English ultra-distance runner Lizzy Hawker has enjoyed phenomenal success — she’s the world record holder for the most distance run in 24 hours; she won the 2006 100-kilometer world championships; she holds the record running…
Six days before the White Mountains 100 — a 100-mile winter ultramarathon held in Fairbanks, Alaska in late March — I received an official invite to the race, ending several months of wait-list limbo and unfocused training. I also…
Earlier this week, Outside Magazine published yet another list of “The Toughest Races in the World.” These lists have been circulating far and wide in outdoor and adventure-focused media recently, with Competitor Magazine, Adventure Journal, Men’s…
In a throwback to the early days of winter endurance cycling, the Iditasport returned to Alaska this past weekend in a successful comeback. And while fat bikes are now mainstream and cyclists no longer need…
Amid a polar vortex that held temperatures into the deep minus teens and twenties, Idaho endurance cyclist Jay Petervary and his wife, Tracy Petervary, won the Arrowhead 135, a 135-mile race across northern Minnesota on…
With trail-running fans vigorously discussing candidates for the “Ultrarunner Of the Year,” and the prior post on this blog about Bikepacking Performances of the Year, I thought I’d list a few other stellar performances in…
Earlier this month, Bellingham-based distance runner Candice Burt introduced a new event that would be the first of its kind in the United States — a single-loop, 200-mile nonstop foot race circumnavigating Lake Tahoe. The single-stage…
In the grand scheme of programs and people affected by the U.S. government shutdown, the impact on endurance athletes is a tiny concern. Still, this shutdown does reach many people in most walks of life,…
Fastest known time attempts continue to be all the rage this summer, most recently with filmmaker J.B. Benna establishing a new unsupported record of the 170-mile Tahoe Rim Trail in 58 hours and 43 minutes.…
When I first launched this blog, I started looking around for someone else to write gear reviews for the site. Gear reviews are the bread-and-butter of most outdoor publications, but I feel wholly inadequate when…