5 days ago ... RW contributor and trail aficionado Lisa Jhung brings you the latest news, views, musings, and more from the world of off-road and ultra ...
Tony Krupicka races Luke Nelson on dueling treadmills. The buzz around last week’s Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah, confirmed…Trail running is “in.” It’s a sport that’s continuing to grow, as we reported earlier this year . And, it’s a chicken-or-egg situation, as ...
By Lisa Jhung Dipsea winner Hans Schmid. Photo by Rickey Gates The 102nd Dipsea , the oldest trail running race in the country, is in the books. On a scorching hot Sunday morning in Marin County, California, 72-year-old Hans Schmid (pictured) -- who didn't start running until he was 6...
One hundred and forty competitors tackled the 19th edition of the Hardrock 100-Mile Endurance Run this past weekend, with Ashland, Oregon’s Hal Koerner (35) and Boulder, Colorado’s Darcy Africa (36, pictured) emerging victorious. The race, which takes place in southern Colorado’s rugg...
This Sunday is Mother’s Day (did you hear that, husband?). My plan is to go on a trail run with a girlfriend in the morning, then hopefully come home to my house of three boys and some pancakes and coffee. I’d love to spend the rest of the day gardening and getting tons of dirt under ...
By Lisa Jhung This Sunday, April 22, is Earth Day . Like many of you, I’ll likely spend part of the day running on the earth. And I’ll appreciate how the dirt, leaves, roots, and rocks that make up the trails serve up a bigger dose of Earth than the pavement of a road run. As trail ru...
In an effort to get to know you, the runnersworld.com/trail reader a little better, we’d like to ask you a few personal questions…like, what kind of dirt you prefer and if you give a hoot about long-distance trail races.
Overall participation in outdoor recreation among Americans hit a 5-year high in 2011, and trail running saw a 9% increase from 2010. The increase ranks trail running’s growth just behind downhill telemark skiing, and just in front of shotgun hunting(!). Over three years, participatio...
Today, March 20th, is the first day of spring, the vernal equinox . With spring comes daffodils and Easter baskets, April showers and May flowers, new grass along trails and longer runs in warmer temperatures. For some, spring means early season races, like California’s Way Too Cool 5...
