This year the Bighorn 100 will be different, most of the Rocky Mountain region had tons of snow this year and the Bighorn Mountains were no exception. The turnaround at Porcupine is still under 3 feet of snow, nonetheless the course will be awesome as usual, and two new records will be set…..and may last Read More
In this age of Ultrarunning, pacers play a large roll in motivating and assisting runners to finish the brutal 100 milerace. Is this really necessary? In France, pacers are not allowed, and the RD’s evendiscouragehaving a crew. The US is the opposite, why is that? Are the Europeans more purists? Are we weak in saying Read More
Preparation for the AT assaultis coming together, the RV is in the house (outside of the house) and the Backcountry.com wrap is being designed. Training wise: Yah, I’ve been running every day, the real training will be after the WS track meet, where I’ll go hiking alot instead of running, it’ll be nice to slow Read More
This weekend was a blast down in Vegas for some R & R, some flying, driving, and hanging out with the Red Bull Team. Base Jumping and Skydiving were some key highlights (among other things you can only see in Vegas) as Red Bull Launched it’s first new product in 20 years! Red Bull Cola! Read More
At the Jemez 50 Kyle Skaggs once again showed us his speed, eclipsing his own course record by a scant minute and change, not to mention the course was about a mile longer than last year.8:08 was the time.Another stellar performance with many more to come! I slipped in for second place only 1 minute Read More
Two great races this weekend! The Massannutten 100.The rocks should prevail andwill be up in the air this weekend as no malerunner stands out to take the win. The women’s race should be handled by a local. Men’s Odds Todd Walker 4-1. Todd has all the experience he needs to run over this rocky nightmare. Read More
We’ll be brief this week and do some quick odds for the Quicksilver 50: Mens Race: It should be tight all the way with Graham Cooper, Ian Torrence, and Youngster Chikara Omine leading the way. Mark Tanaka just came off a solid run at Miwok, we’ll see if he can hold up at Quicksilver. I’m Read More
Once again, we nailed the winners on the odds list. The big winner was Jon Olsen running second with his 9-1 odds. Nice run Jon, he’ll be a force to reckon with at the WS track meet. Mac Daddy ran a 7:53…16 minutes faster than Lon Freeman’s record which was set last year at 8:09. Read More
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This is the last chance to gain entry into the Western States Track Meet. So how about we throw some odds for this years race: Mens Race: Dave Mackey 3-1. Mac Daddy doesn’t run too many ultras, but usually comes in ready to fly, perhaps he’s looking at the WS 100 in June? He said Read More
