Run Mountain Peaks
Mountain & ultra running, endurance training, trail stories, and random thoughts in the White Mountains.
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The 5 Hardest White Mountain Routes (Excluding the Classics) (opens the original)
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This week I ranked the toughest ultra marathon style routes in the White Mountains EXCLUDING the classics like the Pemi Loop, Presi Traverse, Hut Traverse, etc. I go through a bunch of honorable mentions before breaking down my official top 5 list. I think many of these are going to become classic household names, if they haven't already. If you are looking for new trails and new efforts to push yourself on, there is no shortage of those in this episode. I also give a quick trip report from my r
Running from New York City to Boston with Tom Hanlon (opens the original)
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This week I had an awesome conversation with Tom Hanlon. Tom is a former college miler turned ultra runner who has thrown down some wild efforts in his two years in the sport. We talk about his recent 244 mile effort running from New York City to Boston in 72 hours and 50 minutes to set the FKT and raise over $14,000 for the Jason R. Flood Memorial Foundation. Tom breaks down the entire journey from starting at midnight in Times Square, battling exhaustion and sleep deprivation, and dealing with
Jigger Johnson 100 Mile NEW Course Records with Conor Brown and Lexi Jackson (opens the original)
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This week I sat down with Lexi Jackson and Conor Brown, the new course record holders from the Jigger Johnson 100 miler. Lexi smashed the women's course record by four and a half hours, finishing in 33:12, and Conor took first place overall in 29:41, beating the previous men's course record by over 40 minutes. We talked about how they were feeling leading up to the race, their training builds, and why they wanted to sign up for one of the toughest 100 milers in the Northeast. They both broke dow
Increasing your Uphill Running Speed (opens the original)
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This week I break down the most important aspects of increasing your uphill running speed and how to get stronger on mountain climbs. Whether you do short races, ultras, multi day hikes, or just run trails for fun, getting better going uphill will translate to every other part of your mountain running/hiking. I talk about fitness, strength, power, muscular endurance, and uphill running. I also share my favorite treadmill and mountain workouts to build the uphill running muscles. I also share tho
Jigger Johnson 100 Breakdown with Clark Plummer, Conor Brown & Lyle Cordes (opens the original)
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This week I sat down with Clark Plummer, Conor Brown and Lyle Cordes for a breakdown and preview of the upcoming Jigger Johnson races. All three guys are 50 mile finishers and top 10 overall placers, so we had a cumulative 5 for 5 finish rate at the event. We do the mandatory Jigger Johnson is the hardest race in the Northeast talk and then go through the full 50 mile course section by section: the Moats + Attitash and Table Mountain, Bartlett Experimental Forest + Tremont, Hancock Notch, the Os
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