The venerable A Jizzle Wizzle is coming to Oregon next week. One of the things he’ll be doing, in addition to visiting family, is meeting me at Hayward Field on Wednesday before Thanksgiving to a run a mile. No pacers. Just two old ultrarunners going head to head. Because he loves to bet, we’re going …
Guest Post by White Trash (Alan Abbs) I just received the latest issues of Trailrunner and Ultrarunning magazines, both of which referred to the debacle at Flagline 50K, and my thoughts turned to the subject of wrong turns. We’ve all taken them at one time or another — in training runs they open up new …
If you haven’t noticed, the Queen, a.k.a. Meghan Arbogast, is having one hell of a year at 49 years old. A year that could end with the title Ultrarunner of the Year. She is in Gibraltar this week to run in her third World 100K championship and it wouldn’t surprise me if she is standing …
Guest Post by The Seed (Jeff Kozak) Top 10 Reasons Why Andy Jones-Wilkins Should Take His Shot At The Grand Slam Record in 2011: 10. He’s “acquired” (as in prostituted himself) enough sponsor connections over the past several years to have a unique combination of them with zero product re-use for each race. 9. Age …
Guest Post by John Ticer Yes, besides marrying my practice wife this was the most insane thing I have ever done. But, for this event I prepared well. The 24-hour round-y-round has always intrigued me for some strange reason so I knew that I would some day have to check it off my bucket list. …
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