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It’s not often that I find myself previewing an inaugural race, but here I am writing about the Sean O’Brien 50 Mile to be run from Malibu, California on Saturday, February 1. Truth be told, this is only nominally a first-race race as long...

You’ve been running for a little while now, and things are going well. You’ve increased your mileage, maybe even run a 5K and actually enjoyed it. Now you’ve officially been bitten by the running bug, and you’ve set your sights on the next challenge...

I ran my second 20 miler of this training cycle yesterday. I am not sure what is so funny, but maybe I was just giddy, relieved, delirious to be done. We all know long runs are tough physically. But, sometimes we make the whole thing even harder on...

By training, I’m a linguist. I’m fascinated by systems, especially complex yet economical ones — like human language — that elegantly solve problems. To feed my inner geek, I look for tricky aspects of daily life that can be improved by the development...

Photo by Flickr user the US Army. Lisa Chicolte of MCRRC: “Honey Stingers Cherry Blossom chews...yum!” Nicolas Crouzier of MCRRC: "I stick to water and mocha gels. The gels aren't great per se but they do their job." Dionis Gauvin of MCRRC: “I don...