OK!  The “Evil Empire” (Brett) has won the first round at Way Too Cool. I will admit he looked pretty studly running with his pretty little blue shirt, and was probably turning all the girls heads.  (and) I will admit that he beat me by 5 minutes at Cool.  At the finish he looked like [...]

By Andrea Polischuk Since my sister Larissa is big into trail running, I tend to read this blog from time to time.  While most of the posts are about winning trail races and not being able to stop smiling 50+ miles into races, I thought Trail Run Times could use a somewhat different perspective of [...]

It was Friday night and a few of us were down in the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco attending the Reel Rock Film Tour.  It was intermission between climbing movies; we had just watched Alex Honnold free climb Half Dome, the segment was absolutely nuts.  I leaned over to Larissa and Nathan… “so you wanna [...]

By Dr. David Horton In the summer of 2005, I started the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) with the purpose of breaking the speed record on the 2,650 mile trail that runs from Mexico to Canada.  The previous winter had seen the high Sierras of southern California and the PCT get the highest snowfall in the [...]

To kick-off the Montrail – Trail Run Times “My First Ultra” Contest, Montrail Athlete Eric Grossman was kind enough to share his recap of running the 1998 Mountain Masochist 50 Mile Trail Run.  This is a fantastic, exciting recap of the first ultramarathon by an athlete who is one of the top ultra trail runners [...]

The Relay. 199 Miles Calistoga to Santa Cruz.  I have to say to anyone who has not done this race before that it might have been one of the most fun things I’ve ever experienced!  Here is the story of the time that I beat Dean. I realize this is not a true trail race, [...]

In 1997 I ran my first Ultra and it was not well thought out. I suffered. I had recently moved to San Anselmo, CA from Manhattan where I had started to run on trails because of the lack of sidewalks. I missed running the reservoir loop in Central Park but quickly became enamored with the [...]