The inspiration for this event and founder of the Snowdrop Foundation was Chelsey Campbell who, in 2006 at age 15, underwent a record-breaking 27-hour surgery for a rare cancer.
There’s something special about Guthrie, Oklahoma, on race morning. Maybe it’s the crisp air rolling off Lake Liberty, the quiet hum of runners warming up or the feeling that you’re about to step into a small story that becomes a big memory.
A DIY training camp is not about doing more work for the sake of doing more work, and it should be used sparingly and with intention. It is a deliberate tool designed to address a specific gap in long-distance preparation: the ability to execute well under deep, accumulated fatigue.
The Sanders Saunter Charity Trail Race is a sneaky, challenging event, run on the Clinton Lake North Shore Trail System in northeast Kansas. This state park is the anchor for the Lawrence Trail Hawks events and runs, and the technical, rooty, rocky trails wind up and over the lakeside trail.
The Saturday before Thanksgiving, over 1,000 runners lined up in Boonsboro, Maryland, for the 63rd JFK 50 Mile. Originally a presidential military fitness challenge, JFK is now the most competitive 50-miler on American soil and an annual East Coast staple.
The Fat Pursuit is well known in the fat biking community, but it has only been open to skiers and runners for the past four years.