Articles by Tony Krupicka

The Younger Ultrarunner: 100-Mile Record-Setter Jenn Shelton

Jenn Shelton is sitting on her Super 8 Motel bed in Huntsville, Texas, wielding a cell phone. This is notable for at least two reasons. First, Jenn doesn’t own a cell phone. In fact, she despises them. She once cla...

Why Don't More Young Runners Run Ultras?

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic tome The Brothers Karamazov, one of the fundamental characters—Ivan Karamazov—is confronted in a feverish vision by an apparition who claims to be the Devil. Ivan’s...