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Pacing & Race Strategy

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Vol. 5, No. 6 · 2001 Ultra-Pacing OFTEN, THE image that comes to mind when you think of ultrarunning is the lone, dedicated runner covering vast distances over mountain trails, deserts, or endless… 13 min read M&B Vol. 1, No. 4 · 1997 Using Your Body’s Tachometer The field of medicine has certainly known about heart rate for centuries. Long ago it was commonly accepted that a human heart held only so many… 18 min read Vol. 3, No. 6 · 1999 Six Fifty-Two SIX MINUTES and 52 seconds. For 11 years, these numbers had burned in my psyche. Six minutes and 52 seconds—the pace per mile I would need… Dan Horvath · 10 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. 1 · 2015 The Pacer “Y ou should train for a marathon. Philly is in November,” I said. “I’ll do it if you promise to train and pace me,” she said.… Michael Green · 20 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 Midpacker No More It’s the first weekend in August 2013, around 7:00 in the morning, in the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena. Bouncing down Altadena Drive is a petite,… Andrea Feucht · 13 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 Top 10 Ways Your Crew Might Sabotage Your Finish During an ultrarunning adventure, participants often joke that the one constant is weather fluctuation, a guarantee that conditions will change during the race. Your support crew… Kara Garrod · 21 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 Wonders Down Under: Adrienne Beames And Derek Clayton In July 1969, a man walked on the moon. Our world would never be the same. The modern age of marathon running was launched at that… Roger Robinson · 28 min read Vol. 16, No. 4 · 2012 The Glam Circuit Completion by an individual of a quartet of 100-mile races in the continental United States in four summer months of one year—Western States in California, Vermont… Walter Fowler · 30 min read Vol. 14, No. 4 · 2010 Ultrarunning Power Couple Makes Grand Slam History “One hundred miles of heaven and hell.”—Wasatch Front 100 motto Stan and Chrissy Ferguson purposely never mentioned the words “Grand Slam” for fear it would jinx… Zoie Clift · 22 min read M&B Vol. 14, No. 3 · 2010 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 3) EUGENE, OREGON, May 3, 2009—My friend Len says that due to the length and difficulty of the marathon race, the average runner can expect four things… Clover Coyner · 16 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 Pacing As Soulcraft My ex-husband was a big, handsome guy—lumbering, soft spoken, quick to make a gentle joke. But you would never call him graceful. Not unless you saw… Rachel Toor · 15 min read M&B Vol. 13, No. 1 · 2009 Running The Perfect Marathon How to squeeze the most from yourself over 26.2 miles. A guide to successful marathon pacing and racing from start to finish. by Roy Stevenson One-third… Roy Stevenson · 20 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 12, No. 4) WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO, August 4, 2007—On a scorching day in August 1987 in Germantown, Tennessee, I quit my high school crosscountry team. I walked away during… Wyatt C. Hornsby · 30 min read M&B Vol. 11, No. 6 · 2007 Leaving Las Vegas Iused to think it was cheating. Then, as is often the case with the things we are morally opposed to, when I was on the receiving… Rachel Toor · 19 min read M&B Vol. 11, No. 1 · 2007 How To Run The Comrades Marathon Do Women Have an Edge When It Comes to Running Ultradistance Events? BY LINDSAY WEIGHT, Ph.D. The Comrades Marathon is a race of variable distance, run… Lindsay Weight · 5 min read Vol. 10, No. 4 · 2006 Marathon Training Odyssey Editor’s note: In the previous two parts, which appeared in our last two issues, the author introduced readers to the Shawangunk Runners of New York State… Fred Stewart · 26 min read Vol. 10, No. 1 · 2006 There And Back Isat in the dark theater, gazing up at the image on the screen. It was of a man pumping his arms rhythmically as he ran over… Jeff Horow · 28 min read Vol. 2, No. 2 · 1998 About THE Authors JULIA EMMONS is the executive director of the Atlanta Track Club, the second largest running club in the United States. A veteran of 20 marathons, Julia… Editorial Staff · 1 min read
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