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Vol. 5, No. 2 · 2001 50 Down, 100 to Go On my final lap of the Umstead 100/50-Mile Endurance Run outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, I encounter several race casualties. One man is sitting on the… 18 min read Vol. 5, No. 2 · 2001 The Couple That Runs Together Rusty would too. The rest of the workout was more of the same: a pyramid of distances from 400 meters to 800 meters, and then back… 19 min read Vol. 6, No. 4 · 2002 The Team That Sticks Together . . . THE SCENE was full of confusion and chaos. It seemed as if everything was quickly unraveling. We entered the checkpoint together, but then, like a July… 21 min read Vol. 6, No. 1 · 2002 The Art of the Ultramarathoner The first three installments of Tom Osler's book appeared in our July/August, September/October, and November/December 2001 issues, respectively. CHAPTER 7 RACING ALL DAY In this chapter… 37 min read Vol. 9, No. 3 · 2005 Duel at Deadwood My interest in this race began with Billy Mills. Born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Mills was orphaned at age… Nancy Griffith · 26 min read M&B Vol. 9, No. 3 · 2005 Don’t Exercise—Train! In chapter 16 of my book Run Tall, Run Easy, the Ultimate Guide to Better Running Mechanics, I discuss the concept of sequential, progressive development of… Gerard Pearlberg · 115 min read Vol. 5, No. 5 · 2001 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon As example #2, I had thought I'd be doing this race with my Illinois coach and mentor, Chuck Bundy. Chuck—who, by the way, is a bona… Editorial Staff · 26 min read Vol. 19, No. 5 · 2015 Running Fortime Imagine an ultra with no cutoffs, no sweep vehicle, and no DNFs! This is what you get with fixed-time ultras. According to runningintheusa.com, there are 190… Phil Mccarthy · 52 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 4) EAGLE, WISCONSIN, June 5, 2010—To finish, I needed to do more than put one foot in front of the other. I also needed a black 50-gallon… Clint Cherepa · 13 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 My Most Unforgettable Pacing The conditions for the 2006 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run were rather grim. After a particularly snowy winter there was still plenty of the white stuff… Zeke Zucker · 28 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 Running, Racing, And Death It was a regular Wednesday night. It was another routine dinner after a regular day at work and a long, boring drive home. It was three… Brian Burk · 11 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 The Audacity Of Cavinwoodward You would think—in theory at least—that the key to being a top ultrarunner is to be single minded, well organized, and happy to toil for hours… Rob Hadgraft · 24 min read Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 Keep It Simple Ifirst spoke to Rob on the Friday before the “big” race. It was a brief encounter. He was leaving the prerace briefing and I yelled out… Bree Lambert · 8 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Distance Learning And the Ultra Life To most of the nonrunning world the idea of running any distance becomes more outrageous the longer the distance. Even to runners, the marathon distance has… Walter Fowler · 17 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 When Atrail God Falls, “Love Endures” If you were like me during this year’s Hardrock 100-mile endurance run, you got online at 4:00 a.m. Saturday to find out what was happening at… Rhonda Claridge · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 Fifty Shades Of Leadville Leadville 100-Mile endurance run: just before 4:00 a.m., Saturday, August 18, 2012 The author leaves the Twin Lakes aid station.Courtesy of Mike Pastore This was my… Mike Pastore · 33 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 3) LOGAN, UTAH, September 24, 2010—At 4:55 a.m. we were barreling along an empty expressway, with no exits until Salt Lake City, Utah. The downloaded directions to… Rhonda Claridge · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Running The R.O. Among the solo finishers last year (February 8-10, 2013) were R.O. veterans Dan Brenden and Alissa Draper. For Brenden, what stands out about the race is… Zoie Clift · 22 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 Tales From The Rogue Valley Runners The stories I hear range from treks on the Camino de Santiago, a centuriesold pilgrimage route through Europe, to adventures on the Pacific Crest Trail extending… Holly Hight · 12 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 The Day Run “H ow far can a human run in the cycle of the sun?” was the slogan of one notable 24-hour event in the 1980s, which neatly… Andy Milroy · 34 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 The Importance of Race Diet During a 100-Mile Ultramarathon "Eat like a horse, drink like a fish." This was the title of an article in UltraRunning in August 2009 (Dudney 2009). What an ultrarunner eats… Kristin J. Stuempfle · 11 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 Research At The Western States Endurance Run 2012 Existing Discontinued Figure 1. Existing and discontinued 100-mile ultramarathons in North America as of 2012.Figure 2. Trend in number of 100-mile ultramarathons in North America.Figure… Martin D. Hoffman · 3 min read Vol. 17, No. 4 · 2013 The Founding Father Of Ultrarunning Arthur Newton was a modest man, a quintessential Englishman born while Victoria was still on the throne. Diffident and self-effacing, he would never have contemplated that… Rob Hadgraft · 23 min read Vol. 17, No. 2 · 2013 Jay Aldous, Ultrarunner Jay finishing the last 100 yards of the Salt Flats 100K.© Michael Lebowitz/LongRun Pictures Jay Aldous, 51, is that remarkable athlete who is much more successful… Michael Lebowitz · 16 min read
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