Jeffrey Stern

Nearly 10 years ago, Chaz Sheya was out running on the Western States Trail with his Sacramento and Auburn friends preparing for his July 100-miler, the Tahoe Rim Trail, when …

We’ve just about made it to the first official day of spring: Sunday, March 20 at 11:33 a.m. EDT for us Northern Hemisphere ultrarunning folk. What better way to celebrate …

Even with winter hanging on here in the Pacific NW (we woke up to snow on the ground at URM’s HQ in Bend), March races around the country are pushing …

With spring right around the corner, the 2022 UltraRunning Calendar moves into March this weekend and as per usual, stays loaded from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The 32nd annual …

Despite Old Man Winter rearing his head this week across the country, our UltraRunning Calendar valiantly chips away toward spring. Leading the way is the second straight weekend with a …

We stay in the desert for the headliner of this weekend’s festivities in Las Vegas, the Jackpot Ultrarunning Festival. With 6/12/24/48/72-hour races plus a 50-miler and the USATF 100-mile Road …

The second Western States Golden Ticket race on the 2022 UltraRunning Calendar headlines our What’s Up In Ultra column this week. The Aravaipa Racing Black Canyon 100k is on Saturday, …

Even though winter will last at least another six weeks according to our favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, ultrarunning is heating up in 2022. On our first weekend in February, the …

Things are ramping up on our 2022 UltraRunning Calendar this weekend with over two dozen races to choose from in just about every corner of the country.

With just over a dozen events on our UltraRunning Calendar this weekend, one could consider it a light load compared to the previous few weeks. Yet still, we have races …

With one golden weekend behind us, the momentum continues to swing upwards in our small, but mighty ultra world. The first big 100-mile race is on the docket in Honolulu, …

The New Year arrives in a big way on our UltraRunning Calendar with the first of three 2022 Western States Golden Ticket races. The Tejas Trails Bandera 100k is on …

Ready or not, we’ve nearly made it to 2022 and our UltraRunning Calendar is loaded from the get go. As we mentioned in last week’s WUIU, the Across the Years …

The final weekend of the 2021 UltraRunning Calendar is officially here and unsurprisingly, it doesn’t let up one bit. Despite winter’s official arrival and the holiday season being in full …

Running has become vital to Logan Williams’ mental health and a way to deal with the physical pain he will have to manage for the rest of his life. He …

The penultimate racing weekend of 2021 is finally here, and even without any marquee events, it’s still a grand one. As winter storms start rolling in in earnest and temperatures …

While many runners have shut it down as winter rolls in across the country, the trend of going long is somehow still ramping up as we inch closer to the …

As we enter the last month of 2021, there is no shortage of options to close out your own UltraRunning Calendar for the year. Taking the lead this week is the …

Running an ultramarathon after a Thanksgiving feast is either a really good or disastrously bad idea. Fortunately, with 36 hours to fully digest and potentially nap it off, you can …

Even as the temperatures start to dip heading into Thanksgiving week, the UltraRunning Calendar remains stacked from Georgia up to Maryland, across to Ohio, south to Texas, into Utah and …

The highlight of the upcoming weekend has to be the notoriously swift Tunnel Hill 100 in Vienna, Illinois, on Saturday. The flat and fast course saw rising star Taggart VanEtten …

Despite being the weekend after Halloween, there’s clearly never a dead weekend in ultrarunning. Even without a huge event taking place to kick off the month of November, nearly every …

Leading the charge this Halloween weekend is the highly anticipated Javelina Jundred. The 100-mile distance has nearly 600 entrants and is a newly minted Western States Golden Ticket race. The …

The Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, nearly moved into the fourth night on Tuesday and had to be included in this week’s What’s Up in Ultra. Harvey …

With 60 entrants from around the globe, the Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, on the property of Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell, features a rematch of some of …

After nearly a 17-month hiatus, the notoriously competitive Lake Sonoma 50 returned to action this past weekend in Northern California’s renowned Sonoma County. In addition to the traditional 50-miler on …

After dedicating himself to an education in engineering and working nearly 80 hours a week as an information technology professional, Brandon Miller knew what it would take to achieve his …

Looking back on the last few decades, Merrell has been synonymous with hardcore hikers, dominating the footwear sector of the outdoor industry with their innovation, style and durability. Afterall, they …

Before a race, we train our hearts out, study the course, prepare our mind, visualize success, taper marvelously, sleep more and eat all the right things. Yet for reasons beyond …

If you’ve been training for over a year without an opportunity to test yourself, what happens when race day rolls around? Minus a few changes, much of the race day …