December 2009

Features

Notes in the Margin

From the Publisher

Thoughts from the Trail

From the Editor

Cross-Training

Beginner Cross Training

Are Supplements Necessary?

Nutrition

A Light-hearted Look at Ultra in Norway

Zero to Fifty

The Nature of Endurance Running

Calendar

Letters

Star Light, Star Bright

Feature Races

Bear 100

The Bear

Vermont Fifties

Vermont 50

Oil Creek Trail Runs

Oil Creek

Nashville Ultras

Nashville Ultras

Race Reports

HURL Elkhorn

HURL Elkhorn

Haliburton Forest

Haliburton Forest

Plain 100

Plain 100

Great Eastern Endurance Run

Great Eastern Endurance

Flatrock 50

FlatRock

Noble Canyon

Noble Canyon

Run Woodstock

Woodstock

Hundred in the Hood

Sierra Nevada Endurance Run

Sierra Nevada Endurance Run

Arkansas Traveller

Arkansas Traveler

Blues Cruise

Blues Cruise

Blue Sky 50K

North Coast 24-Hour Endurance Run

North Coast

North Coast 24-Hour Endurance Run

North Coast

Tussey Mountainback

Tussey Mountainback

Man Against Horse

Man Against Horse

Rock/Creek Stumpjump

Rock Creek StumpJump

FATS 40/50

FATS

Can Lake 50

Can Lake

Firetrails 50

Dick Collins Firetrails

Firetrails 50

Dick Collins Firetrails

GLIRC 6-Hour 60th Birthday Run

6-Hour 60th

Le Grizz

Le Grizz

Heartland 100

Heartland 100

New River Trail 50K

New River Trail

Glacial Trail Run

Glacial Trail

Pony Express

Pony Express

Race Results

Knee Knackering North Shore

Knee Knackering North Shore

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain

Santa Cruz Mountain Trail Run

Self-Transcendence Ottawa

Skyline Ridge Trail Run

Gold Country Trail Run

Vulture Bait

Mount Diablo Fall 50K

Ultrarunner in the mist, at Oil Creek Trail Runs. Photo: Jeremy Lock