Arkansas, often overlooked in the world of ultra-running, is a hidden gem for those seeking challenging and rewarding trails. With its diverse topography, including the rugged Ozark and Ouachita Mountains,
There are road trips and then there are Epic road trips. In my 48 years on Earth, I’ve never experienced an Epic road trip until the past weekend. Months in
The night was young, the dark of the woods was new as music blared from the speaker and laser lights strobed up into the trees leading runners on the Arkansas
First female. Top 10. Course record. These are not words that apply to me. They almost didn’t happen. I signed up on a sudden adrenaline surge that made the decision
Thirteen miles into a sixteen mile run on icy, slushy, muddy, sloggy trail I proclaimed to my running partner Tina, “this trail has given us everything but dry”. She responded
The darkness had settled in, the race was going into its fifteenth hour, and the radio operators were busy calling out race numbers as runners came in to and left
“Missed it by that much.” Maxwell Smart Well, it did not end well. It was catastrophically beautiful, I ran like an ultra-runner, barfed, continued, went pale, stumbled, and bonked. Let
Ashley: What’s that up ahead? Is it a person? Is it coming toward us or away from us? Mindy: It’s a zombie. Ashley: Shut up! Me: It’s okay Ashley, zombies
What does it feel like to hit a rocky trail, to climb and descend over and over again for 31 miles? What does it feel like to get up the
The Sylamore trail holds very special memories for me and the annual Sylamore 25/50K race has been on my races I want to do radar for a couple of years.