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May 2
16 min

Zion 100 miler 4/10/2021: Awe inspiring, draining, wonderful... all of that stuff and more.

The 10th year running of the Zion Ultras occurred on April 10th 2021. I had signed up for the event in 2020 but... Covid. Thankfully the...

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John Goldfield

Apr 16
0 min

Zion Ultras 100 Miler 2021 (video)

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John Goldfield

Apr 16
6 min

The "other side" of running 100 miles:

I had the lucky opportunity recently to supplement my training cycle approaching Zion 100 with two amazing experiences. My “trail...

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John Goldfield

Nov 28, 2020
4 min

The Road Ahead

(Originally published on www.irunfar.com 11/25/20) The road ahead of me stretches out, over hills and around corners. I’ve been on this...

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John Goldfield

Nov 11, 2020
17 min

Pinhoti 100: digging deep

What happens when you might NOT finish? How deep can you truly dig? Can some pain actually be ignored? What if you’ve bitten off more...

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Grandfurther Mountain 25k: more adventures in the mountains

John Goldfield

Sep 1, 2020
8 min

Grandfurther Mountain 25k: more adventures in the mountains

"...Gnarly trail, 4000+ feet of climbing, fixed ladders and ropes, and the tallest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains at 5,984 feet tall!"

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John Goldfield

Mar 20, 2020
6 min

Perspective

It turns out getting to the starting line is really the hardest part of an ultra marathon. This was to be my Zion 100 race report but...

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John Goldfield

Oct 14, 2019
10 min

Western NC Trail Camp with Sally McRae

Tanawha Adventures Western NC Trail Camp Oct 2019: There is a place… where the convergence of love, laughter, the beauty of nature and an...

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Losing Awesome... and how to find it again

John Goldfield

Sep 12, 2019
6 min

Losing Awesome... and how to find it again

I had run 100 miles dammit! I went all year training with nary a glitch or hitch. I stayed injury free, though I always struggled a bit...

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John Goldfield

Apr 13, 2019
18 min

Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run 2019

Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run, April 6th, 2019 I'm staring at a 2 foot wide pool of light directly at my feet which is opaque with fog...

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John Goldfield

Apr 13, 2019
4 min

Mountains-To-Sea-Trail 50k 2017

Mine is a story not unlike so many others who find themselves at the starting line of a trail run of mileage beyond what they ever...

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Mountain Masochist 50 Mile Trail Run 2017 (video)

John Goldfield

Apr 11, 2019
1 min

Mountain Masochist 50 Mile Trail Run 2017 (video)

My MMTR video Race Report

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John Goldfield

Apr 10, 2019
9 min

Table Rock 50k 2018 Race Report

Ever since Sally McRae’s Western North Carolina Trail Running Camp put on by Tanawha Adventures I’ve been wanting to run one of Brandon...

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Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock 50 miler 2018 (video)

John Goldfield

Apr 10, 2019
0 min

Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock 50 miler 2018 (video)

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John Goldfield

Apr 10, 2019
9 min

Grayson Highlands 50k Race Report

Grayson Highlands 50k, Virginia May 5 2018 The weather called for thunderstorms from the starting gun on through the night on May 5th, my...

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