Admit it, you’ve been curious about ultrarunning. Because really, after completing a marathon, what’s left to conquer? Even Ironman triathlons lose their luster after a while. But the Leadville 100, a race across the sky, how could something like that ever get old? It doesn’t. Start training now at the Gunnison Ultrarunning Experience, July 28-August [...]
In which we try to keep pace with the man who may just be the toughest runner ever. After running went ultra—with Dean Karnazes ticking off 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days and Lisa Smith-Batchen breezing through the 150-mile Badwater Ultra in Death Valley, where temperatures approach 130 degrees, and turning around and [...]
I did something stupid at the end of this summer. I ran 24 miles with 4,000 feet of elevation gain from Red Cliff up over Two Elk Pass and down to Vail. Now that’s fairly normal stuff for Coloradans. It was stupid for me because, well, I didn’t train. I had probably only gone on [...]
