He Qualified For Team USA. Then Came the Bill.
Scott Traer qualified for his first U.S. national team more than a decade ago in 2012. He was new to the sport and naive about what it took to compete at the international level—even after being...
View ArticleRunners Ready to Rumble at the Golden Trail World Series Final
Sophia Laukli has dominated some of the biggest and most competitive international mountain running races of the year, but she says she honestly has no idea how the last one will play out. The...
View ArticleGolden Trail World Series Final Live Updates: USA’s Sophia Laukli Second in...
Beach cabanas promising shaved ice are shuttered to the wind. Restaurants, shops, and hotels painted in a spectrum of pastels are gated shut. The streets, lined with flowers, are empty. The Liguria...
View ArticleYour 2023 Javelina Jundred Party Preview
Grab your trail running shoes, your hydration vest, and your weirdest costume—it’s party time in the desert! The Javelina Jundred, held on October 28-29 at McDowell Mountain Regional Park about an hour...
View Article30 Hours at Javelina Jundred, the Burning Man of Trail Running
It’s a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon in the desert northeast of Phoenix, and Lindsay DesRochers is being chased by a dinosaur—as if 85-degree heat, a creaky left knee, and a hot spot on her right big...
View ArticleNew ‘World Trail Majors’ Will Offer Independent Global Trail Series in 2024
Trail runners, welcome to the World Trail Majors. After several months of discussions behind the scenes, the owners and organizers of nine independent ultrarunning races around the world have developed...
View ArticleAmerica’s Oldest Continuously Held Ultramarathon Is Only Looking Forward
Mike Spinnler cries nearly every time he recounts memories as a runner and long-time race director of the JFK 50, the oldest continuously run ultra in the country. Such memories include the time he...
View ArticleThe 2024 Ultra-Trail Race Season is Starting with a Bang
OK, trail runners, hibernation time is over! It’s not that you need to start training—odds are, you never stopped. But the dawn of what should be an epic racing season is upon us, and it’s time to pay...
View Article10 Key Takeaways from the Black Canyon 100K
A perfect storm of snow, six Golden Tickets on the line, and pent-up angst gave way to one of the wildest and best Black Canyon 100Ks in the race’s 11-year history. While the field resembled a...
View ArticleTop 5 Takeaways From Tarawera and Ultra-Trail This Weekend
From New Zealand to Nevada, eager trail and ultra-runners tested their early-season fitness this weekend—to varying levels of fanfare. Down in Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island, runners were...
View ArticleCourtney Dauwalter, U.S. Women Triumph at Transgrancanaria
Good thing Courtney Dauwalter put a serious dent in her pain cave on Saturday—she needed to make room for some new hardware. Just five months after completing her historic Western States 100, Hardrock...
View ArticleMountain West Tops Grindstone Trail Running Festival by UTMB
Around noon on September 23, Caleb Olson crested the hill leading to the mile 53-aid station at the Grindstone 100K to cheers of “Go Caleb!” and “Great job, Caleb!” Olson kept his head down. He hoped...
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