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Being a Race Director is a lot like being a teacher. You aren’t supposed to have favorites, but every once in awhile you have a couple you won’t forget.
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A friend asked me, “Why would you enter a 100-mile ultramarathon? It just seems so outlandish for an otherwise rational thinking person to wish to endure such torture.” My answer was long and he seemed to understand when I was finished. It is my soul that I am searching for out there in the midst of what you called torture.
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Patagonia’s lightest and most compressible jacket to date utilizes an innovative new insulation material called PlumaFill that provides excellent warmth to weight and maintains its loft and positioning even with extended use.
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Only the legendary San Juan Solstice has a higher average elevation for 50 miles, making Sheep Mountain the second highest 50-mile endurance run in America. The course has been described by its runners as “beautifully difficult.” How else could one describe a 50-mile course near 11,000 feet average elevation with around 10,000 feet of elevation gain?
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Referred to by most as Rick’s Run, the 5th annual race was held on Sunday, September 17, 2017 on the trails of Greenbrier State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland. Rick’s Run Ultra Challenge participants have eight hours to navigate the 5.22-mile loop course as many times as possible.
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If you’re like me and prefer to run with a soundtrack, you likely have a drawer full of various headphones that didn’t quite work out. I heard about the AfterShokz Trekz Titanium, a bone-conducting Bluetooth headphone that, at first glance, would solve many of my problems with standard-issue earbuds.