Two things are happening in the ultrarunning world this weekend. Firstly, hundreds of runners will set off through the Alps, traversing highly technical trails around Western Europe’s mightiest ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1.It's so much better to run with a friend than to run solo. Last year, my first year running the Burning Man ultramarathon, I ran ...
From muscle fibers to mental grit, here’s the science behind why some bodies can endure ultramarathons, while others hit the wall far sooner. Ultramarathons sit at the far edge of what the human body ...
When Stephanie Case entered a 100-kilometer (around 62 miles) ultrarunning race through the Welsh mountains, winning was far from her mind. Six months postpartum and still breastfeeding her infant ...
On Valentine’s Day, exactly one month before my 50th birthday, I ran my first ultramarathon — an official UTMB 50 race, although it was actually 53 kilometers (33 miles). But what’s a couple of miles ...
California does not lack for extreme sports settings. Surfers have the mountainous waves of Mavericks Beach near Half Moon Bay. Climbers have the awesome granite monoliths of Yosemite Valley. And ...
It took about 18 miles for Benny Hickok to realize exactly why the race earned the designation as Indiana’s “toughest trail race.” For starters, the trails guiding racers through the Owen-Putnam State ...
In my previous blog I discussed how I rediscovered running when I started to use Nike Free shoes. These alleviated my knee pain and also allowed me to think of my running, not as compulsory drudgery, ...
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