Trail Running Blog

I would like to race this someday….
VAIL - Vail is kicking off the spring trail running season Saturday with the Teva Games’ 10-kilometer National Championships. To participate in the USA Trail Championships, division participants must be current USATF members.…
In the men’s competition, defending champion Matt Carpenter, 41, of Manitou Springs is not among the pre-race […]

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Endurance Radio
Has a great interview with a trail running legend “Buzz Burrell”.
Buzz is one of the “original” ultramarathon runners and has been an avid trail runner for over 38 years. He has run trails from Patagonia to Peru and plans vacations and free time around long-distance trail running. He was awarded the inaugural Everest Award […]

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CSIndy has a great interview with mountain running legend Matt Carpentar. I am training for an Ultra so I found this very interesting:
Indy: Where did you train for Leadville?
MC: I stuck to my normal Pikes Peak routes. I went in with a little different philosophy from most ultra runners. I concentrated on the […]

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The crazy thing is he ran the Big Sur marathon twice the week before and was running the Miwok 100k the next day…
Dean Karnazes, San Francisco’s own “ultra-marathon man,” looked over the requirements for the Navy SEAL physical-screening test (PST). It’s a set of timed tasks recruits must pass to enter training. We were about […]

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A co-worker forwarded this article to me. I found it quite interesting, I really had no idea the body uses lactic acid as a fuel source.
BERKELEY – In the lore of marathoners and extreme athletes, lactic acid is poison, a waste product that builds up in the muscles and leads to muscle fatigue, reduced performance […]

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