2012 Waldo 100K Report

My Waldo 100k report which appeared in the October issue of UltraRunning Magazine August 18, 2012 11th Annual 91 finishers, 112 starters = 81% finish rate We put Waldo on so runners can challenge themselves. So they can run on miles and miles of single track through beautiful Oregon forests, past scores of alpine lakes, …

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Why Oregon?

AJW has a poll on his new Keep It Simple AJW blog: What state is America’s Ultrarunning capital? While there have only been 55 votes cast so far, probably because his huge fan base doesn’t know about his new blog yet, Oregon is leading with 42% followed by Colorado at 28%, California at 21%, and …

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Year Three of Conducting The Juices

Instead of writing a review of my own running for 2011, I’m gonna do a review of the third year of Conducting The Juices.  Seems like I’ve been writing this blog for more than three years, but in fact, I started this blog in December 2008 so it has indeed only been three years. So …

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The Queen’s Amazing Year (Take 2)

Update Jan 10, 2012: Ellie Greenwood and Dave Mackey have been named UltraRunning Magazine’s Runners of the Year for 2011.  Meghan was runner-up for the second year in a row.  I think the voters done good, but Meghan still is the most amazing ultrarunner of the year.   Last year Meghan Arbogast, at 49, arguably …

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The 99%

Lots of chatter lately about ultras offering prize money and Ultrarunner of the Year and elite this and elite that.  Blah blah blah blah…  While I have tremendous respect and admiration for the fastest guys in the sport, without the 99% percent of the rest of the people out there, including runners and volunteers, there …

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