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Jeffrey Stern

Jeffrey Stern

Jeffrey is a dog lover, coach, consultant, writer, and has over a decade of experience in endurance sports - his second mountain bike race ever was the Leadville 100. He fell hard for ultrarunning after completing the Headlands 50k in 2017. Born in Mill Valley, but now residing in sunny Santa Barbara, he loves his hometown Dipsea Race and has completed it 11 consecutive times, as well as the Dipsea Triple Crown in 2018. In his free time he coaches high school cross-country, enjoys exploring the Los Padres National Forest, swimming in the ocean, and helping others in any way he can. www.uponward.com

  • Woltering Eyes Another FKT

    by Jeffrey Stern 03/31/2021
    by Jeffrey Stern 03/31/2021

    After nabbing the 1,200-mile FKT on the Ice Age Trail last summer, Coree Woltering has already completed four ultras in just the first two months of the year. Most recently, he finished the Black Canyon Ultras “double” he dubbed “the Black Canyon 100,” running the 100k race on Saturday and coming back bright and early the next morning to compete the 60k course.

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  • Behind the Lens: Austin Meyer

    by Jeffrey Stern 02/10/2021
    by Jeffrey Stern 02/10/2021

    New York-based filmmaker and ultrarunner Austin Meyer’s love for storytelling originated in the fourth grade after he got in trouble at school. Since then, Meyer, who released his film about the Western States Endurance Run, “Golden Hour,” just last year, has loved to tell stories. Whether they are about inspiring individuals or global crises, his knack both behind the lens and beyond is apparent.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Keith Laverty

    by Jeffrey Stern 01/26/2021
    by Jeffrey Stern 01/26/2021

    When you win a high school cross-country race on campus, and your English teacher is the head track and field coach, not only are you guaranteed a spot on the track team, but there is little chance you’ll be able weasel your way out of it.

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  • Historic Times and Precautions at the JFK 50

    by Jeffrey Stern 01/19/2021
    by Jeffrey Stern 01/19/2021

    Despite lower participant numbers, it was a race for the record books. The winner of the race, Hayden Hawks, set a new course record in 5:18:40, nearly four minutes faster than Jim Walmsley’s time from 2016. And for the first time since 2017, when Emile Harrison Torrence ran the fourth fastest time ever in 6:27:43, a woman cracked the top ten as Camille Herron ran the eighth fastest time ever in 6:31:14.

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  • Behind the Lens: Jobie Williams

    by Jeffrey Stern 01/13/2021
    by Jeffrey Stern 01/13/2021

    Like a duck takes to water, or perhaps more appropriate for the Austin, Texas-based runner and photographer, like a cowboy takes to wearing boots, Jobie Williams’ side gig as a photographer was happenstance.

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  • Western States 200

    by Jeffrey Stern 11/24/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 11/24/2020

    Dan Barger was registered for Western States this year and looking for a way to still get out and experience the course after it was canceled. It seemed that 2020 was the perfect year to try and run a double Western States. The consensus among the tight-knit Auburn, California, endurance community was that it had not been done, and thus, the “Western States 200” was born.

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  • Tyler Green: Cascade Volcano King

    by Jeffrey Stern 10/12/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 10/12/2020

    “It seemed like it became a self-fulfilling prophecy that I was always going to get second,” Tyler Green laments. “I shouldn’t put myself in this pecking order. To come to that realization that I should just go for the win, not necessarily that I am going to win, but I should go for it and just see what happens, is pretty cool.”

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  • Kimble Tops Jornet’s Record at TRT

    by Jeffrey Stern 09/02/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 09/02/2020

    Adam Kimble crossed the finish line in Tahoe City with a new supported FKT on the Tahoe Rim Trail. Says Kimble, “I love the supported effort from the standpoint of that it’s really fun to get your core group of people together, your team in life, and go after something together.”

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  • Latoya Snell: Inspiring Others to Invest in Themselves

    by Jeffrey Stern 08/12/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 08/12/2020

    For Latoya Snell, there’s something about the smaller ultra community. She’s drawn to the enthusiasm shown for new runners toeing the line and feels right at home on the trails. It’s why she encourages others to invest in themselves by getting out the door each day from her home in Brooklyn, NY. Leading by example, it’s a risk that Latoya continues to take and one where she finds that the hardest things can become the best teaching moments.

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  • Candice Burt’s Unsupported Tahoe Rim Trail FKT

    by Jeffrey Stern 08/04/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 08/04/2020

    Originally Candice Burt had planned to spend the week before her next race, the Badwater 135, adapting to the heat in the Badwater Basin, but with Badwater’s official cancellation, she instead spent a week at altitude in Lake Tahoe for her new goal: the 171-mile Tahoe Rim Trail unsupported fastest known time.

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  • Running for Those Who Can’t: Verna Volker

    by Jeffrey Stern 07/22/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 07/22/2020

    During the long summer days, the sun rises before 5 a.m. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home to the hardworking mother of four, founder of Native Women Running and ultrarunner, Verna Volker. She heads out the door for her daily morning ritual: a run towards the rising sun.

