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The Long Run

The key component of marathon training. An excerpt from Running a Marathon For Dummies. the different types of workouts you do, the long run most closely simulates the marathon. So runners tend to pay a lot of attention to the long run—and for good reason. Doing so goes a long way toward effecting the physical … Read more

Something to Run For

“Actually, yeah,” said Steve, distracted by her touch. “Though I’d like to have some choice about it, at least take a day off here and there.” “Well, the world, that horrible world you live in, is the same world that’s made it possible for you to run everywhere and manage to survive doing what it … Read more

Something Gone, Something Gained

Mark Pickard noted with dismay that: “Cavin was already halfway through a cigarette and a beer by the time I got in!” Time to back off a bit By the start of the 1990s Woodward was still a formidable opponent. His times were slower than in his peak years, but this was offset by the … Read more

The Audacity Of Cavinwoodward

The Audacity of Cavin Woodward “Race as fast as you can for as long as you can’ ou would think—in theory at least—that the key to being a top ultrarunner Vis to be single minded, well organized, and happy to toil for hours in your own company. But of course every sport throws up the … Read more

The Unfinished Race That Stuck In My Craw

A final chance at redemption. slope in the crook of the next switchback and shifted my weight slowly to see if it would hold or if I would go sliding off Topatopa Bluff, taking the loose stones that marked the edge of the trail with me. The tightening switchbacks were down to about 6 feet … Read more

Stopped Worrying About The Race

How | Stopped Worrying About the Race And learned to love the run—part Il. Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Six-Day Race, which started April 21, 2013, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. I had high hopes for big mileage totals, so those numbers were in my head as well as my expected mileage per day, minutes per … Read more

Twenty-Four Hours, Minute By Minute

entire 24 hours. Shannon is another individual who has helped organize NC24 since its beginnings. Barb Clutter wrangles all of the volunteers and will also be here for the entire time. She is at the moment helping to set up the aid station. Most of us organizers and volunteers are members of the Medina County … Read more

My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 3)

(And what | learned from it.) incredible magic of breaking the 26.2-mile barrier, you feel like a child. A frontier, previously held and perceived as incredibly distant, becomes accessible—the impossible now made possible. Such newfound confidence makes you yearn for bigger challenges. It was these sentiments that influenced my decision to enter the Dick Collins … Read more

Don’T Let The Gift Stop Here

Don’t Let the Gift Stop Here Across Texas, but never alone. uthor’s note: In 2011, at the age of 23, Ientered the world of ultrarunning. It was not in arace or competition but rather at an invisible border marking my passage from New Mexico into the goliath state of Texas. I was on a trip … Read more

When Watching Ultras Was All The Rage

© Islington Local History Centre 4A broadside advertising a AGRICULTURAL HALL, ixscnviesonsna done ISLINGTON. O’Leary in London, 1877. FOLLOWING DAYS, EASTER MONDAY spectators were already inside AND FIVE the arena. A band entertained the growing crowd by playing sacred music until midnight, when the Sabbath ended and it switched to livelier tunes, such as “Baby … Read more

Largest Marathons And Their Trends

Based on a six-year average using number of finishers. n 2014 at New York, a record for the most finishers in a marathon was set at 50,432. Thirty-nine years ago in 1976, the record was just 2,143 at the Schwarzwald Marathon in Braunlingen, Germany. Prior to 1964 no marathon had more than 200 finishers except … Read more

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