“Tahoe training.. Tahoe training..” This was my mantra with each breath as I simply tried to zen-out. I was about 7 hours into the Jemez Mountains 50 Mile in Los Alamos, New Mexico and the course was absolutely kicking my butt. All I could do was think of why I was out there in the [...]

Let me just say that, for me personally, 2010 has packed a life’s worth of emotional highs and lows into less than 6 months. . .and I haven’t even run Western States yet.  After running strong early in the year with my first ultra win at the Avalon 50 Mile on Catalina Island in January, [...]

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The Lake Sonoma 50 Mile.  On Saturday, March 27 Larissa and I headed north of San Francisco for a relaxing trip up to the wine country.  Relaxing of course being John Medinger’s Lake Sonoma 50 Mile, a friendly course with 10,500′ of climbing.  We arrived to the start at around 5:45am and hung out with [...]

The Avalon Benefit 50 Mile on Catalina Island, one of the nation’s oldest 50 milers, bills itself as “one of the country’s most challenging and scenic 50-milers. No cars, no smog, just great terrain, incredible views, fascinating historical sites, a well-organized race, nice people, great food . . . and even an occasional buffalo sighting.” [...]

It was finally here.  The first race that I have run twice.  I was excited about the 2009 North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile as it was finally a chance to see what my first full year of running and training would result in for improvements on my times. As quick background, two years ago [...]

By Randy Katz Over the last year, it’s  been difficult for me to get my buddy Brett Rivers into the rock climbing gym since he has been spending so much time on the trails.  He tried several times to get me to trade in my climbing shoes for trail running shoes, but I was pretty [...]

By Edie Harbaugh Is it easier to run 50 miles the second time? Maybe. But it’s still hard to run 50 miles. On Saturday, December 5 I lined up with my boyfriend Greg at the start of the North Face Endurable Challenge 50 Mile, more confident than I’d felt the prior two years. In 2007 [...]

Congratulations to Thomas Tan, male winner of the Montrail-Trail Run Times “My First Ultra” Contest!  Thomas receives a free pair of trail running shoes courtesy of Montrail.  Enjoy Thomas’s exciting recap of the 2008 Bighorn Mountain 50 Mile! The Bighorn Mountain 50 Mile, by Thomas Tan I couldn’t help but think of the bright yellow [...]

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 [...]