Ashley Nordell will start things off in Arkansas for the 3 Days of Syllamo.  She has been 1st female for 3 straight years- 2007- 17:27, 2008 17:39 and 2009 14:52. Friday will be the 50k, Saturday 50 mile and finishing up on Sunday with a 20k. Her husband Josh will be working it on the [...]

This past weekend, I was able to get down to Tucson, Arizona for the Old Pueblo 50 Miler.  Before I get on with my race write-up, I’m going to go off on a tangent regarding the state of ultrarunning.  The 1/2 dozen or so of you that read this blog, know that I ran the [...]

Josh kicked off the weekend at Old Pueblo 50 and cruised to a 2nd place time of 7:16. Zach Thomas set a new CR in 6:58!
The next day in New York- Scott posted a time of 3:13:25 at the Caumsett 50k for a 3rd place finish and is now your USATF 50k Road Masters Champion! [...]

This weekend Scott and Josh are back at it.
 Josh is headed to the Santa Rita Mountains in Sonita, AZ for the Old Pueblo 50. Coming off a great time at thePemberton 50k, Josh is primed and ready for Old Pueblo.
Scott is on his way to New York for a USA Track and Field 50 kilometer Road [...]

First Endurance has listened and now everyone can benefit. Here is what Josh had to say after his 1st place finish at Pemberton 50k.
While recently racing at the Pemberton 50k, just outside of Phoenix, I decided to give the “new and improved” version of First Endurance’s EFS electrolyte drink a try.  First Endurance has been [...]

Team Pearl Izumi-Smith run Chautauqua 2 27 10
Here is a little video taken on a team run during the summit.  It was tricky taking video because of the slick trails so sorry for being so shaky.

Our first contest for 2010 has ended and the results are in…..(drumroll)
CONGRATS to IRIS!!!! Seemed to be a crowd favorite from the start. Looks like Iris should have no trouble finding someone to share the trails with. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Stay tuned for our March contest.
Only a few days left. Hurry and get your [...]

This Thursday February 25th, the Team PearlIzumi-Smith athletes will gather in Louisville, Colorado for the annual Team Summit. Pearl Izumi Headquarters will be rockin for a couple days of product testing, gear feedback, sponsors presentations, running, spirits, design review and the Team “Balls of Fury” table tennis competition.
We all would like to thank Geoff, Kody, [...]

First year team member Nick Lewis is down in Allison, Arkansas for the Sylamore 50k this weekend. For those of you who don’t  know Nick, here is a quote for a top ultra runner- “When Nick gets going he is like a train.”
Good Luck in Arkansas Nick- now get after it!!!! Choo-choo!

While taking my annual pilgrimage south to the Pemberton 50k, I spent some time reflecting on the previous seven years I have run this race.  Looking back, I realized that the years I’ve run well in this race, I’ve gone on to have a great year of running in general.  I’ll attribute this to being [...]