Relentless Forward Progress
A Guide to Running Ultramarathons

I read this book with a highlighter pen. You might be wondering why someone who has experience running ultras already is doing reading this book, but I've been learning that you never quit learning to run and I learned from the book. I really enjoyed it. The book starts out talking about the ultramar......more

After struggling to pick a fall event, I somehow came across this book & figured it'd be worth a read to see more about ultras, as a 30K or 50 miler is one of the things I'm considering. After reading it, I want to do one more than before I started. Since I've done a lot of trail running, there weren......more

A decent introduction to ultra running if you've only run shorter distances. Much of it is anecdotal. Almost all of the content was stuff that I figured out on my own over a couple of years of running longer distances or through conversations with other runners, but it is pretty complete if you're s......more

Don't bother with this. iRunFar is an excellent website and blog, but this book is merely neatly organized internet research. Instead, read some Matt Fitzgerald and Bernd Heinrich. Read other exhaustive, aging and poorly organized ultrarunning websites. Perhaps throw in a biography or two for good m......more

My husband has checked this book out so many times I thought we owned it. Having finished my first ultra in June 2019 and in training for my second in June 2021, I was curious about the training aspects from a "guide" standpoint. Sooooo much good information and a wonderful chart for checking hydratio......more