Trail Running Blog

The Coastal Challenge race sounds very cool as described in this post on Boulder Dirt: The 150-mile race was staged over seven days through some of the most beautiful rain forests I have ever seen… Sections of the course looked like something out of a National Geographic film site, complete with monkeys, macaws, wild pigs, [...]

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From the Citizen-times: Anne Riddle Lundblad, who was recently named ultrarunner of the year by USA Track and Field, won her seventh national championship – the USA Track & Field National 50K Road Championship at Caumsett State Park in Long Island, N.Y. on Saturday. Link

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Cool article from Runners World. Meghan Arbogast, 39 Corvallis, Oreg. Why I love it: “Trail running is my fountain of youth. When I’m on the trail, I feel like a child again, completely relaxed and at peace. No matter how tired or stressed I am going into the run, I’m always refreshed at the end [...]

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I feel lazy when I read about dudes like this: Johnny heads off to the Sahara today, Tuesday for the first leg of the ‘Hot and Cold Challenge’. He will run in the extreme desert heat of +45 degrees and a distance of 62.5 miles over a four day period. Three weeks later Johnny will [...]

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Ever wonder if you are not ment to run the long distances? From the SCQ Genes for Speed: As it turns out, you could probably already predict genetic predisposition of muscles for either power or endurance. There is evidence for certain alleles of the ACTN3 gene (alleles being different variants of a gene) are more [...]

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