After more than a decade of racing, I finally finished my first ultramarathon in the suburbs of my hometown of St. Louis. It’s true that you have to go away to come back, and perhaps you can’t fully appreciate the beauty of a place until you do.
Articles by Eric Senseman
A lifetime can be broken down into many, many individual moments. Those moments blend together as times passes and we often misremember past events, confuse memories, and forget large swaths of moments altogether. It’s rare that we can look back to a particular moment and mark it as a definitive one. But sometimes those defining moments do stick in our memory.
If you want to successfully pace a runner at the 100-mile distance, you need to know the right answers to a lot of questions. Should you run in front of your runner or follow her? Are you allowed to carry food and water...
The Transvulcania experience begins with the island’s mystique. Isla de la Palma is the fifth-largest island of seven islands located off Morocco’s southern coast that constitute the Canary Islands. Due to its secluded l...
I’m staring at crystalline water and a spattering of earth and trees that jut abruptly from the horizon to form nearby islands. I’m sitting on a damp wooden staircase sprinkled with sand and salt under the shade of a cab...
But in what ways, exactly, do these events differ or remain similar? How should your preparation for an ultra differ from your training for a stage race? Should you employ similar race tactics in both races? Should your nutrition plan stay the same for both races? Does recovery take longer for one or the other? Is the atmosphere and culture the same at both events? Which event is right for you?
“This climb sucks,” I heard behind me, as two runners slowly trudged up the increasingly rocky, steep and harrowing jeep trail flanked by groves of towering Aspen trees. “Hey, I actually like this section,” responded...
Running consistently, logging at least a moderate number of miles, and including high-intensity sessions each week—all part of a balanced running schedule—are difficult enough to incorporate into one’s daily life…
The Incan Empire consisted of hundreds of thousands of square miles of land; its population blossomed, on some estimates, to as many as 37 million people; its system of trails…
Keep moving; don’t stop. Keep moving! Was I really telling myself this just 20k into a 58k race? Not much further—keep grinding. I was nearing the high point of the course and it wasn’t a meek route to the summit: I had...
Muddy shoes, wet socks and sweaty clothes adorning an ominously odorous mass of foul dampness—that’s one way to describe a runner who, in the ecstasies of post-run bliss, fails to recognize the staunch stench they are em...
The scenic Three Peaks Loop is an iconic U.K. trail route. It is a 24.5-mile loop that begins and ends in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, a sleepy town nestled in the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve. The area is within the Y...
If you were to visit or see pictures of the area slightly south and east of Marseille, France, which is now known as Parc national des Calanques, or Calanques National…
Europe is a popular travel destination for many reasons: its rich history attracts historians; its grand cities marvel visitors with eclectic architecture and centuries-old facades; the diversity among its different countries and cities make Europe favorable to nearly everyone; its skiing, hiking and running trails, and breathtakingly beautiful mountains and landscapes, attract adventurers and outdoors persons from around the globe.
Once the sun rises over Bootleg Canyon, just north of Boulder City, NV, it gets warm fast—even if it’s the 8th of November. In the Nevada desert, the sun rises abruptly and tirelessly, first turning the darkness to dawn...
London is flush with idyllic gardens, grand estates and impressive buildings, bridges and museums. Many of the city’s treasures can be absorbed, although perhaps not fully appreciated, after just a few minutes of viewing. If you want to see some of the iconic highlights of London quickly and efficiently, consider the London Scenic Route.