Tag: 100 Mile

100-Mile Race Strategy

Racing 100 miles is hard. There, we got that out of the way and now we can focus on the nuts and bolts of how to navigate a 100-mile race. There are numerous parts that go into a successful 100-miler, and finishing is a...

Engineering a 100-Mile Success

I’m an engineer with a Type A personality. If there was such a thing as being Type A+ that would be me. I like organization and anyone who has done one of my races has received race announcements that include bullet poin...

Your First 100-Miler

24 Hours of Adrenalin was a popular mountain bike race that consisted of riding a technical course all day and night until 24 hours had elapsed. I’ll never forget a biker grinding to a halt near the timing table in the m...

Choosing Your First 100-Mile Race

Have you strung together a good number of 50k and 50-mile finishes? Do you feel like you are a reasonably capable ultrarunner? Sure you may not be fast and you might not post podium results, but you’re confident running...

My First Attempt at 100 Miles

Arriving in Houston, Texas, a little more than a day before the race, I was hopeful. The hotel was charming and very hospitable. The weather was unseasonable cool but ideal for racing. The town square of Sugar Land prove...

Patience and Planning

The 100-mile distance holds a huge allure for many an ultrarunner. Whilst I’m not saying that 50k or 50 miles are easy distances, without a doubt, covering 100 miles is rightly still seen as the ultimate challenge for ma...

100-Mile Prep

At the end of the year most runners think about their plans for the following year, including their target races. This early planning is exacerbated by the number of lotteries for major races, something that’s becoming m...

One Hundred Miles, The First Time

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...

A Marathoner Diversifies

The International Triathlon held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii has the reputation of being the most demanding individual sport in the world. It consists of three events: a 2.4 mile ocean swim, a 112 Fiile bike ride and a marath...