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13 yr old girl runs 50 mile ultra-marathon

Blog:  This is amazing!  MacKenzie Riford and her Mom recently ran a 50 mile ultra-marathon.  MacKenzie is only 13 years old.

Marathon runner tests endurance, aids nonprofits

Blog:  Here's a great story about Jeff Arricale, an ultramarathon runner who ran a 156 mile race across the Sahara Desert.  His goal wasn't to win, it was to raise money for charities. 

Click here to read it


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The evolution of becoming a long distance runner

Blog:  You don't just wake up one day and say that you're going to run 100 miles.  It doesn't that work way.  According to one athlete, that decision comes gradually over many years.  Here's an article he wrote about becoming a long distance runner.


Click here to read it

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Blogging through a 250-K

Blog:  Ultramarathon legend Dean Karnazes is running 250-Kacross Chile's Atacama Desert.  He's blogging about it, too.

Check out his blog here

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The story of an ultramarathon runner

Blog:  Even though I'm not even close to being able to do an ultramarathon, I still really enjoy reading about them.  To say that I admire the people that can run 50 or 100 miles is an understatement.  It's simply incredible to me that someone can run this far. 

Here's a story about Jay Norman.  He's an ultramarathon runner with an impressive record.  And he's 70 years old.

Click here to read the story

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The Ultramarathon -- Pain and Sacrifice

Blog:  Here's a great article about an ultramarathon runner.  He talks about his goals and what it takes to endure this sport.

Here's a quote from the article:

"There comes a point in a race," says Sanchez, 40, a mechanical engineer for Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Sacramento, "where it's like you've dreamed the whole thing away. You don't feel pain. You feel nothing. You're outside your body going, "Wow, I just did another 10 miles,' and you don't even realize it."

Click here to read the article


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Update on ultramarathon runner who was going to lose 2 toes

Blog:  Here's an update on Andrew Wells, the ultramarathon runner who ran for 17 hours in the snow and was going to have to toes amputated due to frostbite.

Here's the article


Click here to read the post about Andrew from last week

Ultramarathon runner to have 2 toes amputated

Blog:  Last week, I posted an entry about ultramarathon runners  ( click here to read it ).   Over the weekend, there was an ultramarathon event.  Andrew Wells, who won the event, spent 17 hours covering a distance of 49 miles in ice and snow.  Frostbite set in and he will need to have 2 of his toes amputated.

Click here to read the story

Ultramarathons: Are you game?

Blog:  If you're like me, you probably are a casual runner.  Don't get me wrong...I love to run.  I'm just not a gifted athlete.   Every little milestone I achieve requires hard work.  Nothing is easy.  If I want to run a race (whatever distance), I have to train. 

I've been reading lately about ultramarathons.  If you're not familiar with this, an ultramarathon is usually between 50 to 100 miles.  Yes, it appears that some people can actually run that far in one day.  Pretty amazing stuff.  When I read articles about it, I usually look like a deer caught in headlights.  I'm simply stunned by the endurance of these runners.

If you're interested, here's a couple of links about ultramarathons

A recent article, Ultramarathons:  Are you game? -- Click Here

An interview with a runner who has completed quite a few ultramarathons -- Click Here

The website of Dean Karnazes, the lord of ultramarathons -- Click Here   (be sure to read his bio)