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Vermont 100 Endurance Run: Digging the Mind Out of the Trenches

By Coach Lindsay Leigh I had so many reasons to quit the Vermont 100 Endurance Run, and reasons I knew were good enough and people would support me. I had trench foot, a strained calf, blisters covering my feet, and a series of other maladies. But I continued on, aid station to aid station, and[…]

Gritty, Cheerful, Supportive Ultrarunners: Umstead 100 Race Report

~ By Coach Lindsay Leigh The 100 mile distance has intrigued me for years. I only had to decide when the right time would be to toe the line. Up until the start of the 2018 Umstead 100, and even during some moments of the race, I could not quite wrap my head around running[…]

Peaks Ultra 50 Race Report: Hardest Race Yet

Saturday morning, I woke up at 3:25 a.m. to the glare of headlights as athletes began arriving for the Peaks Ultra Challenge in Pittsfield, Vermont. The back of our Subaru was my makeshift hotel for the previous night. I had dropped Maria off in Lake Placid so she could get her training in, and then[…]

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