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  • Behind the Lens: Kevin Youngblood

    by Jeffrey Stern 07/01/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 07/01/2020

    We caught up with Kevin Youngblood last week in the midst of what he considers to be the most pivotal moment of his life. “I’m in a truck on the Ice Age Trail at 2:30 a.m. answering questions to be featured in UltraRunning Magazine,” just as he was one day away from finishing a three-plus-week trip following Coree Woltering as he set a new FKT on the trail in 21 days, 13 hours and 35 minutes.

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  • Mt. Shasta Trail Runs to Move Forward

    by Jeffrey Stern 06/02/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 06/02/2020

    Mount Shasta Trail Runs, to be held on June 20, appears to be the first sanctioned race of any kind to take place in California since the Pioneer Spirit 50 Miler went off on March 14, just five days prior to Governor Gavin Newsom’s statewide stay-at-home order to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Leah Yingling

    by Jeffrey Stern 05/27/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 05/27/2020

    The independence and freedom that running had given me since seventh grade was stripped away. I knew that getting back on my feet and leaning into running—rather than away from it—was a step forward in my recovery.

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  • Behind the Lens: Nick Presniakov

    by Jeffrey Stern 05/07/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 05/07/2020

    It’s not often that you find a dehydrated and perhaps, still hallucinating ultrarunner who just spent a full day running 100 miles rushing off to clean up in order to get back to the finish line and cheer on other racers. Arguably even less frequently, do you find the outright winner of a 100-miler hustling to get his camera to snap shots of runners coming through the final chute of glory as the “golden hour” of the race approaches.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Wes Judd

    by Jeffrey Stern 04/02/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 04/02/2020

    Illinois native and current Chicago resident Wes Judd possesses the power to turn Type 3 “never going to be fun ever” into Type 1 “always fun,” and it’s his experience using this magical ingenuity that hooked him into ultrarunning.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Olivia Amber

    by Jeffrey Stern 03/10/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 03/10/2020

    Originally from a small town of just over 1,000 people tucked away in the northwest corner of Wisconsin, Olivia Amber was a former All-American Nordic skier at Colby College and is poised to make a name for herself in 2020.

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  • A February Challenge at FOURmidable 50K

    by Jeffrey Stern 03/03/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 03/03/2020

    This was the eighth year of the FOURmidable 50K, put on by SingleTrack Running, who uses their mapping sorcery to concoct a 50k that’s not for the faint of heart. Last year, the race was the USATF 50k Championship, so naturally the field was super deep.

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  • The Rise of Ultrarunning

    by Jeffrey Stern 02/19/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 02/19/2020

    Participation levels in ultrarunning continue to trend upwards, as well as the number of opportunities around North America for runners to experience their first ultramarathon.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Seth Ruhling

    by Jeffrey Stern 01/14/2020
    by Jeffrey Stern 01/14/2020

    What initially drew Chattanooga, TN, ultrarunner Seth Ruhling into the ultrarunning community nearly a decade ago, was the allure of a finisher’s sweatshirt that told the world he ran 40 miles in one day.

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Kate Olson

    by Jeffrey Stern 12/11/2019
    by Jeffrey Stern 12/11/2019

    Paramount to any race day achievements for Kate is to keep her running lighthearted and adventurous. “There are a lot of longer trails I want to start running on without a clock and a race bib next year. I have plans to do a little more fastpacking too, but the most important part of all of this is making sure it’s always fun.”

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  • Diamond in the Rough: Gus Gibbs

    by Jeffrey Stern 11/13/2019
    by Jeffrey Stern 11/13/2019

    Prior to volunteering at White River 50 in 2017, Gus Gibbs’ perception of ultrarunners was that they were beyond “crazy,” but unbeknownst to him on that summer day in late July, the madness instantly became appealing. Fast forward to March 2018 and he found himself on the rainy start line of Way Too Cool for his first 50k.

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  • A Diamond in the Rough: Melissa Flores

    by Jeffrey Stern 10/21/2019
    by Jeffrey Stern 10/21/2019

    After dabbling in half marathons during college and running two road marathons in 2018, Sacramento native and former basketball player Melissa Flores hasn’t looked back since being introduced to the trails by a friend in Santa Barbara.

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  • A Diamond in the Rough: Rod Farvard

    by Jeffrey Stern 09/23/2019
    by Jeffrey Stern 09/23/2019

    When Rod Farvard crossed the finish line last fall at the Cuyamaca 100K in Julian, California, not only had he just finished his first 100k (his third ultramarathon), won the race and set a new course record in the process, but he thought he’d just punched his ticket to the 2019 Western States Endurance Run. Quite literally a dream come true for this 23-year-old from San Francisco.

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Race Results

  • Cooter Creek 50 Mile Trail Race 50 Miles
  • Loud Thunder 50 50 Miles
  • Ledyard Mini-Loop 8 Hours
  • Desert Rats Trail Running Festival 50 KM
  • Fondren Urban Ultra 12 Hours
  • Blue Ridge Double Marathon 52.4 Miles
  • Loud Thunder 50 50 KM
  • Whiskey Basin Trail Runs 90 KM
  • Whiskey Basin Trail Runs 60 KM
  • Spitfire Ultra Trail Challenge 50 KM
  • Enchanted Forest Ultra Run 6 Hours
  • Oak Mountain 50 KM
  • Ouachita Trail 50 Miles
  • Ouachita Trail 50 KM
  • SweetH2O 50 KM

 

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