An article on Bend, Oregon trail / ultrarunners is featured in The Bulletin (www.bendbulletin.com).  The article is a quick read, and even though it starts out with a movie reference (guess which movie), the article is filled with quotes from great runners such as Kami Semick, Rod Bien, Sean Meissner, and Jeff Browning.  The article can be found Here.  There is a great quote near the end from Browning as well as some insight into what Semick was going through at the Miwok 100 last month.