RUNSPIRITED

I met Rob Steger before Training for Ultra was born. It was the day before we each raced one of the North Race Endurance Challenge Series...

(Photo by Martina Valmassoi) Corrine Malcolm remembers the unusual place where she fell in love with running. It was on a mountain ridge...

While he’s best known as his “Barefoot Ted” character, Ted McDonald is much more. Ultra runner, for sure. Entrepreneur, of course....

Eric Strand had been fascinated by long-distance running ever since Frank Shorter won the marathon gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. Years...

Baseball fans who saw Eric Byrnes play recognized his exuberance for the game — chasing after line drives in the outfield, sprinting...

Jeff Browning grew up running. He ran around the Missouri farm, doing chores. He ran to meet his friends at a creek a half-mile away. He...

Around the time he turned 30, David Trow received bad news from a cardiologist. The doctor explained that Trow had neurocardiogenic...

In the 10 days since my emergency abdominal surgery, I have (mostly) abided by doctor’s orders. Walking has replaced running. Core work...

Dallas Smith turns 78 in June. But being a septuagenarian hasn’t slowed him down. “I've already started thinking of myself as 78,” Smith...

As I write this I should be strapped into an airplane seat, the first leg of my trip to my first 100K at the Ultra Race of Champions...