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It’s our holiday custom to crowd-source gear recommendations from the entire UltraRunning Magazine team for our annual gift guide. This year, they were given the following guidelines: tell us your favorite new product, or the one you found most interesting, and your tried-and-true gear that you wouldn’t run an ultra without.
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The inaugural Silverton Double Dirty 30 on September 24 in the San Juan Mountains challenged runners with over 11,000 feet of climbing, but the reward was always grand – high alpine trails, golden foliage and over 50 miles of single-track trails were just a few of the highlights that made this race special.
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A self-supported stage race is like a long, epic movie without interruption. Miles on the desert trail move you dramatically out of the ordinary, and the simple camaraderie of the shared campsite at night doesn’t yank you back. The next day on the trail, you just go deeper and farther in. It’s an experience few people have, or even want, but to those with a wildness in their souls, it’s a grace.
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It took over 24 hours of running and a bag of corn starch to understand why they refer to this ultra marathon as “The Beast of Burden.”
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At the Run Woodstock festival, you can get mellow, chill out, get your flower power on and thrill to Lemon James, “the female Jimi Hendrix,” doing a credible rendition of Hendrix’s national anthem from Woodstock. But you can also run a legit 100 miles or opt for a 100k, 50-mile, 50k, marathon, half-marathon or three versions of a 5k, including one option where you run part of the course au naturel.
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Let’s face it, it’s been a rough year. With the sudden passing of iconic artists like David Bowie and Prince as well as a heated presidential election, it might not be so difficult to say goodbye to 2016. The human spirit can spiral downward quickly, and it’s up to us to use the tools we have – like running – to bring it back up.