The Ultimate Direction Buzz Athlete Commentary, Product Development and Race Updates Search Main menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Shop UD Buzz Burrell Scott Jurek Peter Bakwin Anton Krupicka   Post navigation ← Previous  Skyrunning: Heeding the Call Posted on May 25, 2012 by Anton Krupicka 5-time Zegama champ Kilian Jornet high on the mountain. …

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May of 2008 I began to keep record of daily mileage and notes of how each run felt etc. Over that time I have missed the odd entry and never really paused to add up totals. Yesterday, after finishing transferring written data to computer, I did the math. The sum was 4889.2 miles(7822.2 km). Or …

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Big Congratulations to Duncan Callahan on his impressive 11th place finish at the inaugural Ultra Trail Mt Fuji in Japan yesterday. Duncan finished in 23:35:08!   In the weeks leading towards the roll over into 2012 I kept semi jokingly telling Tracy that this year was ours and it was going to be a huge …

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looking back on the 2012 BMO experience it’s hard to find issues. The spring injury kept training miles low and I wasn’t really sure what to expect or hope for. I was further unsure where my cardio level was and strength and overall conditioning was in question as well. I set a 3:45 time as …

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  Tomorrows BMO Vancouver Marathon will be three years almost to the day since I last toed the line in a Marathon distance event and I am very curious to see how this event will play out. An all new, very scenic, course awaits the 5,000 full distance runners so bench marking against previous times …

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It seems my body has returned to an injury free state just in time for this Sunday’s BMO Vancouver Marathon the unfortunate part is that I have been training at less than anything near 100% for the last ~6 weeks. So I have modified my definition of success for this weekend and rather than looking for …

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