Here at Inside Trail we’re getting excited for the upcoming weekend of racing.  We’ve been learning more about South African Ryan Sandes and like what we’re seeing.  He’s been getting in high altitude training, beginning with his pacing duties for Julien Chorier at the Hardrock 100 and continuing with a month of training in and around Leadville, CO in preparation for this Saturday’s Leadville 100, his first attempt ... 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