Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 10:33 pm
So I woke up Tuesday morning 3,000 miles from home. Twenty five stories over Times Square, I could hardly roll out of bed, being 3 a.m. pacific time and all. What? There’s a Starbuck’s on the c...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Oct 25, 2009, 7:00 pm
After suffering through a miserable cold this week, I finally decided today to set out on trail, feeling well enough for the first time in several days. I used to run with a cold all the time, but fo...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Oct 19, 2009, 6:22 am
Imagine two piers. Both are built using the same solid design and quality material. These piers are identical in every way, with one exception. Pier One is built over the ocean and is regularly sub...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 12:46 am
Last weekend welcomed a 60 mile run by my good friend Jeff Padilla. Jeff turned 60 years old and decided, in true ultra fasion, that he would run 60 miles to celebrate his entry into the next age gro...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Oct 3, 2009, 9:01 pm
This is a first for me. Today I'm doing my first overnight, self supported run. I started with a sleeping bag, 134 oz of water (yes, very heavy), some bars and dried fruit, and a few other odds a...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Oct 3, 2009, 9:38 am
Today I plan to do a first effort with overnight equipment on trail. This is a test to see how posting from the trail via blacberry works. More to come...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Sep 24, 2009, 1:15 am
I just returned from a three day trip tonight and learned that two ultra runners, Fidel Diaz and Gina Natera, were lost for three days in the Cleveland National Forest. I know nothing more than what I...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Sep 15, 2009, 8:49 pm
Last weekend I was taken by ambulance from the Columbus airport. Medical emergencies are scary, but being transported by ambulance only hastens that fear. As the ambulance rolled out of the airport I ...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Sep 5, 2009, 8:51 pm
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by a rep of Patagonia if I would post a review of Patagonia’s trail running shoe, the Release. Of course I would, was my reply. I’m not one to experiment too broa...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 9:37 pm
When mother nature speaks, she usually has something dramatic to say. For those of us who have to listen, it often comes as one sudden disappointment, even sacrifice. Last year, as she wielded her p...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Aug 22, 2009, 11:46 am
Are America's golden years of distance running over? Will the successes of Frank Shorter and Joan Benoit Samuelson ever be repeated by another American? According to an article in the Wall Stree...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Aug 4, 2009, 11:51 pm

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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Jul 28, 2009, 10:15 pm
It was a sweltering day, 15 years ago. Alone on a steep hill, I climbed. But just as fast as the sweat pored off my skin, guilt was drowning my mind. With a budding career weighing on my shoulders, I ...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Jul 13, 2009, 11:47 am
I was thumbing through some quotes to help revive my vision of where my feet may fall next. I stumbled across this, and it kind of blew me away. Enjoy. "People try to get away from it all- to the ...
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Will C. posted an article on An Ultra Runners Blog - Jun 30, 2009, 1:00 am
This one is hard to put into words. I’m not sure if it is because there is so much to say, or because there is so much I just don’t know how to say. In short it’s been a long road with many bump...
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