University of Oregon students Cameron Marks and Konrad Wojcik made a short video exploring the minds of masters ultrarunners Meghan Arbogast (49) and John Ticer (54). Both are good friends and training partners of mine, providing inspiration to keep training hard year after year. Even if you know both of them I bet you learn …
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Wow, there sure has been a lot of “complaining” on various blogs since the 2010 UROY results came out earlier this week. It’s interesting that people take this so seriously, including me. Isn’t it the races that actually count, not some subjective ranking comparing Bay Area trail vs Ohio road, Colorado rocky mountains vs California …
Ultrarunning Magazine announced the 2010 Ultrarunners of the Year today (see results). Hard not to notice that both the top two men, Geoff Roes and Anton Krupicka, and the top two women, Tracy Garneau and Meghan Arbogast also finished top two, respectively, at Western States 100 last June. Can we conclude that WS was indeed …
Guest Post by AJW It’s time once again to reflect on my year of ultrarunning. 2010 was one of my best years ever: three 100 milers with two victories and a top ten finish at Western States, three other top-five finishes at ultras, a road marathon, and a PR in the mile at historic Hayward …
1. run100s.com now lists 83 100 mile races in North America. Yeah, that includes the Canucks but does anybody even run their events? 2. We still have a magazine that lists every finisher from every ultra run in this country. DNFs are excluded but I know somebody who is keeping track. 3. Most race directors …
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