Point Mariah Trail Marathon is the best race. If you haven’t participated yet (as a runner, volunteer or supporter), I can only recommend you do next year. Mark your calendars for August 3rd 2024!! Seriously, what are other races where you get to go on a swing over stunning canyons?!? Photo: Riley Bathurst Team “Never Hike” […]
Book of the Month – The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of UTMB by Doug Mayer
As this newsletter is being published, the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) is in full swing in Chamonix, France, drawing thousands of runners and supporters to the small village and millions following online. Let’s take this opportunity to cheers the multiple members of the Donner Party Mountain Runners who are currently in Europe to […]
Book of the Month: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle
Moving a bit from the running theme, while sticking to endurance sports, with Tyler Hamilton’s memoir: The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs. The book is co-written with NYT Bestselling author and contributing editor for Outside magazine, Daniel Coyle. I acknowledge that I […]
Book of the Month: Choosing to Run by Des Linden and Bonnie D. Ford
Another running memoir! I can’t get enough of these inspiring stories!! This one if from Boston Marathon Champion and Olympian Des Linden, co-written with ESPN journalist Bonnie D. Ford. The story follows her race at the 2018 Boston Marathon. She alternates chapters re-living that victorious race and looking-back through her childhood and running career leading […]
Book of the Month: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Author: Cheryl StrayedBook title: Wild – From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail This may not be a book about running, but I thought a lot of you would still relate to Cheryl Strayed’s story on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Cheryl is no avid runner or backpacker enthusiast when she decides to […]
Book of the Month: The Longest Race by Kara Goucher
The series of memoirs continues, and may not stop as I have my eyes on Des Linden’s book next! The title of Kara Goucher (@karagoucher)’s book, The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team gives a quick overview of the heavy topics that she discusses in […]
Book of the Month: Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman
After Running While Black from Alison M. Désir, this month’s book is another must-read memoir. Lauren Fleshman (@fleshmanflyer)’s memoir is both sharp and vulnerable, and got me to keep reading (listening) without missing a beat. I initially thought this book would be similar to How She Did It because they both touch on the challenges […]
Book of the Month: Born to Run 2 by Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton
Whether you have read it or not, chances are that you have at least heard about Born to Run, Christopher McDougall’s first book which remains the No. 1 running title of all time (according to his website). The book initiated the revolution of Barefoot running (but also its backlashes such as the class action lawsuit […]
Book of the Month: Running While Black by Alison M. Désir
This month’s highlight is for Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn’t Built for Us, by Alison M. Désir (Instagram, Twitter, Strava). This is an essential read, and I would recommend it not just to runners, but to anyone. This is the first book I finished in 2023 and it sets the […]
Book of the Month: How She Did It by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery
What a better way to start the new year than to hear from the stories of forty world class female distance runners? In this book, Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery, both world class runners themselves, collect the stories, lessons learned, challenges, successes, career evolutions from top athletes across the world, from some of the pioneers […]
