In this issue
24 Beginner’s Corner – Holiday Shopping for Your Ultrarunner
26 Nutrition Probiotics for Peak Performance, by Krista and Kenneth Bragg
28 Injury Prevention – Achilles Care, by Erika Lindland
30 Gear Review Winter Gloves, by Donald Buraglio
32 License Plates in the Ultra World, by Gary Bruner
34 Off The Tarmac – Meditations on Photographing Ultras, by Michael Lebowitz
36 Escarpment Trail Run – 35 Years On, by Jeffrey Klemm
75 Letters and Errata
76 Run Gently Out There
Feature races
7 Cascade Crest
11 Wasatch 100
16 Grand Slam
18 Superior 100
22 Woodstock
Race reports
38 Angels Staircase
48 Badgerland Striders
41 Baker Trail Ultra Challenge
45 Burning Man 50K
39 FANS (see September UR for results)
40 H9 50-Mile
50 Haliburton Forest
53 Hawk 100
56 North Coast 24-Hour
54 Plain 100
52 Rio del Lago
58 Run Rabbit Run
46 Silverton 1000
42 Tamalpa Headlands 50K
60 TNF Madison
62 UROC
64 Virgil Crest
International
66 IAU World 100K Championships
Race Results in alphabetical order, beginning on page 67
Adventure Trail 12 Hour
Bartlett Park
Beast of Burden Summer
Capt’n Karl’s The Shoe
Cheat Mountain
Cle Elum
Diablo Trail Run
Do-Wacka-Do
Endure the Bear
Equinox Ultra
Grand Teton Races
Green Lakes
Groundhog Fall 50K
Hocking Hills Indian Run
Iron Mountain
LA to NY
Labor Pain
Lake of the Sky
Lost Soul
Marquette Trail
Norris Dam Hard Trail Races
North Country Run
Odyssey Trail Rampage
Patriot’s Run
PCT Bunker to Bonneville
Rock Cut Hobo
Run-de-Vous
September 11th 50K
Sequoia Summer 50K
Soaring Eagle
Tantalus Triple Trek
TNF Endurance Challenge – Midwest (Missouri)
Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc
Wild Idaho
Woods Ferry
Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic
Jonathan Clinthorne, who finished fourth in the 50-mile, cruising through one of the “stupid spots” at Run Woodstock’s Hallucination 100/Peace, Love and 50 Mile
