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Vol. 4, No. 3 · 2000 Blow Up, Break Down A FAT woman in hospital pants isn't much of an anomaly in a Midwestern airport. But it was a unique experience for me, a normally slight… 23 min read Vol. 6, No. 4 · 2002 Courage and Endurance On October 4, 1931, officer John Salo of the Passaic, New Jersey, police department was killed in the line of duty, leaving a widow, two children,… 20 min read Vol. 19, No. 6 · 2015 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 6) QUEENS, NEW YORK, April 22-May 2, 2009—This was a fund-raiser for Camp Sunshine, with a goal of raising $10,000. Camp Sunshine is located in Maine and… Mike Brooks · 15 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 Stopped Worrying About The Race The author with Canadian runner Sylvie Boisvert before the start of the race. ▲ The 10-day winners and 6-day winners of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race.Courtesy… Phil Mccarthy · 8 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 It’s Not About the Shirt The Shawangunk runners train in the Shawangunk Mountains, which are about two hours north of New York City. We usually run one or two marathons a… Fred Stewart · 8 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. 4 · 2013 The Quiet Explosion In 24-Hour Running For most races, the goal is to determine who can run the fastest. This goes for all distances, including marathons and ultramarathons. For those of us… Dan Horvath · 15 min read Vol. 16, No. 4 · 2012 Across The Years 24-, 48-, And 72-Hour Footrace Most people ring in the new year with champagne, horns, and fireworks. Even those who don’t take to the streets stay up and watch merrymakers mob… Cathy Tibbetts · 9 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 Running Across Wisconsin For Pancreatic Cancer Iwas born in 1955 on a small farm about 50 miles north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. I started running in 1971 (only managed a quarter mile… George Nelsen · 27 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 American 48-Hour Record Smashed Phil McCarthy breaks the record at the “Three Days at the Fair” Running Festival. by Todd Jennings T© Phil McCarthy he rural town of Augusta, New… Todd Jennings · 5 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Not Quite Cooperstown The best baseball players have Cooperstown, the best footballers have Canton, Ohio, and the best basketball players have Springfield, Massachusetts. So what do runners have—in particular,… Rich Limacher · 49 min read Vol. 15, No. 2 · 2011 It was Avery Good Year…And Ahalf Part 1 of 3 Editor’s note: In September 1978, I went to Santa Monica, California, to attempt my first 50-miler. I wrote up the experience in… Frank Bozanich · 38 min read Vol. 13, No. 6 · 2009 Connie Gardner Connie was going for it. She had been on pace (about 10 minutes per mile) for nearly the entire event, the 2007 Ultracentric 24-Hour U.S. championship… Dan Horvath · 13 min read Vol. 13, No. 4 · 2009 The Hells Of The Bunion Derby John Stone, Jr. Photo taken shortly before the start of the 1928 Bunion Derby.John Stone, Jr.’s account of running in the first footrace across America. by… Charles Kastner · 27 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 Bunion Derby Fever In the last years of the 1920s, all things seemed possible: Charles Lindbergh made his solo flight across the Atlantic; the nation’s factories were turning out… Charles Kastner · 13 min read Vol. 11, No. 3 · 2007 Small Towns, Big-Time Races Most of Europe may have lagged behind other areas of the world as ultrarunning, once known as pedestrianism, suddenly gained momentum elsewhere in the world. The… Roy Pirrung · 9 min read Vol. 10, No. 6 · 2006 Matriarchs Of The Ultra Before Ann Trason and Pam Reed started giving the men a run for their money, the duo of Sandra Kiddy and Sue Ellen Trapp dominated women’s… Ed Mayhew · 23 min read M&B Vol. 9, No. 2 · 2005 The Family That Runs Together… Only a pale and shrinking ribbon of light blue hovers over the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains on a mid-May evening. As shadows deepen… Clay Evans · 16 min read Vol. 5, No. 6 · 2001 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon QUEENS, NEW YORK, June 18–August 11, 2000—It's the Fourth of July, and I have just completed 1,000 miles of my fourth Sri Chinmoy 3100-Mile Race. I… Tom Osler · 13 min read Vol. 2, No. 3 · 1998 The Great Six-Day Races Here's a quick summary of Parts I through VIII of The Great Six-Day Races, which appeared in the first eight issues of Marathon & Beyond. —… Ed Dodd · 13 min read Vol. 2, No. 2 · 1998 The Great Six-Day Races Here's a quick summary of Parts I through VII of The Great Six-Day Races, which appeared in the first seven issues of Marathon & Beyond. —… Ed Dodd · 25 min read Vol. 2, No. 1 · 1998 The Great Six-Day Races Here's a quick summary of Parts I through VI of The Great Six-Day Races, which appeared in the first six issues of Marathon & Beyond. —… Ed Dodd · 21 min read Vol. 1, No. 4 · 1997 The Great Six-Day Races While we have mentioned little about Weston since his defeat by Daniel O'Leary in April of 1877, Weston was far from inactive during this time. He… Ed Dodd · 30 min read
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