Stephanie Case wrote a good response to the Outside Magazine piece. She did a great job of addressing the perceived imbalance of trail work between groups, but I wish she would have also gone after the editors for their relentless trolling. (Understandable, this would have been strange to do in their mag.) As I’ve said … Read more
The Spine is one of the toughest—if not the toughest–ultramarathon in the UK, and for the second year in a row, it was won outright by a female competitor, besting Jasmine Paris’ 2018 win by two hours. Wow! (Clarification, Jasmine won the winter edition while this most recent win was for the summer race. Same … Read more
Friends, I’m taking a full break from social media for awhile, so these Daily News updates may be a bit short. If you’ve got a story I should hear about, please shoot it my way. Thank you. As of now, Speedgoat is on for July! I’m currently in negotiations with my wife to let me … Read more
Is it really Western States weekend already? Here’s the “groupthink” predictions from iRunFar readers. And here’s Brian Metzler’s take on what may go down. Meanwhile, Lavaredo Trail Ultramarathon is going on overseas this weekend. Here is Ian Corless’ preview. Anchorage Daily News: Another race in Alaska, and another bear on the course who doesn’t want … Read more
At last, the date is set, and Pho3nix Foundation Sub7Sub8 Project is officially on as the countdown begins to one of the year’s most Hyped triathlon events. Kristian Blummenfelt, Alistair Brownlee, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Nicola Spirig will take center stage on June 5-6, 2022 as the eyes of the triathlon world focus on the Dekra … Read more