the second straight weekend with a USATF National Championship, this time on the east coast in East Islip, New York, with the Heckscher State Park 50K road race (formerly held at Caumsett State Historic Park) on Sunday, February 27.
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One of the main reasons to call off a winter run is that frosty, painful feeling in your fingers signaling a circulation system shutdown. Without adequate protection from the cold, hands and fingers can be vulnerable in freezing temperatures with few warning signs. We’ve tested a handful of current offerings that will help you extend your runs by offsetting the finger freeze.
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We stay in the desert for the headliner of this weekend’s festivities in Las Vegas, the Jackpot Ultrarunning Festival. With 6/12/24/48/72-hour races plus a 50-miler and the USATF 100-mile Road National Championships on Friday, February 18, this event is about as stout as they come.
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I take great comfort in reflecting. It’s fun to relive and remember the highlights from these recent years and a way to constantly remind myself how much fun I’m having, even when times get tough. I’m also painfully aware that nothing is ever certain. These last three years have taught me as much. However, the older I get, the more I find myself leaning into uncertainty.
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It’s Valentine’s Day and in the season of red roses and mad dashes to the local drug store for “heart-shaped anything,” we put together a collection of interviews featuring three different ultrarunning couples. These endearing endurance athletes share stories about how they met and bonded over ultrarunning.
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Things happen deep in the woods, in the middle of the night, with almost a full day of running on your legs. Rocks grow bigger. Tree trunks sway in your headlamp; they turn and stare. Alone, seeing strange things in the dark, it’s difficult to remember why you picked this journey. But this is The Hawk, and out here people have a way of picking you up and helping you keep moving ahead.