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Posts Tagged ‘ultramarathons’


Ghost Town 38.5 – Course Flyover

A couple of weeks ago I got to run the last Ghost Town 38.5 (click here for my race report) which takes the runners up Highway 152 for 6 miles and then sends them off into the Gila National Forest for the majority of the race before turning us around and sending us back the [...]

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The Ghost Town 38.5

I had the privilege of running the final edition of the Ghost Town 38.5 this January, and it was a lot of fun and involved eating a lot of really good food…well, at least before and after the race. There was plenty of food available during the race as well, but I didn’t eat nearly [...]

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Should The Umstead Race Registration Have You Worried?

Yesterday, the Umstead 100 opened registration, but somebody decided to be sneaky and made a fake registration link at Active.com that allowed people to register early (since the race directors decided to let those 29 people into the race.) This seems to me to be an easy way to scam people, just poorly executed given [...]

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Matt Hart’s View of the 2009 Endurance Scene

I recently watched this video that was compiled by Matt Hart at Coaching Endurance that shows you the past year’s ultra events through Matt’s eyes. Very motivational; it makes me want to go outside and run right now. (Not that I usually need very much to make me want to do that, heheh…) Here’s the [...]

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Why Run Ultras?

My buddy Jamie clued me in to this video from Matt Hart who put it together for a presentation he did at Montrail a few days ago. There aren’t a whole lot of words, but it certainly makes me want to go hit the trails… Good luck to Jamie and Stephen at Massanutton this weekend!

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Pineland Farms Trail Challenge Filling Up Fast

Just a quick announcement to anybody interested in running at the Pineland Farms Trail Challenge on Memorial Day Weekend in New Gloucester, Maine: The Pineland Farms Trail Challenge is coming up on Sunday, May 24th. After this Sunday the 10th the price for each race will increase by $5 so sign up soon! This year [...]

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Mike Brooks & Camp Sunshine to be Featured Tonight on WCSH6

For those in the Southern Maine area that are interested, WCSH 6 News Center 6 at 6 will be doing a segment sometime this evening between 6:00-6:30 on Camp Sunshine and Mike Brooks’ 10 Days for Sunshine run. Mike is going to attempt to run 500 miles over the span of 10 days starting next [...]

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What does a family of ducks have to do with ultramarathons?

The following article was written by Christian Griffith, a member of the Georgia Ultrarunning and Trail Running Society. He already has over a dozen marathon or longer races scheduled for this year alone. His next race is tomorrow morning in the ING Georgia Marathon. You can read more about him at his blog, run100miles.com Can [...]

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