Have you ever seen a road runner repave a street? Or drive the street cleaner? Or volunteer as a flagger while work is being done on a road? One of many things that separates trail running from road running is the fact that runners and race directors are citizen stewards of the trails we use. …
FastDude: I wasn’t selected in your lottery and I am calling to ask you to let me in your race. RD: Sorry, FastDude, but we only have a limited number of available spots as permitted by the land managers. Many runners want those limited entry spots and we have determined the most fair way to …
Stephen Itano first came to Waldo in 2007. He finished his third Waldo last year. While he isn’t one of the elites that has me shaking my head wondering how he could run that many miles or that fast, this 51 year old Californian did something that still has me shaking my head. Last November, …
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 …