Tushars 75km takes place in the Tushars Mountains outside of Beaver, Utah on the last weekend in July. Directed by Aravaipa out of Phoenix, Arizona, […]
Tag: Mountain Running
2023 Broken Arrow SkyRace 40km, Olympic Valley, CA
Broken Arrow SkyRace in Lake Tahoe is an extremely competitive 23-46km event worth the trip.
Do You Have The Drive to be an Ultrarunner?
Are you moved by the sight of a winding trail along a cliffy buttress or a mountain peak on the far horizon? Do you feel […]
Overtrained or overstrained?
Often overtrained is poor nomenclature for overstrained. Most of us are actually running less than we’d like, stressing more than we should, working as much […]
Kima Trophy: 52km of True Mountain Running in the Italian Alps
“The trick is to NOT get confident, because then you overestimate your abilities.” —Anna Eriksmo on accepting risk. Words cannot describe the challenges and landscape […]
5 Race Week Don’ts
After nearly 11 months since my last Skyrunning race—the Rut 50km in Montana, USA, and about 15 months since my last international Skyrunning race—Transvulcania 75km […]
Tromsø Skyrace, Norway: A Race of Extremes
Tromsø is a small metropolis on an island among islands at 69 degrees latitude in the Arctic Circle of northern Norway. A dense little city […]
MACRO, MESO, MICRO: WHATS UP WITH CYCLES?
Progressing your training deliberately is the best way to ensure you meet your goals without sliding back downhill due to avoidable setbacks like injury, fatigue, […]
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING
Currently my miles are dismally low. Our “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” weather in Montana gives us runners a daily opportunity to test […]
4 Quick Moves for Smooth Running
Runners use large muscles in the legs and hips to forcefully propel the body forward with one leg and land on the other leg to […]