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Hardrock 2010

Another year at Hardrock is in the books. What an exciting race in the San Juan’s. Diana Finkel led until mile 92 when Jared Campbell passed her for the win in a time of 27:18. Congrats to Jared- amazing runner and a great guy. Diana finished 2nd overall in a time of 28:32 as the [...]

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Time to “Kiss the Rock”!

 Tomorrow- Friday July 9th in Silverton, Colorado,  crazy ass runners will toe the line for a chance to “kiss the rock”. The Hardrock 100 needs to introduction- here is what the Hardrock site says: The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is an ultramarathon of 100.5 miles in length, plus 33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 [...]

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Solid Results and more to come

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 [...]

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Big races this weekend

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 [...]

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Lot-o-stuff in the news

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 [...]

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Ultra-Mom!

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 [...]

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Miwok 100k results

Congrats to Darcy Africa! Miwok 100k on Saturday finished in 10:03! 5th female- Way to go Darcy and to all who ran! Anton and Kami finish 1st for male and female.
See all the results HERE!

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Miwok 100k

Huge race on tap this weekend. With spots for Western States up for grabs, the field of runners is incredible. Don’t believe me? Have a look for yourself HERE.
Just look at some names in the mens field- Krupicka, Koerner, Skaden and Wardian. Then look at the womens field- Ortiz, Semick, Crosby-Helms, Moehl, L’heureux, Capel, Cospolich [...]

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Solid race weekend!

This past weekend in the heat of the desert Darcy Africa took 1st female at the Spring Desert 50 in a time of 8:45 and Nick Clark finished 2nd Overall in 7:32- 17 minutes behind Dakota Jones who set a new CR.
Over in Cali at the Leona Divide- Nick Lewis ran strong and finished 3rd overall with [...]

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Let the games begin!

Big weekend on tap for Team Pearl Izumi-Smith!
Down in Fruita, Colorado the dust will fly when Darcy Africa and Nick Clark  hit the trail for the Spring Desert 50- a favorite for many.
Out in Lake Hughes, California Nick Lewis returns to trail at the Leona Divide 50 which promises to be a good time on the PCT.
Good Luck to all [...]

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