“It is to step one foot after another deeper into the earth, while becoming part. It is to break the laws of physics while flying between 20,000 brief landings. It is to float across the land, to take deep breaths of nature, and to be acutely aware of one’s surroundings.” -Casey McGuire in Make Excuses […]

by Hanah Cho
Taking two weeks off from work to complete a 156-mile ultramarathon — and in the Sahara Desert of all places — doesn’t sound like much of a vacation. But vacationing wasn’t T. Rowe Price fund manager Jeff Arricale’s mission when he successfully completed the Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) several weeks […]

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by Gene Thibeault
“When you’re lost on the trail with the speed of a snail
And defeat looks you straight in the eye
And you’re needing to sit, your whole being says quit
You’re certain it’s your time to die.
But the code of the trail is “move forward don’t fail”
Though your knees and ego are scarred.
All the swelling and […]

by Casey McGuire
There is no such thing as a boring trail run! We know this. There are reasons to continue kicking dirt for miles on end, and still not want to finish when we detect the little signs of nearing home. Still, regardless of how great things are, they can always be […]

by Nancy Clark, MS, RD
Today’s athletes can get more sophisticated knowledge about the foods and fluids that truly enhance performance. With the help of a personal sports nutritionist, athletes with high aspirations are getting to the next level. The following information, discussed at a conference sponsored by SCAN (the American Dietetic Association’s practice group of […]

“Why couldn’t Pheiddippedes have died at 20 miles?” -Frank Shorter, 1970
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by Andrew Pridgen
Carson City, Nevada - Skinned elbows and knees. Blistered feet streaking up sun-bleached sandy banks leading up two major hills. An all-volunteer crew, subsisting without the benefit of an overbearing major corporate sponsor. But by the three hour-mark, when most participants were gathering for a breakfast burrito, the race that had inflicted so […]

Horton, Great Britain - 900 athletes and supporters descended on the tiny Yorkshire (England) Dales village of Horton on Saturday (26) to contend for the World Championship titles on offer for the winners of the 54th Three Peaks race.
Thankfully, the weather forecasters got it completely wrong and instead of the forecasted heavy rain, running conditions […]

I think it’s just fowl play to get help from an animal to run a race, but this “chicken rider” wore this in the 2007 Chicago Marathon. Apparently, he had not seen the costume before the day of the marathon, and thought it to be a bit warm. I would imagine the chafing […]