Trail Running Blog

Good article on Competitor Magazine Online about the Western States disqualification:
At the 2006 Western States 100 Endurance Run, spectators at the finish line on the Placer High School track in Auburn, California witnessed another collapse of a highly trained athlete. In this case, the nightmare began for Seattle’s Brian Morrison as he entered the […]

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This years Western States 100 was reportably one of the toughest ever. Was also the first time in the 33 year history of the race that the first place runner was disqualified.
Seattle’s Brian Morrison, 27, crossed the finish line at Placer High School in Auburn in first place, 18 hours, 5 minutes and 13 seconds […]

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The 2006 everest awards were awarded. Matt Carpenter and Nancy Hobbs are this years winners. Check out the Teva Mountain Games site for more info.

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Canuck Jason Louttit taking it to the Yankees. Go Jason!
BRECKENRIDGE — If Dylan Olchin hopes to repeat as the 10K Nike Summit Trail Running Series champion, he clearly has his work cut out for him.
Olchin finished in an unfamiliar second place behind Jason Loutitt in Wednesday’s Baker’s Tank race — the opening installment of the […]

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Good article on “Functional Fitness”. Mentions ultra legend Scott Jurek… is functional fitness they key to his trail running dominance?
Scott Jurek not only runs all-terrain races of 100 miles or more. He wins.
Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Maria Chapman makes the difficult look beatific.
Courtney Thompson, among the land’s finest volleyball players, is not satisfied.
You, most likely, […]

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