The preceding year saw a remarkable number of superb ultrarunning performances in the U.S., with some long-standing records smashed, and some great runs by older runners. Five observers of the ultra scene (the three edit...
January / February 1982
Features
The thoughtful comments by Richard Ecker (Nov., p.6) are probably correct as far as sedentary people are concerned, I don't know... but what I fear is that nutritional demands of running ultramarathons are quite differen...
There was a time, not so many years ago, when any footrace longer than a mile was assumed to be a race for men only. Then K. Switzer ruined everything by running the Boston Marathon, and things haven't been the same sinc...
Why would a man just shy of his 50th birthday try to run 100 miles? For me, the answer begins in 1966, when I started a long distance running program. Three years later I ran my first marathon. During the next eight year...
Race Reports
Race Results
Coventry, R.I. Nov. 22, 1981 Certified 1. , George Gardiner,39 5:36:40* 2. , Larry Finnerty,33 5:43:25 3. , Jim Gray 6:18:31 4. , Mark Mitsmenn...
Despite cold, rainy and windy conditions, 25-year-old Kim Beaulieu ran a sparkling 6:53:50 for 50 miles, to become the seventh American woman to run the distance in less than seven hours. Beaulieu, a 2:54 marathoner, is...

It was John L. Sullivan versus a 28 lap course at the TAC 50 Mile Championship in Buffalo, N.Y. Sullivan, 47, emerged with a 5:42:19, good for fourth place overall.