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I thought I had the healthiest heart in the world. The left anterior descending artery is called the “Widowmaker” because it supplies blood to the heart. Another 5% of blockage and I’d have been gone in minutes.
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This week’s ultra running results features results from the Lululemon Further event, Marin Ultra Challenge results, Mesquite Canyon results, and Pistol Ultra Run results.
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Upcoming ultra races on the ultramarathon race calendar include: the Belmonte 50 and 50k, Marin Ultra Challenge, Peyton’s Wild & Wacky Ultra, Antelope Canyon Ultras, and Squatchapple Trail Party.
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The role of race director has many parallels to training for an ultra. Directing a race can be a time consuming and frustrating process and at times, it can test your patience and passion. I find that I often need to employ the same psychological tricks and techniques that I would for training and racing an ultra to race directing.
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Our once-fringe-now-mainstream sport used to be its own cozy niche, but over the decades, it has split into many niches loosely defined by geography, age, distance of trail routes, clubs and teams and more. Want to find your niche in ultrarunning? Here are some ideas.
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In this week’s Ultra Weekend Recap, we check in on results from the Monument Valley 50k, Music City Trail Ultra, Delano Park, and Conquer the Rock 50k.