I’m not sure what to think about Microsoft lately. They’re sending good and bad messages. Recently, they issued some really good news about Internet Explorer, but they also made some statements about Windows 7 that seem to be designed to deceive.   The good news: Internet Explorer, the web browser that we love to hate, will [...] Read more »

CB Thompson lives in Pensacola, Florida. On October 31, 2015 he ran the Save the Daylight 12 hour race, and went 33 miles to become an ultrafinisher. Congratulations CB!

Fun fact: With CB, ultramarathons are a family outing. Also participating in this race were two of his sons, Tamiya and Bradley, and his wife Julie. In the 30-second video below, Race Director Justin Radley captures a glimpse of CB as he just finished 33 miles.

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Part of the fun of Facebook is seeing something new, or learning to do something you never knew was possible. Unfortunately, most of what is posted on Facebook is just fake junk that gets repeatedly posted because people don’t research or verify; they just click the “Share” button. But what I’m telling you about today [...] Read more »

Wes Plate lives in Snohomish, Washington. He finished the Baker Lake 50k ultramarathon in Concrete, Washington on October 3, 2015 and is now an ultramarathon finisher. Congratulations Wes!

Fun fact: To come up with a training plan for his first 50k, Wes used the online training schedule generator at the Santa Clarita Runners website (click here to check it out).

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Some things seem so obvious. But, just about every week (if not every day) some new “research study” comes out with an end result that any reasonable person with half a brain could have come up with. And we the taxpayers are often paying for these ridiculous things! Some important “findings” include “students who do [...] Read more »

Lara Costa lives in North Port, Florida. On October 31, 2015 she ran the Save the Daylight 24 hour ultramarathon and went 100 miles. Congratulations Lara!

Fun fact: Lara trains hard. To get ready for this race, she pushed a stroller holding her two young children through long stretches of sugar sand - at mid-day, in the Florida summer.

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I like Facebook. It has a lot of good and useful features. But it also has a lot of stuff I don’t want or need. There are a couple of tools I use to filter out all the garbage in Facebook so I don’t waste time on stuff I’m not interested in.   Anyone [...] Read more »

Josh LaJaunie lives in Thibodeau, Louisiana. On October 3, 2015 he finished the Children of the Can 100k race as his first 100k ultramarathon. Congratulations Josh!

Fun fact: A few years ago, Josh weighed 410 pounds. He has lost 220 pounds, and switched to a completely plant-based diet. You can follow him via his blog at JoshLaJaunie.com.

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I love new technology and I just heard about this recently. It’s not available to the general public yet, but it’s a good possibility that you’ll see this (or something similar) in the future.   This is a project called Heat Harvest. The Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design gave 12 people a couple of [...] Read more »

Jamie Woyton lives in Palm Coast, Florida. On November 7, 2015 he completed the Daytona 100 ultramarathon as his first 100 mile race. Congratulations Jamie!

Fun fact: Jamie's crew throughout this race were his two sons, Trevor (16) and Nigel (18). They did a fantastic job of helping him get to the finish line.

Below the picture is a 5-minute video of Jamie during the race (mile 40, mile 93, and the finish line).

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