Hellgate.  The race that never starts.  Where the leaves run deep.  Where you may never have this opportunity again. I can always find something to write about David Horton’s Hellgate 100k because it contains many of the recipes for a good story – hardship,...

A year ago, at the Barkley Fall Classic 2019, I found myself laying on the ground in a tunnel underneath the six-foot briars on Rat Jaw, cramping and telling Frank Gonzalez to crawl over me if he wanted to get by.  I wasn’t the only one sitting or lying on the...

 I meant to write up a race report for this year’s Hellgate.  Like every year, I was having deep emotions and introspection in the race as well as in the minutes and days post-race.  But life and sleep got in the way, and now, a few weeks...

Looking Glass 50-Miler Race Report, by Sophie Speidel When I turned 55 in late 2017, I celebrated with a year of doing “hard and scary” things, including running my fifth 100-miler, which I documented in a series of essays on the Trail Sisters  platform. Among...

Thinking of running your first 50k trail race? Curious about trail ultramarathons and how they differ from road marathons? Looking to connect with a great group of trail runners? Or just wondering how in the heck can people run for so long?? Then come hop on this...