in this issue
BIKRAM YOGA FOR RUNNERS 24
CORE STRENGTHENING 28
NUTRITION – RACE DAY SIMPLIFIED 26
TIME VS. DISTANCE 84
VIEW FROM THE OPEN ROAD 27
CALENDAR 74
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 83
ZEN AND THE ART OF ? MUSCLE MAINTENANCE 108
RUN GENTLY OUT THERE 110
feature races
MASSANUTTEN 20
MARATHON DES SABLES 69
MIWOK 10
RACING THE PLANET – VIETNAM 22
UMSTEAD 16
race results & reports
American River 32
Antelope Island 60
BPAC 6 Hour Distance Classic 96
Buncombe Trail 98
Capitol Peak 62
Chippewa Moraine 39
Cornbelt Running Club ? 24-Hour 97
Desert RATS Trailrunning ? Festival 47
Diablo 40
Double Chubb Trail 63
Free State Trail Runs 65
Greenland Trail 48
Harbison Forest 41
Himalayan Stage Race 73
Iron Horse 29
Jack Bristol Lake ? Waramaug Ultras 56
Lake McMurtry Trail Run 44
Lake Sonoma 99
Land Between the Lakes 30
Leona Divide 49
Long Island Greenbelt ? Trail Run 104
McDonald Forest 106
Moab 100/24 Hours of Utah 35
Ohlone Wilderness 73
Old Goat 42
Ouachita Trail 51
Peterson Ridge Rumble 46
Promise Land 66
Rock and Ice 71
Rockin K Trail Runs 36
Rocky Hill Ranch 54
Self-Transcendence ? Ten- and Six-Day Races 58
Strolling Jim 45
Sybil Ludington 64
The North Face Endurance ? Challenge, Bear Mountain 37
Three Days of Syllamo 31
Toronto Ultras 100
Torreya Trail Ultras 44
Trail Animals Don’t ? Run Boston 55
Trail Mix Race Minnesota 32
Virginia 24-Hour 43
race results
Atacama Crossing 85
Big Basin Redwoods 89
Brew to Brew 87
Cactus Ridge Ramble 85
Clinton Lake 85
Collegiate Peaks 90
Darkside 8-Hour 95
Fells Trail Race 87
Ganaraska 93
Gator Trail 86
Green Jewel 91
HAT Run
Hog’s Hunt 88
Ice Age Trail 91
Jemez Mountain 94
Labor of Love 90
Lake Forest 95
Lake Merritt Half Day 93
Malibu Creek 88
McNaughton Park 88
MorFun Wapack 93
Pony Express 93
Ruth Anderson 89
Saratoga FAt ass 50 85
Sunsweet Wildflowers 89
Sweet H20 90
Sycamore Canyon Trail Run 94
Sunrise to Sunset Relay 85
Topsfield 6-Hour 94
Wild Wild West 90
WSU 100K Solo 89
Zane Grey Highline 91
Rob Byrne races muddy yet beautiful Vietnam
photo by Chris Lusher/Racing the Planet