Monthly Archives: January 2012

Hoka sale!

The Salt Lake Running Company on 700 East in Salt Lake City is selling what’s left of their stock of Hokas at 20% off in anticipation of the release of the new model in a few weeks. That’s a significant savings. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
P.S. If anybody in the Salt Lake area wants my [...]

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Ultrarunning Popularity Data

 
Lately I’ve been wondering a lot about the growing popularity of ultrarunning. I think we can all agree that ultrarunning is rapidly advancing toward the mainstream and there’s been a lot of debate about whether or not that inevitable and whether or not that’s even a good thing. I have a thing or two to [...]

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Wasatch 100 Lottery Entrants

The Wasatch 100 lottery entrants list has just been posted. 499 people are vying for somewhere fewer 350 spots (depending on the number of automatic entries).
Far more interesting, however, is that Claude Grant has revealed that the Wasatch 100 Race Committee will meet next week to examine the possibility of raising the limit for the number of [...]

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Volunteer Opportunities

The immensely popular Buffalo Run is now seeking volunteers to help support the runners during the races on March 22-24. The race is filling up faster than ever this year, so if you’re planning on running and you don’t signup soon, there may not be a spot for you. Hop to it.
Either way, tell your [...]

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Buried in Winter

After weeks of basically autumn weather, we finally got a big shot of snow last night in the Wasatch. Little Cottonwood Canyon took in 42″ of snow from this storm, so people around these parts are pretty happy. 
Less than two weeks left until the Rocky Raccoon 100 for me, which is my goal race for [...]

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Whasatch Steeplechase OPEN

The Whasatch Steeplechase registration is now open.

If you haven’t run this race before, you’re in for a treat. Last year, the course was re-routed along the northern ridge of City Creek due to snow. I think it’s a safe bet that with the winter we’re having, the old course will be back. Don’t miss this [...]

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