Don’t call me crazy

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Nope, I am not crazy. I know it is meant as a compliment. I really do. And 99% of the time I take it as such. But recently when I have heard it, it began to irk me. Let me explain. It first started when I ran 52 Marathons in one year. It progressed when [...]

Race Report: Dances with Dirt 50 miler in Hell, Mich.

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Paul Stofko reports on his first experience at a Dances with Dirt type race and also his first 50 miler in 7 years. Some highlights from nine hours on the trail.

Active at Altitude concludes 2011 camp season

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Roby and Ben from Washington State won a set of Icespikes in a prize draw at the last Trail Running Camp of 2011 at Active at Altitude, Estes Park, CO. They are both looking forward to using them during the coming Winter snow and ice in Washington. Trail runners from several states came to learn [...]

Could all that LSD be hurting your running?

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Paul Stofko has a great article in this month’s edition of Trail Runner Magazine about how too much long slow distance (LSD) can hurt your running and racing performance.

Icespikes as “Transition” Wear

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The ICESPIKE system is great transition wear — ie: the spikes provide an equally nice grip on bare trail and also work fine on pavement making it a versatile item.

Courage

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I spent yesterday at the Lafayette Family Cancer Center with my grandfather. Soon after entering the building, we were directed to the front desk to check my grandfather in. After filling out piles of paperwork, the receptionist handed him this 1/2 inch thick plastic black half-circle shaped tag to clip to his shirt. It wasn’t [...]