On March 13, a trail marathon, 10 mile, and 5 km event took place at Lincoln Parish park, just outside of Ruston Louisiana called the Larry Yeagle Trail marathon. A total of 54 trail runners were ready to play. Race organizer, Aubrey Hogan, wanted to host a race and find a way to honor Larry [...]

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[Disclosure: A few moths ago I received a Clif Bar package from the marketing firm Double Forte which contained a sampling of various Clif Bar products. With that being said, the comments and opinions below are purely my own.] Clif Bar & Company – 5 Aspirations Sustaining our Planet Sustaining our Community Sustaining our People Sustaining our [...]

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Over March 12,13, and 14, a unique and intimate (field limit of 100) trail running event took place up in Arkansas called 3 Days of Syllamo. This three day trail running stage race consisted of a 50 km, 50 mile and 20 km trail run in the Ozark mountains. This event had an extremely concerning [...]

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“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” – John Heywood Wet, goopy, shoe sucking clay Take your shoes off to scoop out the clay that had oozed into them Clay [...]

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Texas – Arkansas – Louisiana – Oklahoma – New Mexico Trail Running events Ultrarunning events 150+ regional events listed! 24-hr events (timed-events) Complete calendar list of all events Getting-started trail/ultra running information and tips I packed all of these goodies inside of a e-book I created called the TALON Trail/Ultra Running Race Calendar and Guide. [...]

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I was listening to an Endurance Planet podcast with six-time Ironman Hawaii champion, Mark Allen (starting at minute 23). Although the discussion was about long course triathlon, I thought there was insightful information that ultrarunners might find interesting and possibly useful as well. How to Keep Moving Forward Throughout an Ultra Event Once the “fresh” [...]

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(San Antonio River Walk) Over the weekend the Prickly Pear trail run took place at McAllister Park in San Antonio, Texas. The trail event, whose proceeds benefit the San Antonio Road Runners Scholarship Fund, provided a 50 km and 10 mile adventure. Unique features: Post race party of fajitas, rice, beans, and Alamo Golden Ale. [...]

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