RUNSPIRITED

Running the Triple Crown of 200s takes an incredible amount of training, logistics, planning and dedication. Add in making a documentary about the experience and you would need to ratchet up all of the above work and more.

Instead of a typical post-ultra recovery of foo...

I have found my customized InsideTracker analysis and recommendations to be extremely valuable over the past few years. A simple blood test every three to six months is analyzed for three dozen biomarkers and then turned into personalized recommendations.

This peek unde...

Editor’s note: I want to thank Ryan Ploeckelman for his time and willingness to answer all my questions about the sudden termination of the East Coast Trail and Ultra Runners podcast and his new one, The Adventure Jogger. I had been a longtime fan of the now-defunct po...

Twenty weeks from today is the Hennepin Hundred, my second 100-mile race.

There are far too many unknowns related to the coronavirus at this point to know whether the race will be held as planned, turned into a virtual one, postponed until later or cancelled. And, of co...

It is said that roughly 1 percent of the population will ever finish a marathon. A small portion of that group will add ultra marathoner to their resume. And a small percentage of that group will ever complete a 100-mile race.

And a fraction of that tiny number will eve...

Growing up as a twin, Grayson Murphy developed her competitive fire. Their parents had Grayson and Maddy choose their sports to they wouldn’t be so “hyper competitive” against one another.

For Maddy, it was basketball. Grayson picked soccer, which she played through her...

It was two years ago this week when abdominal surgery sent my running world reeling, not to mention my home life, work life and everything else. At the time I was sliced open, I was roughly 2 ½ days from the start time for my first 100K at the Ultra Race of Champions (...

Call it the Accidental Ultra. As races were cancelled due to the coronavirus, including my 100K at Zion National Park, I looked for another challenge during the second quarter of this year.

I started looking into Fastest Known Times (FKT) that I could reasonably get to...

Australia has suffered a one-two punch in the last six months, first devastating wildfires, then COVID-19.

“It’s been some of the worst times for Australia,” ultrarunner Lucy Bartholomew says from her home in Diamond Creek, Melbourne. “The fires were horrific and just a...

About six years ago, an ITBS injury indicated it was time for me to get a running coach. As a listener of the Marathon Training Academy (MTA) podcast, I reached out to Angie Spencer.

Angie and her husband, Trevor Spencer, are the podcast co-hosts and co-owners of MTA. A...