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The Craftsman 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
His process is pure nature, a raw, human thing. – The Heart of a Craftsman on Shawn Freeman Ever since I started running, I have often thought of the activity as a craft. At the beginning, my interes...
2013 The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) Women’s Preview 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
The 2013 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc is finally upon us and the ladies are just about ready to rumble ’round the mountain. While perhaps not as deep as the men’s field (which we detailed in our men’s pr...
2013 The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) Men’s Preview 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This year’s men’s race at The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc promises to be as strong as ever. In addition to the always strong European contingent is the best assemblage of Americans yet to tac...
2013 Grand Slam of Ultrarunning — Part Three: Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky 25 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
“In the evening you see firearms on all sides, every third man carries a Sharps, Spencer or Winchester rifle and every man has one or two revolvers in a condition for immediate use…” “I do not believ...
Scott Jaime Sets a New Supported FKT on the Colorado Trail 24 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
When we look back at 2013, we endurance types will remember this as the year in which the FKT phenomenon exploded. While folks have been going fast through wild spaces for a good, long time and keepi...
Travis Macy, 2013 Leadman Champion Interview 24 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Travis Macy won the 2013 Leadman Series, a combination of five trail running and mountain biking events held in Leadville, Colorado over the course of two months each summer, in a combined record time...
Mike Wolfe and Hal Koerner’s John Muir Trail Supported FKT Report 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” — Ed Abbey, Desert Solitaire “The sum of two partners’ energy, wisdom, and strength of will—when those partners are well adapted to each oth...
The Sports Gene 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
I just finished reading David Epstein’s The Sports Gene and found it both informative and compelling. At first glance, this tidy little book written by one of Sports Illustrated’s up-and-coming writer...
Compressport Product Review 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Okay, let me begin by saying that I’ve been “dressing Euro” for a while now when it comes to my trail and ultrarunning. Calf sleeves, compression socks, and compression shorts have become mainstays of...
Why Do You Have to Run So Much? 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
[Editor's Note: The beauty of life is the beauty of life, no? There are so many things to love. It's the nature of the human spirit, perhaps, to grow deeply attached to many beautiful things, our fami...
