Tamara Johnson spent five days at an Alaskan camp directed by champion ultrarunner Geoff Roes. Here’s how this northern exposure boosted her out of her running depression. Plus … links to other great running camps.
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Running Injury Redux: A Calf Strain Raises Old and New Questions About How to Recover and Whether to Run
I’ve been through a lot of injuries and have a sports doc and physical therapist advising me. Yet I remain confused about how exactly to work through this garden-variety muscle strain and return to running. And I’m frustrated as hell.
One Guy’s Gobi Desert Run: Finding Beauty in the Heat and Sand of 7 Days and 250K
It’s close to 110 degrees, and Joe Osha is suffering through the Long Day, the 50-mile leg in the seven-day, 250K (155 mile) Gobi March. He’s carrying all his own food and supplies. What makes a foot race across a desert worthwhile, and how does he go the distance?
Getting Through the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run: A Pacer’s Perspective on the Final Stretch
Snow, scree, summits and storms—the story of my most challenging, most unusual marathon: pacing Garett Graubins during the final 12 hours of his Hardrock 100.
From the Western States Endurance Run Archives: Tim Twietmeyer Recalls His Most Unusual Moment In the Race
Five-time Western States 100 Endurance Run champ Tim Twietmeyer recalls a crazy time on the trail back in 1995—”the year of fire and ice at Western States.”
Q&A with Ashland’s Champion Ultrarunner Hal Koerner Days Away from the 2011 Western States 100 Endurance Run
Hal Koerner, the two-time Western States Endurance Run champion, sat down in his Ashland, Oregon, running store to talk with me before he takes off for Squaw Valley, where the 100-mile race starts Saturday morning. He opened up about his hopes and plans for the race this weekend, his pain at last year’s Western States, […]
Join Me for Summer Fun at the Skyline 50K
Now in its 30th year, the Skyline 50K in the Oakland Hills is one of the oldest continuously run 50Ks in the country, always held the first Sunday in August. It exudes an old-school ultrarunning spirit and tradition carried on by dozens of longtime Bay Area trail runners who come together in their version of […]
The Ohlone 50K: Where Dreams That You Dare To Dream Come Back to Haunt You
I never expected the Ohlone 50K to turn into a race that took everything out of me as I tried to maintain the lead.
A Conversation With Graham Cooper: He’s Ready to Race the Western States 100 (Broken Ribs Be Damned)
A Q&A with the 2006 winner of the Western States Endurance Run, whose peak training suffered a major setback this spring. Can he make the top 10 at States this year?
Book Review: Bryon Powell’s Guide to Running Ultramarathons
A review of Relentless Forward Progress, which provides a thorough and prudent overview of the building blocks to becoming an ultrarunner and strategies for success on race day.