the morning shakeout | issue 543 Keep going when you want to call it quits, Wright Thompson on the writing process, detaching from your devices before racing, and a lot more.

2/2 It was a season’s best by nearly four seconds, a Masters PR by well over two, and a good reminder to keep going when your initial instinct is to call it quits.
— @mariofraioli.com
open.substack.com/pub/themorni...

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1/2 ❝“Just drop out,” [the mind monkeys] whispered.
[race unfolds and…]

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From Marathons to the Marathon des Sables: A Conversation with Des Linden A conversation with two-time Olympic marathoner Des Linden ahead of the 2026 Marathon des Sables.

Yep.

❝She’d been sandbagged by trail runners before, being told that something would be runnable and then being taken on something she says, “I feel is bananas. I’m like, ‘This is hiking!’”
—Eszter Horanyi/Des Linden
www.irunfar.com/des-linden-p...

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Ist hier wer schon mal den 56er beim Monschau Marathon gelaufen. #ultrarunning #nevernotrunning

Have you ever tried making your own gels? This one’s a pineapple chia gel with electrolytes. #reducewaste #thegreenrunners #LeaveNoTrace #ultrarunning #trailrunning

Bare and brown farm field in early spring under blue skies swept with clouds.

Finished week one of a new training block with a beautiful 20k. Most of the snow was gone, blue skies, and all the birds were out. Nine more weeks until another crack at 80k. Grateful to be grinding.

#Running #UltraRunning #GetOutside #Run #RunFar #LongRunDone #SeenOnMyRun

What Trail Running Teaches Us About Creativity | LBBOnline Little Black Book, ATTN:’s creative director Catherine LeClair shares how lessons from ultramarathons can transform approaches to creative work

❝I realised that every run doesn’t have to be the best run I’ve ever done. […] I trust that if I keep aiming for excellence, I’ll get there — just by dedicating myself to the practice.
—Catherine LeClair
lbbonline.com/news/What-Tr...

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Being a race volunteer is awesome. I did gave cookies to every kid who walked up and asked for one, as we were set up next to a playground.

#ultrarunning

Cover of the #JenniferPharrDavis book. THE PURSUIT OF ENDURANCE, showing a woman hiking up a hillside.

This book was reeeeally good. I just finished it and if you are into #hiking #running #trailrunning #ultrarunning, and GEESH, it was FUN!
#AppalachainTrail #IceAgeTrail #FKT

"Running 10k races is healthy - the stuff I do is more like mental illness with extra sweating" #ultrarunning #whyamilikethis

Training as a Female Mountain Athlete Across Life Stages Female physiology shifts across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause. Understanding those changes helps female mountain athletes train with greater intention and longevit...

❝The goal isn’t to train around being female. The goal is to understand what’s happening physiologically so that intentional adjustments can be made that allow performance and longevity to improve […].
—Chantelle Robitaille
uphillathlete.com/female-athle...

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning

Iditarod day 32, injury day 40 The loneliness of the solo walker

❝I think as we are getting older and experiencing more loss and pain and injury we know we have to fucking get after it when and if we can.
—Jill Homer
open.substack.com/pub/jillouts...

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Ultra runners question: what's the best post run foot salve/cream to use to keep you feet in good condition? Best pre-run routines to prevent blisters? Best socks? #running #ultrarunning

Turns out she was ever so slightly winding her old dad up! She knows well my aversion to early morning training and race starts, Apparently, the real start time is around 8:30am! I can't tell you how relieved I am. #ultrarunning #running

My daughter has signed me up for my first ultra. She has just casually told me that race start is 4am. I'm struggling with the concept, to be honest. 7am Ironman starts are pretty uncivilised, but 4am! 😝 #ultrarunning #running

Chianti Post-Mortem Who took this? It’s AMAZING. This past Saturday, I ran the Chianti Castles 120k by UTMB. To say that it was a wild ride would be an understatement, BUT seeing as during my research of the course I …

2/2 ❝and somewhere along the way you realize you’re not just out there with them… you’re racing them.
—Rachel Entrekin
blondeidiotrunning.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/c...

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Nostalgic for Scarcity Tap water, CD collections + Veruca Salt

❝Because when I cut out doing “the hard thing” I also rewire my brain to find everything harder. I create pathways of entitlement. And everything I have and get becomes tap water.
—Kimberly Brown
open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

The Extreme Endurance Boom: What Drives Ultra Runners to Breaking Point Tim Kacprzak and Merlin Gammon are the last two standing in an ultra-running challenge that reveals growing demand for extreme fitness tests.

The Extreme Endurance Boom: What Drives Ultra Runners to Breaking Point

#UltraRunning #Endurance #AustralianSport #FitnessChallenge #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-20-the-e...

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I don’t run for medals.
I run to find out what’s left when everything else is gone.

No gels. No shortcuts. Just miles, pain, and discipline.

This isn’t motivation…
This is who I am.
If you’re about that life — follow the journey.

#ultrarunning #endurance #marathontraining #ultramarathon

I love videos like this one because they make phony influencer content look even phonier.

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

A Week Of Training: Winter summits + snow + school dropoffs + shuffling

❝But I love to run on trails and am grateful that I get to do it most weeks, and I thought I’d attempt to share what that feels like.
— @semi-rad.com
open.substack.com/pub/semirad/...

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

What Pride Forgets Sabrina Little examines the pitfalls of pride in running and in life.

Thoughtful and thought-provoking as always.

❝There is a lot of learning and unlearning that occurs over the course of a long running life.
— @sabrinablittle.bsky.social
www.irunfar.com/what-pride-f...

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

25 lbs for 80 miles?! Leave it to ultrarunners to make an already difficult thing barely survivable.

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2,820 Minutes at the 2026 Conquer the Wall 47-Hour Rucksack Race. Screenshot I spent this past weekend rucking and running in the Conquer the Wall Endurance Challenge in Williamson, West Virginia. I raced in 47 Hour Individual Ruck Division from 7PM Friday to 7PM…

❝I know this may sound strange, it’s an ultramarathon, you’re supposed to run…but this was 80 miles into a race carrying more than 25lbs on my back the entire time.
—Tim Hardy
oneaveragerunner.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/2...

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #runsky

Paul Booth - Fuel like a UTMB champ #201

Ultra-runners; very interesting podcast about fuelling with Paul Booth of Salomon;

1. Start slow with carbs in long races
2. Gut issues often linked to dehydration
3. More carbs not always better (risks upsetting gut)

#trailrunning #runsky #ultrarunning

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Ourea Events Ceased Trading — Ourea Events It is with deep regret that I must announce that Ourea Events has ceased trading and is currently in discussions with professional advisors.

This is terrible news for anyone who entered the Northern Traverse, Dragon's Back or Cape Wrath ultra this year. #ultrarunning
www.oureaevents.com/news/2026/ce...

Runners' dismay as UK ultra marathon group stops trading Ourea Events stops operations with runners out of pocket weeks before the axed Northern Traverse.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not good news for any #Runner who has signed up for their future events.

#Running #Runsky #RunningSky
#UltraRunning #UltraMarathon

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Marcel König wollte die 2h57 und ist leider eingebrochen. Sein Lauf auf Strava. strava.app.link/iF6aYUTMw1b #ultrarunning

Ergebnisliste der 50 km Meisterschaft. Marcel Bräutigam gewinnt in 2h52 vor Marcel König in 3h01

Einsames Meisterschaftsrennen für Marcel Bräutigam zum DM-Titel 50 km Straßenlauf. #laufticker #ultrarunning