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Touching the Sky at the 2013 Pikes Peak Marathon 23 Aug 2013 | 03:44 am
“Acting funny, and I don’t know why Excuse me while I kiss the sky” - Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze Last Saturday, I had the great privilege of checking a race off my bucket list by running the 58th ...
FKT Records Fall at PCT, JMT, Appalachian Trail in Summer '13 12 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
There has been a lot of attention on Fastest Known Time (FKT) attempts in the last few years, and the Summer of 2013 has been no exception. In the last few months, FKT records have fallen on three big...
Mo Farah Takes On The World 2 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
5k/10k 2012 Gold Medalist Mo Farah is ready to take on the best...at just about any distance. He couldn't get the 1500m added to go for three Golds at the World Championship, but he's got plenty cooki...
USATF Announces US Mountain Running Team for 2013 29 Jul 2013 | 01:55 am
Seventeen top runners earned slots on the 2013 U.S. Mountain Running Team, and will be headed to Poland for the 29th World Mountain Running Championships on September 8th. The Senior Men's team earne...
Killer Videos of the Week - Jornet/De Gasperi duel in the Dolomites, Inside View of Timmy Olson's 2013 Win at Western States 21 Jul 2013 | 09:45 pm
I hope you all are having a great weekend! Perhaps you were watching Joe Gray and Morgan Arritola win the 2013 USA National Mountain Running Championships at Mt. Cranmore (and a shout out to Team inov...
Why Run? To Escape the BLERCH! (The Oatmeal) 16 Jul 2013 | 02:54 am
The Oatmeal, a wonderful online comic, recently posted a hilarious multi-page story about the author's reasons for running long distances. Why fear The Wall, when you are constantly plagued by The Ble...
An Intro to Skyrunning at the Marathon du Mont Blanc 3 Jul 2013 | 02:52 am
“It’s not enough, I need more Nothing seems to satisfy I don’t want it, I just need it To live, to breathe, to know I’m alive” - Stinkfist, Tool Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of returnin...
A Perfect Father's Day at the San Francisco Marathon 24 Jun 2013 | 02:09 am
It’s 5am, and I’ve begun Father’s Day by driving 95 mph drive up the highway, frantically juggling coffee, sunscreen, and a race number that refuses to pin itself straight. Wait…isn’t Father’s Day sup...
This Is Your Brain On Coffee (NY Times) 21 Jun 2013 | 09:46 pm
Re-reading this great summary of studies of the effect of caffeine while I get my pre-run second cup. Here I thought it just tastes good, but apparently it can help stave off dementia, reduce your ris...
Are Power-Generating Shoes The Future? 11 Jun 2013 | 03:31 am
We all know we generate energy with every strike of the foot while running - is it possible to harness that power? A group of students at Rice University in Texas certainly think so, and have created ...
