Who Is Your Competition?
An essay about the external versus internal pressures of competition in running.
It’s Transvulcania week, and iRunFar is in the Canary Islands! Read our previews of the Ultra, as well as the VK and Half Marathon, and follow our live blogging of these races on Thursday and Saturday.
An essay about the external versus internal pressures of competition in running.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for February 18, 2018.
An essay about the meaning in the tools we use to play and work in the outdoors.
Embrace optimistic incrementalism, gradually and persistently working toward a goal.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for February 12, 2018.
A look back at Tom Nielsen’s win at the 1999 Angeles Crest 100, a race for the ages.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for February 5, 2018.
An essay on balancing rules and the egalitarian nature of trail and ultrarunning.
An in-depth profile of ultrarunner and ultrarunning community member John Trent.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for January 29, 2018.
AJW writes about three qualities he sees in successful first-time 100-mile runners.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for January 22, 2018.
A look at the tendency to over busy ourselves in the modern world and how running can spring us from the “busy trap.”
An in-depth profile of trail ultrarunner and environmental activist Clare Gallagher.
Aliza Lapierre writes about how to make treadmill running fun… or at least tolerable when it is necessary.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for January 15, 2018.
AJW looks back to Dave Mackey’s second-place finish at the 2004 Western States 100.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for January 8, 2018.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for January 1, 2018.
Joe Grant writes about how climbing the same mountain three times has inspired three thought currents.