It was the 1960s and my senior year in high school we got a new track coach. He called a meeting after school for anyone interested in track and field events. He had a pile of mimeographed papers and pulled out a set for...
Articles by Rick Riedel
I was a regular contributor to UltraRunning from 1982 until 1995. I was the Washington state correspondent and reported on races that took place there and also wrote some more free-form material. I have been checking...
Many of us have family members or friends who have crewed for us at. ultras. It is an interesting relationship, ultrarunner and handler, a relationship that can changeover the years .. . It was not quite two years ago....
Although only seven runners presented themselves at the starting line of the decaying Sealth High School track, they were treated to some of that extraordinary benevolence the SCMT bestows on its runners. Tom Ripley and...
"You're going to do what?" It was the typical reaction an ultrarunner gets when an associate finds out that you are going to go out and run for a long time. "You're going to run for twenty-four hours?" They now assume t...