Aravaipa Trail Talk – Episode 016: San Tan Recap, Golden Ticket Races, TrailTube
Episode #016 of Aravaipa Trail Talk. San Tan Scramble, The Western States First Golden Ticket Race, Trail Marking, More Across The Years, and answers to your questions! Ask us a question for the next video! https://twitter.com/happyjubilee Tweets by JamilCoury Tweets by AravaipaRunning https://www.facebook.com/aravaiparunn… https://www.instagram.com/aravaiparun…
2016 Desert Solstice Preview
On Saturday, December 10th, Central High School’s track in Phoenix, Arizona will again be the stage for some record breaking runs. Aravaipa Running presents the 6th annual Desert Solstice Track Invitational. This year nearly 30 talented athletes will chase after national and world records. Many of the runners this year are vying for a spot on the coveted US National 24 Hour Team which requires minimum 140 miles for men and 125 miles for women within a 24 hour time span. Previous years have seen 41 national and 10 world records on this fast 400 meter red track. Some familiar faces to the track at Desert Solstice include: Courtney Dauwalter, 31 years old, is 6th on …
Women’s Ultra Training Program – Dead Horse Ultras Recap
It’s not a “program”- well, it is – but it’s more than that. The Aravaipa Women’s Ultra Training Program is a community of women who for the last year have come together to train, build friendships, and explore more of their potential through ultra-running. The past 5 days have been amazing and I can’t quite get over how both iterations of the training cycles have brought together such amazing people. We spent 5 days together (after 4 months of training) and if I can speak for the group, enjoyed every minute of it. Training from July 15 – November 19 for the Dead Horse Ultra in Moab, Utah the training cycle consisted of the worst …
Pass Mountain Trail Runs 2016
Rays of light blew in with a cooling breeze making the desert air chilly in the early morning. The 50K runners worked their way to the start line and began just as the sun crept over the horizon. Truly poetic how their newest running journey began with the promise of a new day. The other runners experiencing the remaining distances would soon get to join. Singing Happy Birthday It just so happened that there were two runners celebrating their Birthdays with a 25K run! Of course it was only right for us to sing “Happy Birthday” to both of them as the runners lined up to the start line. Robert Herron (Left) and Robby Organ …
Travis Swaim, Pass Mountain 2016
Travis Swaim Melia Coury: Hi, I’m Melia Coury here with Aravaipa Running and Travis Swaim. Travis Swaim: Hello. Melia: And you just set a new course record today at our 25K for Pass Mountain. Travis: Yeah it was pretty awesome. I heard it was held by Jamil so I had to gun for that one. He’s a legend so it’s fun to chase after him. M: Yeah…so you just signed up this morning is that correct? T: Yeah, I’ve been having some leg issues and I did Ragnar last weekend. So having to do the quick go and stop but I decided to give today a try. But I think it went well. M: Sounds …