Author: Sandi Nypaver

Like most runners, if someone asked me if I enjoyed a good challenge I’d say “of course!” without a second thought. However, if I would have given that answer a few years ago, that answer wouldn’t always hold true. If fact, that answer only held up when I had come up with the challenge myself and everything went right. If it was an unexpected challenge…

The Rut 50K is one of the most technical mountain races in the U.S. and in order to set myself up for success I made sure my training reflected both the steep, rocky sections of the course and the fast, runnable sections (as a mountain runner I realize I have a skewed view of what "runnable" means!). Here's how I did it. Road workouts These…