by Peter Gardiner
Racing 80 kilometres through the wilds of the Glass House Mountains is not exactly what recreational runners would consider a warm-up. Yet Nic Moloney, who loves the open-air beauty of trail running as much as the challenge, will use the Cook’s Tour run this Sunday for a far more loftier appointment with pain.
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by Sarah Wassner Flynn
Taking a long run through the city streets early in the morning can help center your day. Trekking along dusty soft trails through the mountains is a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Getting in a quick run in your neighborhood is a great way to get in some exercise without driving […]

by Isabelle Dills
Participants in The North Face Endurance Challenge crossed the finish line near Lake Samish Saturday, short of breath with shoes and legs caked in mud. Bent over with his hands on his knees and the sweat still dripping from his brow, half-marathon runner Joah Spearman described the 13-mile race.
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by Don Buraglio
As if running 100 miles wasn’t hard enough, athletes worry about becoming lost in the wilderness, being bitten by a rattlesnake or attacked by a mountain lion, suffering accidents due to sleep deprivation at night, or succumbing to any number of medical conditions that can cause an untimely end to their race.
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by John Hartsock
Area woman enduring 100 miles for charity
Pennsylvania - Lisa (Sidler) Fleming has completed several major marathons, including the Boston Marathon, the Washington, D.C. Marine Corps Marathon and the Pittsburgh Marathon.
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by Kim Thompson
BC Canada - The Comfortably Numb Trail Race will put runners through another thigh-burning and lung-busting experience on Sunday, June 22. With less than two months to go, it’s also the perfect time to start training and get ready to participate in one of the toughest but most beautiful races on the West […]

by John Shumacher
Jamie Frink fell in love two years ago on a trail in Lone Pine. Chad Long took the plunge that same spring in Cool. And Patrick DellaPace found similar joy last year on a challenging ascent to Auburn. The object of their affection? Ultrarunning, which lures people from the road racing world with […]

by Kevin Pates
Thirty-eight students in a crowd of more than 200 were honored at the Marshall, Proctor, Hermantown banquet. The event honors seniors who rank in the top 10 percent of their class for their academic career. Jurek, 34, was at the podium four days after running a 100-kilometer race in Sausalito, Calif. His message […]

Before Sean Workowsi can hit the trail, he has to finish his day job as an attorney at Frith, Anderson and Peake. Most of us probably hit the couch when we get off, but not this guy. He gets in the car and heads off to the Appalachian Trail to train anywhere from […]

Dan A. Nelson
The route, according to the official literature, includes “insane views of Mount Baker and the North Cascades to the east. The views of the San Juan Islands to the west, Canadian [mountains] to the north, plus the vast Skagit Valley to the south are not half bad, either. Elevations bounce between 200 and […]