BERLIN (AP) — Haile Gebrselassie broke his own marathon world record on Sunday, becoming the first runner to finish under 2 hours, 4 minutes. The Ethiopian clocked 2:03:59 to win his third straight Berlin Marathon, beating the mark of 2:04:26 he set last year over the same flat course. He also became the first runner […]

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Today (Sunday, Sep 14) T3, Mav and P.I.T. Sweet Tee drove to Tulsa for the 3rd Annual Turkey and TATURS Trail Run. Held on the trails at Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area, the Tulsa Area Trail & Ultra Runners (TATURS) put on a great race There is a 50K (Mav and T3’s choice), a 25K […]

The North Face Endurance Challenge, Washington DC Edition Tropical Storm Hanna Endurance Challenge Screw North Face, We’re Running Anyway Race Report First Annual Renegade 50 Non-Race Report What was it that poet Robert Burns wrote? “The best laid plans of mice and men oft’ go awry.” Or that Murphy fellow, what was his law? Oh, […]

The Pirañas just finished week 10 of a 20 week training program leading to several ultra races this fall. Week 10: Sep 1 to Sep 7 54 miles total Monday – 10 miles on trails Tuesday – 6 miles on road Wednesday – 10 miles on road Thursday – rest day Friday – 12 miles […]

People often ask what the Pirañas eat and drink during long training runs and ultra distance races. During a race we sample a lot of foods that are available at the aid stations (a little bit of anything is tolerable.) However, we primarily stick to foods we have tested in training and have brought with […]

Today was the Bears Cross Country Invitational at John Marshall. P.I.T. Sweet Tee attended the meet with the CCS Cross Country Team: The middle school boys course was 1 mile over grass with a few mild climbs and some fairly uneven footing. Sweet Tee was feeling good but had almost ripped his toenail off the […]

From Brother Samsonite: The Nike Human Race. What an amazing concept and a great race!  Celebrating humanity through the medium of running!  26 cities around the world, 1,000,000 runners running on the same day. Samsonite had almost registered for this event when he was at home during the summer, but was turned away because it […]