Race Reports

I was not planning to run this race at all. I was planning to merely go and crew a coaching client through his first 100-miler, maybe pitch in at an …

At race check-in of the Keys 100, the intensity of the heat in Key Largo was evident. From the moment I started talking with friends, I was sweating—hair dripping, shirt-soaked sweating—and we were just standing still.

Exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds before the blast of the starting gun at the Loud Thunder 50 half marathon, a man in a pickle costume named “Pickle Phil” took off from the start line and sprinted into the woods. All the runners waiting for the gun knew the dill: Pass Pickle Phil in the first 2 miles and win $50.

When Yeti Trail Runners announced the Capitan Mountain 34-hour race in New Mexico, I was intrigued. When they announced an 80-mile buckle to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday, I was completely sold.

MadCity Ultras attracts a fast crowd as it’s historically been the USATF 100K Road National Championship. It’s also one of the first spring road ultras in the Midwest. The one-of-a-kind course takes runners on an iconic route in Madison, Wisconsin, known to the locals as the “arb loop.”

For the second time in three years, a woman finished first overall at the Umstead 100-mile Endurance Run. And when the 30-hour cutoff horn sounded, the race had the second-largest …