Ladies and Gentlemen, and the rest of the runners out there. The highly anticipated Western States 2010 is near-very near. Blogs have been overloaded with posts and comments. Polls and odds have been done but in hours Western States will be in full swing. Loads of talent on both the men’s and women’s side and [...]

Yep- title says it all. Pearl Izumi will be paying out $2000 for a Course Record at Western States. Doesn’t matter the route! Read more HERE!
Good Luck to Pearl Izumi-Smith team members Josh, Nick L. and Nick C..
Some fun odds can be found HERE!
What do you think about the odds????

Team Pearl Izumi-Smith ran hard and came up big!
In the San Juan Mountains of Colorado times were fast- I’m talking sick fast! Dakota Jones ripped off a time (8:13) that is got to be in consideration for a top performance of an early 2010. Scott Jaime ran a good race and set his own PR on [...]

Big race weekend ahead.
Sheridan, Wyoming is the home to an unforgettable race venue- Bighorn Trail Races. Team Pearl Izumi-Smith’s  Ashley Nordell will take on the 100. She is running strong and has to be a favorite in any race.
In the breath-taking San Juan mountains, Darcy Africa and Scott Jaime will be running the San Juan Solstice 50 as they [...]

Well, we are a little late reporting this but the Pocatello 50 was CRAZY! Race reports all over the web. It was cancelled at the 50k due to some horrible weather conditions. Our very own Scott Jaime (his report HERE) was in the lead when the race was called with Joe G and Luke N not too [...]

This weekend will be the 2nd running of the Pocatello 50. I had the pleasure to be apart of the first year as a member of the 3 person relay. Let me tell you- this course is AWESOME! For the inaugural year this race in my opinion (and many others I spoke to) was flawless. [...]

Down at the Jemez 50, Nick Clark continues to impress on his way to Western States. With a time of 8:26:13, Nick takes home 1st with Ryan Burch not far behind- 8:31:35. Read a great detailed report of how it unfolded HERE! And all the days results HERE! Well done Nick!!!
Nick Lewis and his bad hammy finished [...]

Los Alamos, New Mexico is the scene for Nick Clark and Nick Lewis this weekend. Both will take on the Jemez Mountain Trail 50 miler. These guys are gearing up for Western States next month and this race is sure to be fast.
Good luck fellas!

For Mother’s Day we decided to do a feature story about Ultra-Moms. We asked our very own Darcy Africa to help us out- so she did. Below in her own words:
Motherhood and Ultrarunning. 
As a full time Mom, I frequently get asked the question: “Are you working?”.    Initially my answer would always be “no” and that [...]

So, we have all been there. During training or in a race when you just wanted to stop. You didn’t feel like you could go on. Maybe you want to cross that finish line so bad but not sure you can get there. On a training run and you just don’t feel the “mojo”. Going [...]