Category: Ultrarunning Tales from the Trail
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The Middle Miles
I woke up today feeling frantic. The only part of Christmas I have engaged in was to purchase a wreath from the local church bazar. No presents, no stockings, no poinsettias, no holiday sparkle. As I wrote in my journal—something I usually do first thing in the morning, I realized that I had this odd…
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DFL (Dead Fucking Last)
I was at Thanksgiving dinner at my mom’s house when I received a text from an athlete I coach. She had just completed the local Turkey Trot. She sent me a picture she and her sister at the finish and said how happy she was with the time she ran. I congratulated her and thought…
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Cocodona 250 Race Report Part 2
The Journey from Crown King to Whiskey Row Mile 77.3 Crown King to Arrastra Creek Station Mile 53 (16.4 miles +2,838ft of gain and -3,222ft of loss) I had left Crown King after about a 45-minute pitstop. It was 5:31pm and it was hard saying goodbye to my crew. I knew it would be a…
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The Injured List
Some thoughts from the bench That’s what a comeback is. You have a starting point and you build strength and momentum from there. Stay the course, remain patient. Focus on small steps that are constantly forward. — Kara Goucher. I knew something was wrong. I was running down from Skytop Tower in the middle of…
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Running the Moab 240
A Tale of Two Pacers and an Ultrarunner from a Small Town L-R Jesse Coree Sarubbi, Erin Quinn, Shiloh Pileggi What is a pacer? Like all things ultrarunning—the definition of a ‘pacer’ has been pushed to a new extreme. It’s no longer some 1980’s track coach with a whistle, yelling at you from a car…
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Western States Hangover
I don’t know about you, but these are my symptoms post Western States 100-mile Endurance Run (WSER) live feed binge in no particular order: irritability, fatigue, restlessness and delusions of grandeur. There was a moment, albeit brief, when I thought that maybe I could be in the top 10 if I locked in on my…
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Happy Global Running Day
For me, every day is global running day. I’m not really sure how these days get coined as “donut day,” or “sister day,” but nevertheless they act as kindling fire for social media implosions. I’m not going to argue this one, because in my mind, what can be better than people getting excited about running…
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The Zion Ultramarathon
A 100-mile Race in the Desert One hundred. The number can seem daunting. Then you add on “miles,” and it seems even more arduous. Then, just for shits and giggles, you tack on “run,” and it starts to seem, well, just like a spin around crazy-town. And that’s what a 100-mile run kind of is—…
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Breakneck Point Trail Marathon
Race Report May 6th 2023 That was hard. No other way to put it. A 26.4 mile rock scramble up and down Mt. Beacon and Breakneck Point and over a variety of Hudson Highland hills with swarms of black flies, muddy switchbacks and some really fast, elite trail runners that made you feel like you…
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The 100-mile After Party
10 Things No One Told Me About So, you sign up and complete your first 100-miler. Woohoo! You’ve inevitably followed some sort of training plan that has you hitting the trails day after day in all sorts of weather, moods and shifting states of fitness. Gradually the weeks ramp up in mileage, or “time on…
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Erin Quinn 