In this issue
18 Beginner’s Corner Dressing for the Changing Season by Gary Dudney
20 Poetry My Path by Charles Raffensperger
20 ULTRA Study
21 The Shower Story by Mark Leuner
22 Nutrition “Super” Carbs by Sunny Blende
25 Lessons From a Running Life by Steven Heaps
26 Medical update Factors Related To Successful Completion of a 100-Miler by Marty Hoffman, MD and Kevin Fogard, DC, PT
29 Club Corner by Greg Lanctot
30 You’ve Always Got Another Gear ?by Sean Connolly
75 Letters and Errata
75 Midwest Grand Slam
76 Run Gently Out There by John Morelock
Feature races
7 Oil Creek 100
13 Javelina Jundred
16 Tussey Mountainback
Race reports
44 Autumn Leaves
55 Bills’ Bad Ass 50K
32 Bohemian Alps
43 Cactus Rose
45 Chicago Lakefront
37 Deadman Peaks
38 Des Plaines River Trail Races
39 Foothills 50K Frenzy
41 Ghost Train
59 JFK 50
56 Last Chance 50
50 Mountain Masochist
33 Mt. Spokane
35 Nashville Ultra
52 Ozark Trail 100
58 Peachtree City
47 Peacock 100K
36 Pony Express Trail 50
64 Quad Dipsea
57 Rockledge Rumble
54 Stone Cat Ale 50
42 Stone Steps
48 Surf the Murph
34 Twin Peaks
53 Whistler 50
Race Results in alphabetical order, beginning on page 66
24 the Hard Way
Antelope Island (Fall)
Bakersfield Ultra
Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra
Bona Dea 50K
Bootlegger 50K
Broken Toes 50K
Buckeye Woods
Carkeek
Cave Creek Thriller
100-Mile Club Challenge for Kids
Children’s Hospital 12 Hour
Cumberland Trail 50K
Dogwood Canyon
Door County Fall 50
Double Dirty Dozen
Farm to Farm
Fire on the Mountain
Firetrails 50
Folsom Point Fall
Forest Glen 50K
Horror Hill
Javelina Night Run
Jenkinson Lake Fall
Knickerbocker 60
Lake Chabot
Lake Perry Rocks
Los Piños
Mendon Ponds
Moebius-Green Monster Trail
Nu Hop Trail
Ogden Valley
OPSF 50
Palo Duro
Pinhoti 100
Rhode Island 6-Hour
Rocky Raccoon 50K
Rosaryville Veterans Day 50K
Run for the Toad
Running for the Bay
Spirit of the Osage
Spooner Cove
TARC Summer Classic
Taterbug 30
The Bear Chase
The Equalizer
Top of Michigan 100K
Two Cities Ultra
UltraCentric
Whiskeytown 50K
Leor Pantilat works all the way across the finish line at the 29th Quad Dipsea to earn a new course record
Lisa Henson