So, in a way, the sport's ability to snag quirky folks may also be part of the allure of ultrarunning for people such as Powell. (sbnation.com)
Freeman lets me in on one of the jokes in ultrarunning, that it's «basically an eating and drinking contest with a little exercise and scenery thrown in.» (sbnation.com)
It's chilly near the start of the Run - de-Vous, one of the hundreds of ultrarunning races that take place every year, but seven volunteers are working like the dwarves pounding packs of ice on the pavement and shuffling the broken cubes and sponges into buckets of water. (sbnation.com)