Trail Running Blog

Cold weather endurance events are one thing I would like to participate in but now that I am living on the West Coast I have to admit I am kind of feeble. When I lived in Saskatchewan I think I could have handled these with relative ease. Maybe some day if I harden myself […]

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Runners World has a great interview with ultra legend Tim Twietmeyer. Tim discusses how he has competed successfully without sacrificing his life. Right now at this point I am at the same stage. I love ultras but the time commitment needed to compete seems to be a barrier. This article gives me some hope. […]

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This is one thing that perplexes me about ultra training, how long should your long run be? There seems to be many different theories out there. I read in an interview with Matt Carpenter that he did not run over three hours while preparing for the Leadville 100 mile ultra because it would take […]

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This year The North Face is sponsoring a trail running series called the Endurance Challenge. The series consists of 4 races, three regional races and one championship race. The regional races offer winners of the 50 mile division to win $1000/US and a trip to The North Face Endurance Challenge Championship in San Francisco […]

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Stumbled upon this cool little video featuring ultra marathon phenom Tony Krupicka winner of the Leadville 100.

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