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Posted by EnduranceJer on May 24, 2013

UltrAspire Ribos: Gear Review

The team at Trail and Ultrarunning have been testing and reviewing several different products from UltrAspire. We appreciate the company motto, “inspired products for ultra athletes”. The UltrAspire “Ribos” is a harness system that is designed for long distance trail runners who want a lightweight setup with access to large handhelds. The front of the pack is the same as the...

Posted by MattWilliams on May 23, 2013

Race Report – Born to Run Ultra Marathons

From Guest writer - Mike Cloward, The Range of Motion The Born to Run event is hosted by Luis Escobar on the Chamberlain Ranch in Santa Barbara County, near Los Olivos California. The course is a made up of 2 ten mile-ish loops with the start/finish/base camp in the middle of the figure eight shape. There are two faucets (with hoses) for potable water and some portable toilets. The distances offered...

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...