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.

John Cappis – start of 1977 Western States 100

The 14 starters of the 1977 Western States 100. John is in a white sweatshirt and a hat on the right. Photo courtesy of Shannon Weil.

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John Cappis - start of 1977 Western States 100

Eszter Horanyi

Eszter Horanyi identifies as a Runner Under Duress, in that she’ll run if it gets her deep into the mountains or canyons faster than walking would, but she’ll most likely complain about it. A retired long-distance bike racer, she turned to running around 2014 and has a bad habit of saying yes to terribly awesome/awesomely terrible ideas on foot. The longer and more absurd the mission, the better. This running philosophy has led to an unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 and many long and wonderful days out in the mountains with friends.