For most of its history, ultrarunning hasn’t been a gear culture. It’s been a movement culture. The run mattered. Everything else was secondary. How you looked while doing it being tertiary.
It's easy to love trail running this time of year because in the northern hemisphere we're leaving winter for spring and all the good feelings of hope that come with it.
Here are the 10 things that I Love About Trail Running Right Now.
I have been following Scott Jurek since a few years after his final major first place win in 2008. I heard his name in Born to Run and immediately picked up Eat and Run. Scott is a legend and the greatest dynasty in male ultrarunning in my opinion.
Nils had an idea to run from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in what he might describe as an existential moment in his life. After doing it, many runners began to join him somewhat organically and an organization was born.
Then the injury during his senior year at West Texas State. The NFL dream gone. The degree in computer information systems.
The corporate job in Dallas. The weight dropping off. The space opening.