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Jodi Weiss

Jodi Weiss

Jodi Weiss has been running ultras for the last decade, and to date has completed 35 races of 100 miles or more, and dozens of 50Ks, 50 milers, 100Ks and 24-hour races. She loves hot-weather races, making Badwater 135, Javelina Jundred, and Keys 100 her favorite races, with multiple finishes at each. When she’s not running races, she loves to write about races and interview her running superheroes. In her professional life, she leads the Nonprofit and Higher Education Practice at Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm, and is a professor of literature and writing at various colleges and universities. She’s currently working on her second novel, Exit 11N.

  • The Night Sky: An Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis

    Jodi Weiss 03/04/2025
    Jodi Weiss 03/04/2025

    An ultrarunning mindset can be a blessing or a curse. My heart had lost its rhythm—that same heart that drove me to push and pray and move forward every step …

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  • BOOK REVIEW: Lucky – A True Story

    Jodi Weiss 01/15/2025
    Jodi Weiss 01/15/2025

    In February 2018, David Green met his “canine soulmate” in the form of a black and tan mut in need of medical care, while traversing Brazil’s Caminho da Fe.

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  • The Inaugural Bulldog 6/12-Hour Ultras

    Jodi Weiss 12/18/2024
    Jodi Weiss 12/18/2024

    On Saturday, November 30 at 7 a.m., the inaugural Bulldog 12/6 Hour Track Ultras began in Lake Worth, Florida. Unusual weather, cloudy with temps in the low 60s, made for …

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  • Keys 100: Managing the Heat

    Jodi Weiss 05/29/2024
    Jodi Weiss 05/29/2024

    At race check-in of the Keys 100, the intensity of the heat in Key Largo was evident. From the moment I started talking with friends, I was sweating—hair dripping, shirt-soaked …

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  • Moroccan Adventure

    Jodi Weiss 04/17/2024
    Jodi Weiss 04/17/2024

    Perpetual movement, while critical in an ultramarathon, is not the rhythm of life. We need to ebb and flow. The pauses are what enable us to reflect, renew and spring …

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  • A Himalayan 100-Mile Adventure

    Jodi Weiss 12/27/2023
    Jodi Weiss 12/27/2023

    Up until this point, my travel to India had been centered around yoga. I had never traveled east for an ultrarunning event and was intrigued at the possibility of seeing …

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  • Running through Loss

    Jodi Weiss 12/06/2023
    Jodi Weiss 12/06/2023

    32 days into his ultra, I sat beside my dad when he transitioned into his next chapter. My hand on his heart, I wished him an amazing journey. The mystery …

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  • 6633 Arctic Ultra – Classic Edition 2023

    Jodi Weiss 03/22/2023
    Jodi Weiss 03/22/2023

    Avalanches, white-out weather conditions and blocked roads were all par for the course at this year’s 6633 Artic Ultra Classic. The race is a self-sufficient, non-stop 380-mile foot race that …

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  • Becoming in India: Yoga, Life and Running

    Jodi Weiss 01/31/2023
    Jodi Weiss 01/31/2023

    By my last day in India, I remembered the wonder of pursuing new paths, interruptions as a given versus an obstacle, and that when you make space and room in …

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  • Route 66 Ultrarun: Great Open Spaces

    Jodi Weiss 11/29/2022
    Jodi Weiss 11/29/2022

    Ultras remind me that the world is such a big and welcoming place, which was the case for Marshall and Heather Ulrich’s inaugural Route 66 Ultrarun. The race consisted of …

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  • Badwater 135: The Will to Keep Going

    Jodi Weiss 08/17/2022
    Jodi Weiss 08/17/2022

    Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, sits at 280 feet below sea level. Each year in July, endurance athletes from all over the world converge to run 135 miles from …

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  • Miami 50/50: Finding My Way

    Jodi Weiss 07/14/2021
    Jodi Weiss 07/14/2021

    The Miami 50/50 is an urban adventure race that requires runners to team up with a partner and tackle 50 miles together from start to finish, totally self-supported. To add …

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  • Death Valley 30/30 – Marshall Ulrich’s Next Big Adventure

    Jodi Weiss 08/25/2020
    Jodi Weiss 08/25/2020

    Thirty years ago, at age 39, endurance athlete Marshall Ulrich completed his first 146-mile crossing from Badwater Basin (282 feet below sea level) to the summit of Mount Whitney (14,505 …

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  • Ultrarunner on the Rise: Lisa DeVona

    Jodi Weiss 02/26/2020
    Jodi Weiss 02/26/2020

    The first thing you might spot when you see Lisa DeVona, is her purple ponytail. It may lead you to believe that she has superpowers, and considering how she has …

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  • Doing Hard Things – Daytona 100

    Jodi Weiss 02/10/2020
    Jodi Weiss 02/10/2020

    In a world of conveniences, why take on hard challenges? Perhaps because in the pain, misery and torture that we face in these abbreviated and self-imposed adventures, we grow empathetic …

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  • Kimble Attempts TRT Supported FKT

    Jodi Weiss 10/11/2019
    Jodi Weiss 10/11/2019

    Kimble’s goal is to come in any time under 38 hours and 32 minutes to break the record, but his “A” goal, if all goes according to plan, is to …

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  • Pamela Chapman Markle: Stronger and Faster

    Jodi Weiss 05/21/2019
    Jodi Weiss 05/21/2019

    Pam Chapman Markle entered the world of ultramarathoning in 2011 at age 55. As a certified registered nurse anesthetist for over 35 years, she had been working with a physician …

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  • Badwater Cape Fear: Community Building

    Jodi Weiss 04/28/2019
    Jodi Weiss 04/28/2019

    I believe the Badwater experience is about being together in settings that involve intense running experiences, and then having the time and space to recover, relax, and rejoice together.

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  • Pete Kostelnick’s 5,300-Mile Ke2Key

    Jodi Weiss 02/01/2019
    Jodi Weiss 02/01/2019

    Kostelnick became the first person to complete a self-supported run, without relying on an accompanying support vehicle, from Alaska to Florida.

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