Archive for June, 2008

30th of June, 2008

My Western States Substitute – The Laramie 100

Posted by elad in Race Reports at 12:24 pm | Permanent Link

There’s a certain 5.9 mile loop just outside of Laramie, Wyoming that I now know like the back of my hand. Every turn, uphill, downhill, I even gave names to some of the prominent tree roots. But I’m getting ahead of myself, I’ll start at the beginning. On June 28-29 I was supposed to run [...]

10th of June, 2008

Hot Day at the Diablo 50 Miler

Posted by elad in Race Reports at 9:15 pm | Permanent Link

At 3,849 feet, Mt. Diablo is the highest peak in the Bay Area. What a location for a 50m ultra, isn’t it? Well Wendell and Sarah from Pacific Coast Trail runs thought so, and they’ve been staging one of the toughest 50m races around at Mt. Diablo, every year in April. The course racks up [...]