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Posted by CraigLloyd on May 20, 2013

Desert RATS Trail Running Festival

Gemini Adventures hosts more than just a race in Fruita, CO in April of every year. By all definitions it is truly a festival. They start with a pre-race dinner at a local hotel on Friday, the marathon and double-marathon on Saturday, followed by awards and a party, then a half marathon and 5 miler on Sunday; a whole weekend of events. With proper planning runners should attempt to attend all of the...

Posted by smzrunner on May 17, 2013

Miles 2 Give – Ultra Running for Sarcoma cancer research and awareness

Landon Cooper is the tattooed man behind Miles 2 Give, the ultra running charity raising money for Sarcoma Cancer research. Images and symbols inked on his shoulders and arms create a visual cacophony of motion. Sarcoma is a cancer of the bone or soft tissue. 60% of sarcomas are soft tissue, meaning that fat, muscle, nerves, ligaments, joints, blood vessels or lymph vessels are affected. It...

Posted by mkreuzer on May 16, 2013

UltrAspire Alpha Pack – Gear Review

Along with rest of the TrailAndUltraRunning.com crew we visited the UltrAspire booth at the Summer Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City last summer. Based on the number of new packs there, it’s clear that Bryce and the gang at UltrAspire spend a lot of time innovating. The pack that really caught my eye was the Alpha. So when UltrAspire sent us a number of new products to test – one...

Posted by VanessaRuns on May 10, 2013

Sequoia National Park: Finding Resilience in the Forest

While some people have fond memories of themselves as children, with days full of opportunity and innocence and mornings spent chasing puppies and rainbows, my own memories are clouded with the uncomfortable sensation of a complete lack of control. It is a fear-based aura assuring you that something bad may happen at any moment, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. It has been years since...

Posted by MattWilliams on May 8, 2013

Gear Review – UltrAspire Quantum

Last summer at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, UltrAspire gave us a sneak peak at an up and coming product – the Quantum – a race inspired waist belt you slip on like shorts, that gives you enough storage for the essentials without the usual hassles of a running belt. I remember liking it enough at the time to want to try and talk them into parting with one of their few demos, but...

Posted by EnduranceJer on May 7, 2013

Top 5 Mistakes in Ultramarathon: Avoiding Common Pitfalls

What are the most common mistakes made in ultrarunning? From rookies to veterans, the common mistakes are what lead to less than satisfactory finish times or plain old DNFs. The following are pretty universally accepted as common mistakes made in our humbling sport. I throw in some ideas from my own experience below each of these with regard to my best advice for avoiding these common pitfalls. Run long...

Posted by smzrunner on May 6, 2013

Setting Attainable Goals – Run for Boston

An overwhelming show of support and solidarity for the Boston Marathon has emerged in the wake of the bombings. Runners and non-runners alike are posting comments on Twitter, Facebook and running blogs, and conversations in coffee shops and school playgrounds revolve around required BQ times and potential 2013 races. People support the Boston Marathon and identify with the community spirit of runners...

Posted by CraigLloyd on May 2, 2013

At The End Of The Day

A photo documentary into the darker side of ultra running. - By Michael Lebowitz I saw him coming for almost an hour. The way the trail lay I could see across the desert to the side of the unseen rise. The trail disappeared into the high brush and eventually Antonio came into sight; still walking slowly, almost a rhythm to it, a shuffle/rock forward and repeat. When he saw me and the others, he stopped....