JFK 50 Miler Weekend

With the JFK 50 mile (the nation’s largest and oldest ultramarathon) upon us, we thought we’d post some links to information about the race that you might find interesting.

• The Official JFK website
• Reflections on the JFK 50 Mile Run by Anstr Davidson – The seminal piece on the race.
• Bryon Powell’s 2007 JFK Race Report – A detailed report of a PR effort.
• Bryon Powell’s Running Times JFK Article - Presidential Race: JFK 50 -The legacy of the JFK 50 lives on was Bryon’s first published running piece.
• iRunFar’s JFK Photo Contest – We ran this contest to generate photos for the Running Times article. There are 10 great shots.
• iRunFar’s Readers’ Thoughts on JFK – This post generated input for the Running Times article.

Here are our 2011 men’s and women’s JFK 50 mile previews.

Best of luck to everyone running the JFK 50 Mile! Please share your thoughts on JFK as well as your favorite resources and articles about the race.

Related articles:

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2. Western States 100 Index A repository for all of iRunFar's Western States 100 coverage....
3. 2010 Western States 100 Roundup A round-up of the best coverage of the 2010 Western States 100 from around the internet....

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Bryon Powell is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar.com, which he founded five years ago. Also the author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, he's quickly approaching 10 years as an ultrarunner and 20 years as a trail runner. These days he calls Park City, Utah and its trails home.
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