RA Adventures
9-Year-Old Girl Completes 100-Mile Goal With Dad by Her Side
On Aug 13, 2022, 9-year-old Tenlsey Gilliam along with her dad Brandon Gilliam, looked out over the Uintas toward the Salt Lake Valley from King’s Peak in Utah, and even the sky lit up in excitement.
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73-Year-Old Joseph Diehl Outrunning Heart Disease One Ultramarathon at a Time
Joseph Diehl didn’t know if he’d make it past the age of 72. After all, to his knowledge, very few people in his family ever had due to heart conditions running strong in his bloodline. At the age of 73, however, Diehl has not only surpassed generations before him, but he is running strong.
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Utah Man Brings Communities Together by Flying Largest American Flag
Look up. Did you see it? Stars and stripes waving in the air, suspended almost as if it’s part of the sky itself?
When you saw it, did you follow it?
Did you follow the flag?
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When you saw it, did you follow it?
Did you follow the flag?
Matt Van Horn to Run His 7th Wasatch 100 at 50-Years Old, Hopes to Earn Personal Best Time
He’s 50 years old, but age is just a number, and how one lives life is merely a state of mind.
If you have ever met Matt Van Horn, you know a truer statement has never been written. And on September 10, he will prove that statement once again by tackling the prestigious Wasatch Front 100-mile Endurance Run. The goal he has set for himself is to run the course faster than he ever has before.
Helgi Olafson to Link All Courses in the Triple Crown of 200’s in 2,850-Mile Journey for a Cause
On August 13, Helgi Olafson of Pompano Beach, Florida, will not only attempt to complete the 650-mile Triple Crown of 200’s, but he has the goal of connecting each of the three races by foot over a span of 61 days, totaling 2,850 miles.
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According to Olafson, this journey will serve many purposes: one being to bring attention to ankylosing spondylitis, which is something he has battled for the past 20 years.
“I Want to See You” - Discovering Yourself Through the Cocodona 250
I was deep in my unknown zone, never having run more than 100 miles at once before. The music invigorated me, maybe a little too much. My husband and pacer at the time compared me to his childhood pitbull Liam, pulling on the leash with a goofy grin, tongue out, until I’d need to crash under a shaded ponderosa pine for a ten minute trail nap. The excitement was nearly impossible to contain. When I wanted to run, I ran.
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Feature Film - From Broken to Breaking: The Colorado Trail FKT
500 miles in just over seven and a half days - 7 days, 13 hours, 16 minutes and 15 seconds to be exact. Check out the feature film "From Broken to Breaking" of ultrarunner Mike McKnight as he set the FKT - Fastest Known Time on the Colorado Trail September 20, 2020.
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Maggie Guterl, First Place Female Finisher of Cocodona 250 Says She ‘never considered quitting’
250 miles in central Arizona. In the heat of day. In the dark of the night.
250 miles of constant forward motion that sometimes feels motionless.
250 miles of grit and pain and despair and elation, to the ultimate of elation all the way to the finish line.
250 miles.
The Memorial Day Tradition
Many Americans are making a point to have fun on Memorial day and remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Read this article for a brief overview of how the Holiday came to be.
Jessi Morton-Langehaug wins Moab 240 with help from daughter, hopes to podium again at Cocodona 250
It was nearly 100 miles into the Moab 240, and Jessi Morton-Langehaug saw something laying on the trail. It was a quartzite rock that shimmered in sunlight. “Olive would like this,” she thought as she picked it up and put it in her 20-pound pack.
For the next several miles, she would carry that rock she handpicked for her 6-year-old daughter. Little did she know that the rock would be a metaphor for the 140 miles ahead, and that all that it represented would eventually lead her to a first-place finish.
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For the next several miles, she would carry that rock she handpicked for her 6-year-old daughter. Little did she know that the rock would be a metaphor for the 140 miles ahead, and that all that it represented would eventually lead her to a first-place finish.
The Benefits of Unplugging and Going Outdoors In Utah
We’re told if something’s not working, unplug it and plug it back in again. That advice can work for people, as well. Spending too much time indoors looking at a screen could be causing eye strain, headaches, and extra stress.
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Philip Lowry Takes Fifth at Moab 240 with Help of Wife Who Has Breast Cancer
In October 2019, Philip Lowry of Sandy, Utah completed what very few have done: the Triple Crown of 200’s, which takes in three-200 plus-mile races in the space of eight weeks. The experience left him wanting to do it again, and he looked forward to completing the feat in 2020. But, 2020 had other plans for Lowry and his family.
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