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July 2004
Hardest Hundreds
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Want to join the century club? The Blue Ridge boasts some of the biggest, baddest 100 mile tests of endurance - from 100-mile mountain ultramarathon runs to singletrack century bike rides. Do you have what it takes to go the distance?
July 2004
Running in Reverse: The Benefits of Backwards Running
Timothy “Just Call Me Bud” Badyna is probably the most famous backward runner in the world, He has held world records in the 5K, 10K, 200 yard, and marathon for running backward, making him the man to beat in the world of reverse running.
July 2004
Rails-to-Trails Roundup
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Call it land recycling at its finest or the industrial revolution in reverse—taking abandoned railroad corridors and turning them into trails. The practice actually started in the mid-1960s, but lately the development of Rail Trails is exploding.
Fitness
Training for Your First Ultra
Ever think about running beyond the traditional 26.2? Here’s a crash course in getting your body ready for a one-day test of endurance.
Hiking
A Hike Beneath the Hemlocks
A wonderful hike in Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest is the Bear Creek & Pinhoti Trails, near the Cohutta Wilderness Area
Biking
In Praise of the Triple Ring
Road bikers scoff at my triple ring. They tell me that the quickest way to lose strength is to use a triple. On one ride it was announced to all riders that I had a triple ring so that we would keep “that kind” of a ride in mind...