By David Hanenburg on 21 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: trail running or ultrarunning
97 – 94 – 96 – 97 – 94 – 96 – 96 -96 – 95 Welcome to the high temperatures (deg F) for the next nine days in Dallas, Texas. This is a typical July in the south midwest region of the United States where the thermometer often peaks out in the 90 to [...]
By David Hanenburg on 20 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: race news
Over the weekend, the second largest trail run in the nation (per the RD) took place in the TALON region, at the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, Louisiana. This fast, fun, crazy, and even a bit dirty 3 mile event called the Spillway Classic Trail Run is put on by the New Orleans Track Club [...]
By David Hanenburg on 16 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: race news
Earlier this week, the 33rd running of the Badwater Ultramarathon took place in California. This rather intense ultra run leads up to 90 runners, 135 miles, point-to-point, on pavement from Death Valley to Mount Whitney, California. If the distance isn’t enough, temperatures can reach up to 130 degrees. This event is not for the weekend [...]
By David Hanenburg on 16 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: product reviews
Amphipod has recently delivered a stainless steel handheld water bottle ready for the trails, called their PURErun series. Being a stainless steel bottle fan, I purchased the Amphipod PURErun Handheld. As exciting as water bottles can ever be, I was quite curious in hydra-testing it. Glamour Shot She might have a little dust on her but [...]
By David Hanenburg on 14 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: race news
Here are some brief trail/ultra results summaries for TALON athletes playing outside the region last weekend. DWD Devil’s Lake – 50 mile, 50 km, marathon, half marathon Over the weekend the Dances With Dirt Devil’s Lake trail adventure took place in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The website for the DWD events always highlight a uniquely dirt-lovin’ experience. [...]
By David Hanenburg on 12 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: regional trail running or ultrarunning news
On June 18th, it was announced that a Back on My Feet chapter is coming to Dallas, Texas. The north Texas location was selected as one of the three expansion cities for 2011 (along with Minneapolis – St. Paul and Atlanta). What is Back on My Feet? First, it involves running. Secondly, but more importantly, [...]
By David Hanenburg on 10 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: inspiration, trail running or ultrarunning
If you like trail running. If you like the Western States 100. This video is a must see as Steve Emmert records nearly 25 minutes of video from his recent journey. Yes, 2-5 minutes…but every minute includes the sight, sounds, and his personal thoughts from the trail. A true pleasure to watch. I have not [...]
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