Month: April 2017

The Grand Traverse

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Written by MAX TAAM Living in Aspen it's hard to not know about the Grand Traverse. I race the biggest skimo races in the world in Europe but when I am at home everyone is always asking about the Elk Mountain…

Written by MAX TAAM Living in Aspen it's hard to not know…

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Rim to Rim LCR in the Grand Canyon

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On April 10, Peter Bakwin and I ran from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to the South Rim. “R2R" of course is now quite normal; a bucket-list route for many. But this took us 11.5 hours. Why so long? Because we started on the North Rim of the Little Colorado River, descended the fabled Hopi Salt Trail, ran and thrashed down the LCR…

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IOC Announces Ultrarunning to become Olympic Sport

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April 1, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lausanne, Switzerland - In a press conference April 1, International Olympic Committee President Baron Le Chiffre announced that a 100 mile trail race would be the next Olympic Sport, starting in 2024. “Ultrarunning clearly meets all the necessary Criteria”, stated Le Chiffre.  “There’s no reward while there is a great deal of suffering, it’s completely pointless, and yet thousands…

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