In this issue
30 Training – Beginner’s Corner – Shoes and Clothing
32 Nutrition – Preparing Your Gut
36 Approaches to Injury Recovery – Part One
10 Ten Questions for Karl Meltzer
39 Book Review – The Runner’s Body
40 View From the Open Road
41 Physiology of an Ultrarunner
76 Run Gently Out There
70 Calendar
75 Milestones/Letters to Editor
Feature races
7 Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run
12 Tahoe Rim Trail
16 Vermont 100 Endurance Run
22 White River 50
25 Finger Lake Fifties
28 Buckeye Trail
Race results and reports
60 Around the Lake 24 Hour
52 Afton Trail
66 Angel Island 50K
67 Big Bear Lake 12-Hour
53 Creemore Vertical Challenge
48 Desert R.A.T.S.
54 Devil’s Backbone 50 Mile
59 El Scorcho Tres
58 Great Cranberry Island Ultra
67 Grey Rock 50K
46 Hells Hills
69 Holcomb Valley Trail Run
67 Ice Age Trail
66 Lake Merritt Half Day
69 Landsford Canal 50K
62 Leadville Silver Rush
49 Lost Lake 50K
47 Mont Royal Summit Quest
61 Mt Hood PCT
66 Mt. Diablo 50K
51 Old Gabe
64 Pacifica 50K
55 Rattlesnake Trail 50K
69 Running with the Devil
67 Sequoia Summer 50K
56 Siskiyou Out Back
50 Ultimate XC
57 Wakely Peace Ultra
The World
65 IAU Trail World Challenge 68K
Karl Meltzer appears to walk on water as he crosses Cunningham Creek at the Hardrock 100.
photo by Eric Lee