Willis River
In the latest installment of the Calabrese Corner, John Calabrese managed to emerge from the bogs of central Virginia and submit the following report on his run at the Willis River 50k, held on Sunday January 28, 2024
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Jan
2024
24
Dec
2023
Hellgate 100K: 20 Years of Heaven, Hell, and Horton Miles
Hellgate. It is a very special race. Sophie Speidel had a very special experience running the 2023 edition on December 9; in fact, she has had numerous very special experiences on this devilish course. Soph shares her thoughts here.
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7
Dec
2023
Best Crew Ever … And The Perogies! A Devil Dog Story.
Another runner who participated in the Devil Dog races over the weekend of December 2-3, 2023 has reported in on her experience. First-time 100 mile runner, and, after Devil Dog, first-time winner Dani Sevel has shared her first race report.
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5
Dec
2023
Crazy Good Potato Soup (but No Warm Hat) at the Devil Dog 100k
In December 2023 the Devil Dog races (100 miler, 100k and now also a 50k) in Prince William Forest Park changed hands after 7 years under the direction of founder Toni Becerra. By all accounts, the new RDs (Pat Early, Justin Contois and Wes Faulk), did an admirable job in their inaugural year. And lo and behold we have THIS account of the 100k race from Tracy Cooley.
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25
Nov
2023
61st Annual JFK 50 Mile
John Calabrese and Denise Freeman raced the nation’s oldest ultramarathon, the JFK 50 Miler, on Saturday 18 November 2023, and have kindly shared a report on their race experience.
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1
Oct
2023
City Invincible Race Report
Our running correspondent, John Calabrese, took a week off from racing on trails to race around a track. It went better than anticipated, as John came away from his loops around the 400 meter oval outside of Philly having not only covered over 100 miles in 24 hours, but also with the overall win! Here is his report on the first ever ultramarathon to be held in the city of Camden, over the weekend of September 30th.
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28
Sep
2023
Find Your Pacer: In a 100 Mile Race and in Life
The first “Grindstone Trail Running Festival by UTMB” was held over the weekend of September 22-24, 2023. Sophie Speidel has written a post-race report from her perspective as a pacer for fellow Charlottesvillian Steve Combs, with a focus on pacing as an experience.
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19
Sep
2023
Pine to Palm 100 Race Report
Fresh off a 31 hour finish at the MMT 100 in 2023, Deb Cawthorn made plans to tackle her annual Western 100 miler. For this year, that was the Pine to Palm 100 in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon. Deb had an outstanding race and shares her story with us here.
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19
Sep
2023
19
Sep
2023
Barkley Fall Classic Race Report
John Calabrese has returned from the long journey down to Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, and his running of the infamous Barkley Fall Classic on Saturday September 16, 2023. Here is his tale …
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