Articles by Gary Cantrell

From The South: When To Quit

DNF. What an awful abreviation. It looks lousy in the training log. It sounds worse to say. Nobody wants to DNF, yet in almost every ultra someone does. Often a high percentage do. There are individuals who have ne...

From the South: A litter detective makes her mark

As ultra distance runners who cover every road within 20 miles of our home on foot, we are much more aware of aspects of roadsides than those who spend their time inside. We seek out the shady, tree-lined roads far from...

From the South

Perhaps I'll start by stating some of the objectives of this column. First and foremost, it is to provide a forum for the southern runner. A dearth of communication has isolated the various groups of ultramarathoners thr...