IT'S ALL IN THE HEAD
Some say that you have to have brain damage to be an ultrarunner. But in the case of Diane Van Deren, it’s true. Find out how a radical brain operation cured her life-threatening seizures and helped her become a world-class trail runner.
By Elinor Fish, Photos by David Clifford

BORN TO RUN
Tracking down Mexico’s mystical, trail-running Tarahumara tribe
and an enigmatic American
engulfed in its culture and deep canyons: El Caballo Blanco.
Excerpted from Born to Run,
by Christopher McDougall

March 2010 #Issue 64

EDITOR’S NOTE
LETTERS

MAKING TRACKS
Q&A with ultra phenom Geoff Roes; reports from JFK 50, USATF Trail Marathon Championships and The North Face Endurance Challenge.

TROPHY SERIES CHAMPS
Meet the 2009 Trail Runner Trophy Series winners,
and learn what motivated them to race on trails
across the continent.

TRAINING
Heel Strike, You’re Out! How the new mid-foot-strike theory holds up on the trails.
By Max Jack

TAKE YOUR MARK

ASK THE COACH

TRAIL TESTED
The Dream List. Very
expensive things every trail runner should covet—and their affordable alternatives.
By Elinor Fish

LAST GASP

2010 TRAIL RUNNER TROPHY SERIES RACE CALENDAR

RUN AMOK