Trail Running Blog

Interesting article on ESPN.com on ultra running I always like it when the mainstream media discusses ultra running. The topic of insanity is always brought up.
Article has a good quote from Yiannis Kouros:
“Ultra running is a metaphysical event,” Kouros explained. “If you don’t have that kind of idiosyncrasy, you will never become an ultra […]

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I was just visiting the Montrail site and noticed their “Velocity” line of shoes has been trimmed as well as their climbing/mountaineering and hiking shoe lines. Finding that interesting I checked out their “Athletes” section (their list of sponsored athletes). I noticed this has been dramatically cut as well. Checking their blog they have a […]

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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 about a week late but I have been really busy lately and haven’t had the time to keep up with the trail running world.
For those who missed it Scott Jurek and Nikki Kimball were named UltraRunning Magazine’s Runners of the Year. I can’t say this isn’t much of a surprise with their outstanding […]

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Well I said Uli would be tough to beat in the final race of the The North Face Endurance Challenge Series and he was according to Scott Dunlap’s post Uli Steidl and Matt Carpenter raced toe-to-toe for 44 miles until Uli dropped the hammer. This was a well deserved $10,000.00 payday for this amazing […]

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