Montrail Team Success at 2012 WS100

June 25, 2012

Amazing performances by all Montrail Athletes: Erik Skaden took 53rd with a time of 20:32:21 (photo coming soon), Joelle Vaught, Amy Sproston, Ryne Melcher paced Ellie Greenwood and Sean Meissner paced Ryan Burch. Amy Sproston finished 8th female, 37th overall in 19:11:02 | Photo Ultra Runner Podcast   There was a bit of a chill [...]

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Ellie Greenwood Breaks WS100 Record by 50 minutes

June 25, 2012

Montrail athlete Ellie Greenwood ran to a course record in under 17 hours on her way to being crowned 2012 Western States 100 female champion on Saturday, June 23. Greenwood finished with a time of 16:47:19, knocking 50 minutes off of Ann Trason’s legendary course record set in 1994. See the video of her strong [...]

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Mt. Washington and Everything in Between

June 20, 2012

Colds suck. When I have a race I like to be on. With a cold it’s usually followed by several up and down races and it’s never confidence building. Almost makes me feel human, which also sucks, because we’re inherently weak. I know, I sound pretty bitter but I’m not really. Maybe I should be [...]

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Montrail Gears Up for the 2012 Western States 100 Weekend Events

June 19, 2012

“It’s the sport’s yearly crowning event, and it’s arguably the best day in sport — for a variety of reasons. There’s no admission, no parking charges, no assigned seating, no parimutuel betting. And it’s as compelling as any horse race, baseball game or boxing match. The arena, which extends from Squaw Valley to Auburn, offers [...]

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Advice from Dakota Jone’s Professional Coach

June 11, 2012

Without confidence, you can’t fully take advantage of fitness, Written by Chris Carmichael CTS Coaches work with athletes in a wide variety of disciplines, and we’ve seen a big increase in the popularity of ultra-distance events. One of the elite athletes we’re working with is Dakota Jones, a young ultra-runner who has been racking up [...]

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Back to the Drawing Board

May 23, 2012

It’s Back to the Drawing Board as they say. My recent, shall we say adventure that was the Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton was both an eye-opening defeat and a success at the same time. Just so you don’t have to read the whole post, because apparently according to some other high-profile Montrail athlete race reports are…well, boring, [...]

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Interview with Dakota Jones, 2012 Transvulcania Champion

May 14, 2012

iRunFar Race Report Dakota Jones won the 2012 Transvulcania Ultramarathon in an upset over favorite Kilian Jornet. In the men’s race, practically the whole field led at the first checkpoint, the little village of Los Canarios on the southern end of La Palma. In reality, Dakota Jones came first through that initial checkpoint, setting the [...]

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A Race Report of Much Depth and Consideration

May 14, 2012

I don’t usually write race reports that delve into the actual events of a race, primarily because that’s what everyone else does and I think that’s boring. But this time I think the story of the race itself is exciting enough to tell. So bear with me. The race started at the beach with enough [...]

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Amy Sproston World Champion!

May 4, 2012

Written by Amy Sproston I’m not really sure how to put the 2012 IAU 100k World Championships experience into words. I’m still not sure that it actually happened. The month leading up to it had been trying, and had you told me at any point during that period what the final result would be, I [...]

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Kalulau Trail Run – Kauai’s Na Pali Coast

April 29, 2012

Back in January I got over to Kauai for a little vacation and had the opportunity to run the 22 mile Kalulau Trail on Kauai’s Na Pali Coast. It was incredible. Check out the video. Another one of those “bucket list” trails that every trail runner has to do. Kalulau Trail – Kauai's Na Pali [...]

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