There is a lot of blogging going on regarding the Leadville Trail 100 Run, so, instead of just rehashing much of it, we here at Inside Trail thought we’d roll out some back and forth commentary that is typical of the hours we spend in our respective “offices” researching and discussing with one another every day.  We obviously would love to have some insight from readers following the ... Read More

Julien Chorier wasn’t a common name in American ultrarunning, until the Hardrock 100 last month.  On a longer course (by 2-3 miles) and under extreme conditions of higher snow, severe thunder and lightning storms that prompted Race Director, Dale Garland to say, “In 20 years of directing Hardrock, I’ve never seen it this bad”, Julien Chorier ran the third fastest time ever in 25:17 beating the next closest ... Read More

That’s thoughts about compression clothing, not compressed thoughts, whatever… I’m sitting here writing this while wearing McDavid compression socks after a 12 mile run. I’m obviously not a scientist or doctor but I am a runner who enjoys running very long distances.  These are thoughts put into my own words, so they are simply the way I view how it works, not some scientific study I did in my kitchen.  ... Read More

Stay tuned for raw analysis of the talented and stacked field in the upcoming UTMB “ultra showdown”.