“There will be trying times in an ultra, but enjoy what you can of it. …Laugh. …Be a kid. …Be happy.” – Bryon Powell in Relentless Forward Progress Earlier this year Bryon Powell, the talented ultra runner, writer, and Runner-in-Chief of iRunFar, released his informative running book called Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running [...]

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“During the transcon, I lost only four pounds. I threw up only twice (after aspirating some food) and bonked only once. I drank no water, wore – and wore out – more than thirty pairs of shoes and dozens of pairs of socks, and ran the equivalent of 117 marathons in well under two months, [...]

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“Running to me, is the purest expression of absolute freedom. There are no boundaries; there are no finish lines; nothing is contrived. There is only never-ending liberty to go as you please, to savor and explore, to immerse yourself wholeheartedly in the experience of being completely alive for this fleeting moment in which we inhabit [...]

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Spiritual Practice/Meditation/Prayer Running When two become one. I recently finished reading a book by Texas runner, Roger Joslin, called Running the Spiritual Path: A Runner’s Guide to Breathing, Meditating, and Exploring the Prayerful Dimension of the Sport. Within it, Roger shares his personal journey and experiences of blending two individual activities that are meaningful in his [...]

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Ultrarunners love to go big! I recently finished reading the Lore of Running by Tim Noakes and it definitely goes big, with 900+ pages of insight for nearly all aspects of running. When a book is big enough to be classified as a weapon in four states, it is worth a look. The amount of [...]

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“…even looking back, I scratch my head sometimes and wonder how I pulled it off” – Russell Secker on the Transeurope Footrace Texas ultra athlete, Russell Secker, the only American athlete that participated and completed the 2920 mile 2009 Transeurope Footrace was recently interviewed by an Austin radio show called INNER VIEWS. Secker talked about [...]

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“Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that ‘s all you get, that’s not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don’t give a shit how high the hill is or how far you’ve got to go. When you’ve practiced that so long that you forget [...]

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