Trail Fit

The Obsidians outdoors club has announced a schedule of 22 hikes for visitors to this summer’s U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials and concurrent Oregon Bach Festival.  Outings include 12 coastal, forest and mountain hikes and 10…

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The North Face Endurance Challenge, a four-region, nationwide running event for outdoor athletes seeking to explore their personal limits, culminates in grand fashion on the Pacific shores north of San Francisco on December 1,…

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The USATF 100 km National Team will compete in the 200 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100 km World Cup Under the Patronage of the IAAF in Tuscania, Italy on November 8, 2008.

The annual 100…

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The 18th Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Runs, scheduled for Saturday, December 8 in Huntsville State Park, will host the 2007 IAU Trail World Challenge for the 50 Miler and the 50K events. In 2006, Sunmart was given a…

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At the blast of a cannon, 355 trail runners from 14 different countries and 30 U.S. states took off for the XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run on Saturday. With a backdrop of bright blue skies and palm trees swaying…

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People Burning Fat Productions has announced its latest relay run, the American Odyssey Relay Run Adventure, which will occur in the Washington D.C. area. The approximately 200-mile course will traverse Civil War…

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The Belgian Marc Papanikitas (Pictured) and the Austrian Sabine Hofer successfully earned the IAU 50K Trophy 2007.  Marc Papanikitas was also victorious in the Open Race in 3h06m36s about three minutes ahead of runner-up Julian Rendall (GBR) with 3h09m39s and six on…

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I was perusing USATF events page, checking out all of the October races that were 27+ miles, when an interesting race name caught my eye: 

The 26th Le Grizz Ultramarathon. Startled by such a name, I wondered if the…

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On Saturday, American ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek once again followed in the footsteps of legendary messenger Pheidippides and successfully defended his Spartathlon title.  Jurek completed the…

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Anne Lundblad posted a new course record by more than 8 minutes in her victory at the USA 50 Mile Championships on the Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK course in Boalsburg, Pa.

Just half an hour earlier, Anne’s husband Mark Lundblad held off strong competition to take the men’s title. Second…

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In a recent blog post, America’s top ultra-elite runner Scott Jurek writes about his plans to defend his title at the 25th annual Spartathlon. 

The Spartathlon is a legendary, 152.85 mile (246 km) ultramarathon…

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The hardest of hard-core athletes took off on Friday on a gruelling race up and around Mont Blanc in the North Face Ultra-Trail championship. The fifth edition of the race will wind around 163 kilometers of Alpine trail in three countries, with nearly 9,000 meters of altitude change. More than…

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Sixth time’s a charm. For Hal Koerner, a sixth attempt at the Western States Endurance Run brought a long sought after victory. A five-year streak without title ended for Koerner Saturday night as he crossed…

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Nikki Kimball, first place women’s finisher in the 2004 and 2006 Western States Endurance Run, approached the start of this year’s 100-miler with hopes of a third title. Despite her previous successes in…

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It starts today: the 2007 Western States Endurance Run!  Regarded as one of the most arduous endurance events in the world, the WS100 really seperates the men/women from the boys/girls. 

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