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Cory Reese

Cory Reese

Cory Reese is the author of the books Nowhere Near First, Into The Furnace and Stronger Than the Dark to the end. He uses running to help balance out a well-developed sweet tooth. When he’s not running, Cory stays busy as a husband, father and medical social worker. His adventures can be found at fastcory.com.

  • Leave Your Mark

    Cory Reese 09/09/2021
    Cory Reese 09/09/2021

    Panic had set in. It was the middle of the night at the inaugural Zion 100 and the only thing we could see by the light of our headlamps was a vast expanse of slickrock. I was running with a dozen other runners and we were all lost because the markings on this particular section of the course were sorely lacking.

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  • Tips to Avoid a Mid-Race Divorce

    Cory Reese 02/05/2020
    Cory Reese 02/05/2020

    I’ve had some personal experiences running an ultramarathon with a spouse. I ran every step of a 100-miler with my wife, Mel. I also DNF’d a 100-miler with her. During both experiences, the miles tried to kill us. And at some point (okay, multiple points) during each race, we wanted to kill each other.

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  • A Marathon at the Ballpark

    Cory Reese 07/03/2019
    Cory Reese 07/03/2019

    On a March afternoon in Minnesota, the greatest event in running history took place on a modern-day Field of Dreams. Iconic races like Western States, the Boston Marathon and Badwater pale in comparison to this new quintessential race: The Sandlot Marathon.

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  • 10 Stages of Running an Ultra

    Cory Reese 02/28/2019
    Cory Reese 02/28/2019

    It is difficult to explain to a non-runner what it’s like to run an ultramarathon. How can you possibly put into words the excitement, the highs, the lows, the torture and the triumph of such an audacious pursuit? Here’s my attempt to explain the stages of running an ultramarathon by using something everyone can understand: cartoon characters.

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  • Fueled by Donuts

    Cory Reese 12/03/2018
    Cory Reese 12/03/2018

    Donuts and running bring great happiness to my life, so I jumped at the offer to tackle the legendary Donut Trail in Ohio, which hits twelve gourmet donut shops connected by more than 80 miles of rural, and unbelievably beautiful roads.

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  • An Ultrarunner’s Guide to Sea Sickness

    Cory Reese 07/17/2018
    Cory Reese 07/17/2018

    I have run ultras in the mountains. I have run ultras in the deserts. I have run looped-course ultras. I have run an ultra across Death Valley. I have run solo ultras. But there was one glaring omission from my previous running resume: an ultramarathon with the opportunity to eat ice cream sixteen times per mile.

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  • A Most Memorable Adventure: Destination Hitchhiking

    Cory Reese 12/27/2017
    Cory Reese 12/27/2017

    There’s something about standing on the side of the highway in Iceland hitchhiking with your wife that has a way of bringing you together. We stood there in the kind of storm where at any moment it will literally start raining cats and dogs.

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  • Facing Life’s Battles

    Cory Reese 08/10/2017
    Cory Reese 08/10/2017

    I’d like to think that the characteristics needed to run ultramarathons can translate to other areas of everyday life. The attributes of determination and perseverance are important to finish a…

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  • One Plus One Equals Three

    Cory Reese 04/20/2017
    Cory Reese 04/20/2017

    I once heard someone say that two horses pulling together can pull more than the sum of the two horses pulling separately. I found the idea intriguing and went to the internet to see if this was true (because of course everything on the Internet is true). It turns out that this is a real thing!

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  • Not Almost There

    Cory Reese 03/08/2017
    Cory Reese 03/08/2017

    “I think I might throw up,” I heard Shacky mutter during the steep climb. My friends Vanessa and Shacky and I managed to make it to the top of Gooseberry Mesa without anyone throwing up (or dying). The climb to the top of the mesa ascended more than 1,500 feet in less than a mile, early in the Zion 100.

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  • Welcome to the Club

    Cory Reese 05/05/2016
    Cory Reese 05/05/2016

    I am a member of a special club. You pay the membership dues with grit, tenacity, stubbornness and courage. The members of my club understand each other on an unspoken level. We feel each other’s pain. We relish each other’s accomplishments. We know each other’s struggles. This club is called the Back-of-the-Packers.

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  • Solo Hundo

    Cory Reese 01/07/2016
    Cory Reese 01/07/2016

    I circled the high school track, loop after loop, hour after hour, mile after mile. For 100 miles, to be exact. It was July in southern Utah, where summer temperatures feel like you’re standing on the sun. The high was 107 degrees. I tried to think of some profound response when people asked why I was running 100 miles around a track in July. The best I could come up with was “Well, it seemed like a unique challenge. And I had some glazed donuts I needed to burn off.”

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