Trail Running Blog

According to this guy you do alot of running in an industrial freezer:
ICE-COOL Will Knight is preparing to run his first marathon – around the North Pole with temperatures plummeting to 30 below freezing….
Will has been in training, which includes standing inside industrial freezers for up to 20 minutes – but no amount of running […]

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Good little article on the Arizona Republic website:
How do you train for such a thing? You push your body, and, when the time comes, your mind does the rest.
“The mind is 80 percent of it,” said ultra runner Don Meyer, who lives in Phoenix. “It’s definitely the mind. If you think you can’t do something, […]

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Good article for anyone interested in the epic marathon. This race is also on my wish list.
While it can’t claim the glory of being the highest marathon in the world, the Mount Everest Challenge - so named because the peak is visible during much of the race - is surely one of the most difficult, […]

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Insane:
Dean Karnazes says he likes to test the limits of human endurance. Noted as one of the fittest people in the world, he plans to embark on 50 marathons in 50 days this year. It will begin Sept. 17, appropriately with the Lewis and Clark Marathon in St. Charles, Mo.
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I think I already blogged something about this guy, still an interesting read.
In the space of six weeks, this prize-winning novelist is dedicated to competing in two marathon events in diabolically different climes. First off, in late February, was the Sahara Sub-Marathon in the desert country of Algeria, which Collins won against world-class competition. Then, […]

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