In this issue
24 Beginner’s Corner–How to Pack a Drop Bag
26 Nutrition–Sports Science Update
28 Trail Running With Your Dog
31 Profile–Shiran Kochavi
32 Involvement and the Long Distance Runner
40 Calendar
47 Milestones
62 The Runner’s Guide to Keeping Skin Healthy in the Summer
64 East vs. West
66 A First Ultra at 70–Why Not?
68 Medical Research at the Western States 100
72 Ochre Ringlets–Hank Dart Poetry
76 Run Gently Out There
Feature races
12 Carl Touchstone Mississippi 50
15 Delano Park
18 Way Too Cool
22 Lake Sonoma
Race results and reports
35 A-OK
61 Clinton Lake 30
34 Copper Canyon
48 Coyote Two Moon
54 Diablo Trail 50K
58 Doogie’s Run
55 Gator Trail
50 Grasslands
51 Green Jewel 50K
58 Invest in Youth
60 Land Between the Lakes
52 Lt. J.C. Stone
59 Malibu Creek
57 Mount Cheaha
56 Oak Mountain 50K
36 Old Pueblo
61 Pirates Cove 50K
38 Prickly Pear 50K
53 Rucky Chucky Roundabout
59 Run to the Sun
39 San Juan Trail
59 Seneca Greenbelt Trail 50K
58 Sequoia Trail
60 Six Foot Track
59 Three Days of Syllamo
58 Toughest ‘N Texas
51 Uncool
Cover caption
Tom Harper, with abundant wildflowers and Lake Sonoma in the background.
photo by John Medinger