by Cory Adams April is just a tough month there’s no getting around it. After writing that check to the IRS, maybe that disappointment of not getting into the Boston …
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Ann, With new “championship” races popping up and new race series on the scene, what are your thoughts about prize money in ultrarunning? Is it a good thing? Should it …
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by Victor E. Vouga Trying to predict weather conditions for an early spring race in Western Pennsylvania is an elusive and ultimately unfruitful exercise, even though it never …
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by Ben Holmes, RD The Free State Trail Run always offers the (slightly) off-beat 40-mile and 100k ultra distances, along with a trail marathon and half. We feel that many …
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by Scott VanLoo The second stop in the 2014 Running Fit Dances with Dirt (DWD) series was held in Nashville, Indiana on May 10th. One would think that a trail …
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One of the greatest things about our sport is its spirit of collective effort. At ultramarathons it’s as if we are racing with, not against, each other. Maybe it’s because …
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by Axel Rittershaus In the morning, I woke up 1 minute before the 3:00 am alarm went off, everything looked really good. I felt good, and confident. This year’s Comrades …
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Western States is just a few days away. We have compiled some of the best interviews, podcasts and predictions leading up to the race. Live Coverage iRunFar UltraSportsLive.tv UltraLive.net Previews …
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In an effort to make the most of my limited vacation time from work, the opportunity to combine a family vacation with a destination race just seemed too perfect to …
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by Nicole Lowe I asked myself that question at least 1,000 times over the 100 miles (161 km) of the Salt Flats 100 endurance event held on April 25, 2014 …
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by Allen Lucas At the end of last summer, the San Francisco Bay Area watched as a large part of Mt Diablo State Park went up in flames. Several trail …
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By Polly Choate The FlatRock 101K course Is treacherous indeed 37 brave individuals Came out to compete Mile for mile the course Is the toughest in the Midwest …
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By Zach Adams Last year at the Inaugural FlatRock 101K, the mud and water turned an already challenging course into a muddy Slip n’ Slide of doom. The smells of …
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by Shawn Bowman On March 22, 2014 among the rolling hills of Susquehanna State Park near Havre de Grace, Maryland, 433 runners lined up for the 26th annual Hinte – …
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by Ben Gaetos The fourth annual TNF100K Baguio billed itself as the Philippines premier ultramarathon. Three hundred and forty runners from 18 countries converged to The City of Pines. …
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Hyponatremia is defined as a blood sodium concentration below the normal range. Depending on the laboratory, that value is generally around 135 mmol/L. When hyponatremia occurs during or shortly after …
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Few races in our sport are as eagerly anticipated or widely followed as Western States 100. Maybe that’s because it’s the first 100, or the deep and elite field. Or …
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This year that race would be the Miwok 100K, a 62-mile tour of the Marin Peninsula just north of San Francisco. Miwok was first run in 1996 and, in eighteen …
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Ultras don’t always go as planned; in fact, they seldom go as planned. Overcoming the unexpected hurdles during an ultra is half the fun and a lion’s share of the …
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Why, exactly, do we as ultramarathoners need to drink so much fluid? What is so magical about being hydrated? If you think about it, the result of the human body …
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If you pull out the DVD from the 1986 Western States 100, there’s a shot of winner Chuck Jones descending toward the Rucky Chucky river crossing. He looks straight into …
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In early March, for the first time in nearly eight years, I started coaching high school running. Coaching high school track and cross-country a dozen years ago – and the …
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In 2008, 2009, & 2010, I ran the Nashville, TN Ultra-Marathon (www.nashvilleultra.com) which is held in the fall (mid Oct/early Nov). The event offers distances from 50K thru 50 miles, …
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Strava, the website and mobile app that first got its start in the cycling world, has slowly infiltrated the trail and ultra communities as runners become more comfortable merging technology …
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At first glance, the North American all-time fastest road ultramarathon list looks like a time capsule: names and times from decades past, seemingly frozen in time. The bulk of those …
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We are on the cusp of summer and some of the hottest ultra races are coming up fast. Last year both the San Diego 100 and Western States 100 saw …
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Oh, if only running and racing to one’s potential was just about running, wouldn’t that be wonderful? It would make life so much simpler and I truly believe that many …
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UR Congratulations on your big win at Way Too Cool, that was way impressive! Can you give us a little background on where you live and so on? VARGO I’m …
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One great thing about our sport of ultrarunning is the variety of places and conditions that we have to choose from when we sign up for a race. Running 50 …