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Ultramarathon

245 articles — Coverage of running beyond 26.2 miles — Comrades, Western States, Badwater, Spartathlon, JFK 50, the Self-Transcendence races, and the early 24-hour and trans-American efforts. Marathon & Beyond was one of the first running publications to give serious editorial weight to the ultra distances.

Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 6) QUEENS, NEW YORK, June 12, 2004—In the northeast corner of Queens, New York, atop a forested hill overlooking Little Neck Bay, sits little Crocheron Park. This… Phil Mccarthy · 13 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 Running The 292-Mile Badwater Double Recap The run started at the Badwater Basin at 7:11 a.m. Pacific time on July 1, 2014. I ran the 17 miles to Furnace Creek in… Kenneth A. Posner · 24 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. 6 · 2014 Fifty Years To Finish An Ultra Never say die. I had power walked 52 miles nonstop in 13 hours, and extreme weariness set in. I slumped into a comfy chair at the… Dave Fereday · 15 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 5) ZUMBRO RIVER BOTTOMS, THEILMAN, MINNESOTA, April 12, 2013—There were three running events slated for the second weekend in April in Theilman, Minnesota. The races are held… Ted Gamble · 17 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 The Spy Who Ran In From the Cold The very last place you would ever expect to find a Cold War-type spy story— complete with clandestine operations, political intrigue, sworn secrecies, flying under the… Rich Limacher · 39 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 Musings Of An Accidental Ultramarathoner In the late fall of 2012, at the age of 41, I ended up running my first ultramarathon. It was the New York Road Runners 60K… Richard Deitch · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 And It Ends With A Wedding Frozen prayer flags at Everest Base Camp.Max on the turnaround mark at Bibre.Namche Bazaar, a long-awaited sight.Courtesy of Max Brodsky Ican think of no other races… Max Brodsky · 16 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. 4 · 2014 George Littlewood It’s called multiday racing today. However, 150 years ago it was called long-distance pedestrianism, and the man who inspired the blue-ribbon event in the sport, the… Paul S. Marshall · 10 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. 3 · 2014 Shooting The Palo Duro 20K, 50K, And 50-Mile As a boy child in the 1950s, with an imagination fueled by TV and movie westerns, most of my play activities were built around playing cowboys… Mike Langille · 9 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 2) CANYON, TEXAS, October 20, 2012—Twenty weeks of training through a hot Texas summer, the highest weekly training mileage ever, a persistent cough a month before the… Angela Turnage · 21 min read Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 Aletterto Race Volunteers What possesses someone who does not race, who may not even run, to get up at silly hours of the morning to stand outside, in the… Rachel Toor · 11 min read Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 Trans-Alpine Run Versus Trans-Rockies Run OK, I lied. Some people may not consider me to be a midpacker. After all, I’ve qualified for Boston more than 50 times so I never… Gay Renouf · 11 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 18, No. 1) It takes a leap of faith to get things going It takes a leap of faith—you gotta show some guts It takes a leap of faith… Jay Murry · 18 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Runs With Vultures Running at observatories is a particularly insidious form of mountain running. Being both a marathon and ultramarathon runner and a research astronomer, I spend quite a… Paul A. Heckert · 8 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. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Following My Grandfather’s Footsteps Deception all around During the Walk, the Indian witnesses complained that the men were running, not walking. Later, the chiefs filed complaints to the authorities, but… Chuck Stone · 20 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 My Journey To Badwater My journey to the 2012 Badwater 135 ultramarathon started innocently enough. “Dad, why don’t you run Badwater, so I can be on your crew?” My daughter,… Kenneth A. Posner · 14 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Trial By Fire “C ould it be any hotter?” I asked myself, sitting at the Friday afternoon race orientation for the 2011 edition of the Rio Del Lago 100… Gary Dudney · 11 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
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