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Daily News, Page 5

An irreverent compendium of must-know info of all things related to ultras and other gobbledygook of interest.

Daily News, Thurs, Mar 28

Here’s a great article on the Barkley Marathons coming up this weekend. Here’s the (un)official Barkley site, and here’s our podcast with Bev and Alan Abbs, right after Barkley 2012. Footfeathers has entered the podcast arena with a solid intro.  I’d expect the upcoming episodes to be provocative and entertaining …

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Daily News, Wed, Mar 27

Joe Grant nails it with For the Love. I guess I’m doing it wrong if I carry less than half of the …

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Daily News, Tues Mar 26

The long run: How long is long enough? The Speedgoat wins his 35th hundo. He’s also taking on the WS100/Hardrock double this …

Daily News, Mon Mar 25

Very interesting take on the future of ultrarunning. Now there’s doping in amateur cycling. I’m telling ya, it’s not about the money. …

Daily News Fri, Mar 22

Interesting: New research on older runners. I hope this movie (about the Taiwanese ultra-gal who had her leg removed because of an …

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Daily News Thurs, Mar 21

Is post-race depression just a triathlete thing? Aside from DNFing, I’ve never heard of a runner going through this. Anyone else? Video: …

Pic by Joe Grant

Daily News Wed, Mar 20

Amazing: Joe Grant’s Iditarod Trail Invitational, part two. He avoids moose, sleeps in random cabins, and has ugly, ugly feet. An elite …

Daily News, Tues, Mar 19

Good stuff:The rise of the footwear-sponsored ultra teams. A quick interview with Max “Woodpecker” Ferguson. It’s been quite a year so far …

Daily News Mon, Mar 18

Sage Canaday and Timmy Olsen go one, two at Tarawera with Ruby Muir taking it for the gals. Here’s a great recap …

Daily News, Fri, Mar 15

The ISF is attempting to establish an algorithm that’ll tell us who the actual elite runners are in the world, based on …