The Independence of a Summit World peace? The official transition from independence to interdependence, in the words of one prominent political sociologist Benjamin Barber? Nah. It's about the prominence of a mountain and a mountain race. De Gasperi. Jornet. Mount Kinabalu. On the island of Borneo in East Malaysia stands the 20th tallest mountain in …
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Though Inside Trail's passion lies with off-road competition and adventure, we cannot overlook outstanding performances in our cousin sport, road racing. First, congratulations to Lizzy Hawker in her jaw-dropping run at the 2011 Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Running Championships 24 hour race in Llandudno (North Wales). Just four weeks after winning the grueling UTMB, Lizzy …
Trail Runner’s Ultra Race of Champions 100k (UROC) is getting a lot of coverage on the interwebs. Other than a potentially meaningful race in Bend, Oregon this Saturday, specifically the Flagline 50k, picked for the second year in a row as a USATF Trail National Championships, the gathering near Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday the 24th …
The year’s Skyrunner World Series final is this Sunday on Italy’s Sentiero delle Grigne, where a beautiful mix of 43km and 3200m of ascent (a mountain marathon with 10,500ft of vert) will greet this year’s mountain running elite. Inside Trail has been fortunate enough to be alive and able to comment on the six-race-series’ final …
Via Matt at Inside Trail's Euro Bureau: Americans feeling this globalization bug that's going around. To reiterate: What a spectacular weekend for Americans in Europe. Max King and Kasie Enman shocked the world on Sunday (yeah even the loyal teammate, coach, prescient prognosticator, grandma or cousin Vinnie was fairly surprised) with individual gold medals at …
Continue reading WMRC and IAU 100K World Championship Results and Wrap
Inside Trail had to endure a massive power outage yesterday, hence delaying our little preview of some championship racing this weekend. We apologize; and we are certainly waiting for SDG&E’s apology for what was a pretty frightening incident and realization that “the grid” is as stable as some countries’ chances at this weekend’s 27thWorld Mountain …
After running the Hardrock 100 this summer, Footfeathers is all over anything going on in the San Juans, so he offers up his overview of a new event taking place this weekend. If a 100 mile race is crazy, then what do you call a 1,000 mile race? The Silverton 1000 Mile Challenge, of course, …
Continue reading Silverton 1000 Mile Challenge, 2011 Trans Alpine, and Ben Nevis, et al.
As race reports and articles come across the wires, a clearer picture is coming into view; but that doesn't mean that additional questions aren't raised. The difficulty of the scheduling changes, the course reroutes, the way in which organizers communicate to participants can cause frustration at varying levels. Some handled it well (exceptionally well), like …
Tim: First, believe it or not, there were other events taking place this weekend, besides UTMB. I have to mention Cascade Crest 100, where Rod Bien broke the course record set last year by fellow Oregonian, Jeff Browning. Rod finished in 18:27. Top woman finisher was Shawna Thompkins in 21:15. Big props to those solid …
Greetings. We’re just getting-in some quick picks and (very) brief descriptions of the runners most likely to make some noise trotting around the Mont Blanc massif in a day or so. Footfeathers (Tim) is on the road this very minute to new residence, so this week has been a little hectic. Pardon the lack of …
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