More than 350 runners and walkers will take to the high ground of the Yorkshire Dales this weekend to tackle one of the most challenging long-distance events in the country. The Fellsman (it’s dropped its ‘Hike’ sobriquet) involves 100km (62 miles) of running or walking across almost every sizeable hill in the Dales national park. […]

by Kathie Portie
Running a marathon wears down the muscles in the body. Because of that, paying attention to nutrition—what fuels the body—is as important as planning the workout, according to Dr. Yvette Rooks, team physician for the Baltimore Ravens professional football team. The body tears down the muscles during extreme exertion. “Post race (and long […]

VAIL, Colo. - (Business Wire) Mountain Games™, the largest outdoor adventure sports festival, announced today that Teva® (a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, NASDAQ: DECK) has signed a five-year title sponsorship deal. Teva, which has been a key partner in the first six years of the Mountain Games, has renewed its commitment to the games […]

by Guy Rogers
GARDEN Route extreme runner Jo McKenzie was one of the heroes of the epic ultra-marathon through the Addo Elephant Park at the weekend, winning the women‘s category and coming in third overall in a field which included top domestic and overseas men and women trail runners.
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by Lisa Donchak
Just for a moment, imagine how difficult it is to run a mile. Now imagine running a mile in 120 degrees. Now imagine running it uphill. Now imagine doing it 135 times in a row without sleeping. Each year, about 90 runners line up to see if they have what it takes to […]

by Greg Bluestein
PIEDMONT, Alabama –You can tell a lot about a hiking trail by its markings, and the abundance of blue splotches marking trees throughout the Alabama Pinhoti say plenty about the trail’s ambitions. Blue symbols typically mark side trails. But the Alabama Pinhoti, running about 130 miles from central Alabama to the Georgia state […]

by Miles Blumhardt
The curious stares Alene Nitzky draws while jogging along the Spring Creek Trail are warranted. After all, dressed in the all-white training suit she looks like a cross between the Flying Nun and someone responding to a hazmat incident. But then the 44-year-old nurse isn’t your normal runner.
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by Yvonne Zacharias
About eight years ago, Ray Zahab was a 31-year-old guy with a pack-a-day smoking habit. Sometimes two packs. He had grown up but never outgrown his partying ways. “I was sick of how I felt. I felt physically terrible. I felt mentally terrible. I felt out of control. I felt like, ‘Where the […]

by Kristen V. Brown
Swigging back PBR and chanting old English pub songs, a group of 30 or so sweaty runners look conspicuous in a scarcely populated downtown bar on a Sunday afternoon. One runner is summoned to the center of the circle and issued a punishment: drinking beer from her running shoes for the crime […]

No, I don’t work for XTERRA, but they have a nice series of trail runs spread out about the U.S. this year, and were gracious enough to let me share their schedule with you. These were all the May events I could find for the Trail Run Series. Some good races have passed, […]