Trail Running Blog

There is a very good article on the Running Times site on running high mileage and sickness. Every runner should read this.
Norm Klein was worried—worried about the health of some of the athletes he and his wife Helen had come to know as friends and fellow competitors during Norm’s 14-year tenure as race director of […]

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For the majority of runners out there 1:57 might be a decent Half-Marathon time. But according to Edward Coyle using VO2 data and improved fatigue resistance factors he believes runners may in theory be able run sub 2 hours. He also predicts that Paula Radcliffe is capable of running a 2:13 marathon which is 2 […]

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Looks like Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) has another World Mountain Running Association Grand Prix victory to add to his collection (this is number five!). Marco Gaiardo of Italy will not be challenging him in this weekends Rock of Gibraltar race. Anna Pichrtova (CZE) who is already the overall Grand Prix winner and European champion will also […]

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Legendary trail ultra-runnner Tim Twietmeyer will be honored this year as one of Runner’s World magazine’s 2006 Heroes of Running. This year Tim completed his 25th consecutive sub-24 hour Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run a race he’s won five times. Congratulations Tim!

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Interesting article on the LA times site about Mike Pierce training for the Antarctica 100k Ultra Marathon. Can’t say this race is on my to do list… Every year I head back to Saskatoon to visit my parents at Xmas which is enough “cool running” time for me.
Pierce is training for the Antarctic Ultra-Marathon, a […]

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