Trail Running and Ultra Marathons

Posted by Jennilyn Eaton on Mar 10, 2014

Women in Ultras: The Feminine Baddasses

When I recently signed up for the Bighorn 100 I took a minute to scan through the entrants. What I saw was a screen of utter disappointment: 10 pages of male entrants and barely one page of female entrants. For real? C’mon ladies! No, I don’t think ultra-running needs to be the #1 sport for women. Innately it is one of the least feminine sports out there. Let’s face it: it’s a sport filled with farting...

Posted by Craig Lloyd on Mar 9, 2014

White Rim 100 – New FKT by Kelly Agnew

Adventure running and the chasing of known FKTs (Fastest Known Times) has nearly become a sport all it’s own. Over the last 18 months there have been more new times set on different routes around the planet than can be counted in one article. Traditional racers are now becoming adventure runners and the standards for long trail runs are being set higher. Kelly Agnew, a prominent 100 mile racer...

Posted by Craig Lloyd on Mar 6, 2014

Show us Your Cairn!

The cairn is everyone’s trail guide. We want to see pictures of cairns from the areas that you run. Post your cairn on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #thecairn for a chance to win an UltrAspire Omega vest! Submit your images over the next two weeks – The winner will be announced on March 21, 2014! A winner will be randomly selected from among all posts to be the lucky winner of...

Posted by Craig Lloyd on Mar 6, 2014

TAUR Big Announcement

We are excited at TrailAndUltraRunning.com to make a few amazing announcements. We can say right now that the month of March will bring big changes to the TAUR website. First, we will be redoing the front end of the website. It will soon have a newer, cleaner look and feel. Navigation and the user experience won’t change too much, but it will flow better and be more intuitive. Second, and along...

Posted by Guest Post on Mar 4, 2014

When the snow kills your skin

By Andreas When I started to work as a bike-courier, I would ride my trusty bicycle in short trousers or calf-free-baggy-pants. Day in and day out my shins were naked. I did not care about the weather. I had a good job, enjoyed the action in the streets, met nice folks and earned my money being active. No matter if was winter or rain, I still wore my short trousers. When I began running, I kept my...

Posted by Jerry Armstrong on Mar 3, 2014

Ironman vs. Ultramarathon: Endurance Athletes Who Do Both

In 2006, I finished my first Ironman triathlon. It took me over five years to take my body and mind from “normal guy” to Ironman. The 140.6 mile race was a life-long dream etched from an early age by ABC’s Wide World of Sports. I remember seeing athletes struggle through the course on television. It was the most incredible thing I had ever seen. The pain, the suffering, the raw human emotion…it was...

Posted by Craig Lloyd on Feb 27, 2014

Skora Minimalist Shoe Review

The specialty running shoe industry has seen a shift across the full spectrum of footbed support; from absolute minimalism to max cushion that begs to be calculated in inches. Most companies, in fact, now offer multiple options across that spectrum, attempting to meet the ever-changing needs and desires of the running community. Skora has chosen to remain in their niche, offering shoes that will always...

Posted by Guest Post on Feb 21, 2014

Magellan Echo & Switch Review

by Pete Stoughton Tracking the labors of an ultra runner can be as difficult as the run itself. Purchasing a GPS watch is perhaps the most costly expenditure for runners, excluding the mighty prices of race entries. As such, runners are demanding more and more from GPS watches. What began simply as required accuracy in measuring distances, consumers are now examining battery life, elevation accuracy,...