David Roche on Chasing Dreams, Breaking Records, and Embracing Vulnerability
Discover the inspiring story of elite ultrarunner and coach David Roche, as he breaks records, embraces vulnerability and shares the science
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Dean Karnazes: Lessons from a Legendary Ultrarunner
Discover the extraordinary story of legendary ultrarunner Dean Karnazes, from spontaneous 30-mile runs to epic desert races
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Productive Pace vs. Unproductive Pace: The Key to Success in Ultra Running, Trail Running, and FKTs
How to pace an FKT, Ultramarathon, or thru hike. The difference between productive pacing and unproductive pacing and how to turn unproducti
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Cocodona 250 Gear List 2024
The Cocodona 250 gear list that will help me run 250 miles in one of the longest ultramarathon from Phoenix to Flagstaff.
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The Beauty of Community – Scummy Summer Slammer
Discover the challenges, and camaraderie in the 80-mile Scummy Summer Slammer—a trail running adventure from Bozeman to Yellowstone
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Cocodona 250 Race Recap
Endure the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon with me—hallucinations, exhaustion, and emotional battles. A 250-mile journey of highs and lows.
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Cocodona 250 PreCap and Gear List
Cocodona 250 is one of my favorite ultramarathons of the year. But, what is my strategy and what will I wear to cover 250 miles?
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Jackpot 48 – The least introspective 87 loops
How do you run for 48 hours? Well, here is my adventure at Jackpost 48 in which I logged 200 miles.
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Running Rim To Rim To Rim at the Grand Canyon
Rim to Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon. How to do it and how it went as a trail run for me.
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Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim
How to run the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim successfully. The R2R2R is one of the iconic routes in the country.
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The Story of my first 50k Race
The story of my first trail race. A concoction of poor food strategy, bathroom dilemmas, and unexpected joy in the final miles
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Running the Wonderland Trail
The Wonderland Trail is a 90 mile loop around Mt. Rainier, and I set out to run it with someone that I had never met before here is how
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John Muir Trail FKT Gear List
This is the gear I took to set the record on the John Muir Trail in 2022. It was my proudest trail record and FKT
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Running a fixed time (12-hour race)
Running a 12 hour fixed time event could be boring to some, but Moonlight on Mt. Ascension was a fun collection of figure eight loops
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Cocodona 250 Race Recap 2022
Cocodona 250 is a long race, so here is the long race recap on running 250 miles in 2022
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Lessons From My (under)Training for a 250 mile race
The key to training for a 250 mile ultramarathon is to run, hike, and run a lot. Here is how I trained for Cocodona 250
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Long Trail FKT Trip Report
The Long Trail FKT trip report of setting the record on the Long Trail
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