Rogue Valley Runners in Ashland, Oregon is arguably the capitol of ultrarunning in the US these days. Sorry Seattle Running Company and Auburn Running Company, but have you seen the caravan of ultrarunning gypsies that owner Hal Koerner has assembled down there? Let’s see, there’s Ian Torrence, Erik Skaggs, Kyle Skaggs, Tony Krupicka, and the …
Soon after starting Conduct the Juices in December 2008, I had this idea. It might be fun, entertaining, unique, and possibly informative, provocative and impactful, to get a group of bloggers together who share a passion for the Western States 100 and synchronously post on different topics leading up to the June 27, 2009 race. …
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You ever wonder why Tim Twietmeyer, the five-time champion with 25 sub-24-hour finishes, including a streak of 15 consecutive top-five finishes, and now president of the board, retired from racing Western States 100 in 2006? Here are the top ten reasons. 10. He ran out of belts for any new silver buckles. 9. So he …
Years ago I heard my buddy Ed Willson’s hash name was Mr Ed Sucks. If you know Ed you should realize how good a name that is, because, well, it just is. While I never joined the Hash House Harriers, their penchant for giving members interesting, usually crude names is right up my alley. So, …
We got a lot of responses to the 1980s WS video trivia contest. Here are the results and the answers. Monkeyboy and Seagul Junker tie for first. lc and Gary Wang tie for third. 1. “As the sage Demosthenes Brito once said: Everyday is not the same and that’s alright by me.” Steve Warshawer 1988. …
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