In this issue
6 Running Wise – (formerly Beginner’s Corner)
8 Nutrition – Fueling Different Energy Systems
13 Burning the Candle at Both Ends by Krista and Ken Bragg
17 The Open Road
18 On My Bookshelf
19 All In A Day’s Work – Jon Olsen at Desert Solstice by Pam Smith, Mark Dorion and Jon Olsen
22 Medical Update –? Acute Kidney Injury
91 Letters and Milestones
92 Run Gently Out There
SPECIAL SECTION
25 THE 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW AND THE ANNUAL ULTRA LISTS
Feature races
44 HUFF 50K
50 Bandera.
Race reports
55 Mark Twain 100
58 24 Hours of Boulder
56 Market to Market
62 Foothills Frenzy
60 Tussey Mountainback
59 G.O.A.T.z Trail Runs
63 Nashville Ultra
64 Stone Cat
66 Bootlegger 50K
69 Run Like A Turkey
68 Upchuck
70 Wildcat 50K
71 Duncan Ridge 50K
72 Bigfoot 50K
73 Deception Pass
74 Hellgate 100K
76 Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic
77 Horse-Shoe Trail
78 Peanut Island
Race Results in alphabetical order, beginning on page 80
Ancient Oaks
Bear Bait
Big Dog Trail
Black Diamond
Buckeye Woods
Coyote Ridge
Crooked Road
Dizzy Fifties
Grindstone
Heartland
Isle du Bois
Jack’s 50K
Knickerbocker 60K
Mad Marsh
McDowell Mountain Frenzy
Mountain Masochist
New River
One Epic Run
OTHTC High Desert
Ozark Trail 100
Peachtree City
Pine Mountain
Pinhoti
Rhode Island 6-hour
Rosaryville Veterans Day
Santa Barbara Red Rocks
Santa Monica Mountains
Table Rock
TARC Winter
The Derby
The Wild Hare
TNF Challenge S.F. REVISED
TNF Kansas City
UltraCentric
Ellie Greenwood, a unanimous choice for Ultrarunner Of The Year, at the White River 50 in July (photo by Glenn Tachiyama). Inset: Mike Morton at the 2013 Rocky Raccoon (photo by Matt Hagan).