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technique, running. See also training
efficiency, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
forefoot striking, [>]
importance, [>]
reading about, [>]
shock absorbing, [>]
and strategy, [>]
stretching, [>]–[>]
and using technology, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
uphills, [>]
using tools to improve, [>]
Tegea, Greece, [>], [>]
Telluride. See Hardrock [>]
temperature, internal, [>]
Tendai Buddhism, [>]
Terry, David, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Tevis, Walter, [>]
Tevis Cup race, [>]
Thalmann, Markus, [>], [>]–[>]
thinking when racing, [>], [>], [>]
Thoreau, Henry David, [>]
Thunder Cookies, [>]
time, for training, [>]–[>], [>]
timing out, [>], [>]
Tizer, Marc (“Yo”), [>]–[>]
toe, broken, [>]–[>]
Tofu “Feta,” [>]
Tolle, Eckhart, [>]
Tonto (dog), [>], [>], [>]
Tonto Trail (Grand Canyon National Park), [>], [>]–[>]
Torrence, Ian
friendship with, [>]–[>]
as pacer, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
support from following separation, [>], [>]
trail running with, [>]
Town’s Pass, Death Valley, [>]
Toyota Corolla purchase, [>]
training. See also running; specific races
abdominal breathing, [>]–[>]
for cross-country skiing, [>]–[>]
focused stretching, [>]
food for, [>]–[>]
intensity of, [>], [>]
interval training, [>]
intuitive approach, [>]–[>]
length of runs, [>]
and mental state, [>]–[>]
privations of, [>]–[>]
refining regimen for, [>]
in the Seattle area mountains, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
for slacklining, [>]
supplemental, benefits of, [>]–[>]
targeted, and efficiency, [>]
time commitment, [>]–[>], [>]
and upper body development, [>], [>]
in very cold weather, [>]
training peaks, [>]–[>]
transcendence. See satori
Transcendental Meditation, [>]
Trason, Ann, [>]
triglyceride levels, [>]
True, Micah (Caballo Blanco), [>]
Trujillo, Rick, [>]
turmeric, [>]–[>], [>]
turnover, in uphill racing, [>]
Twelve Peaks, Seattle, Wash., training runs, [>], [>], [>]
Twietmeyer, Tim, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
24-hour races
Cleveland, 2009, [>]–[>]
goals, [>]–[>]
IAU World Championships, 2010, [>]
impulse to quit, [>]–[>]
music during, [>]
origins and history, [>]–[>]
reasons for running, [>]
rules, [>]–[>]
thoughts during, [>]–[>]
Ultracentric Experience, 2010, [>]–[>]
Uehisa, Jenny, [>]
Ultracentric Experience (24-hour race), 2010, [>]–[>]
Ultramarathon (Shapiro), [>], [>]
ultramarathoners
friendships among, [>]–[>]
Kouros, as philosopher-athlete, [>]–[>]
love for, [>]
as obsessive, [>]–[>]
personalities, [>]–[>]
recovering addicts among, [>]–[>]
self-awareness, [>]
spiritually motivated, [>]
support among, [>]–[>]
ultramarathons. See also endurance; long-distance running; 24-hour races; training; winning and specific races
completing, challenges to, [>]
continuous nature of, [>]
course layout, [>]–[>]
defined, [>]
finishing position, [>]
food and water during, [>], [>], [>]
honoring the runners, [>]
loneliness during, [>], [>], [>], [>]
love for, [>]
mental state, [>]–[>], [>]
periods of resurgence during, [>]
physical impacts, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
preparing for, importance, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
retiring from running, [>]–[>]
solitude and isolation of, [>]–[>]
sprinting during, [>]
teamwork, [>]
thinking during, [>], [>], [>]
toll on body, [>]
24-hour races, [>]–[>]
walking during, [>]–[>]
“the wall,” [>]
UltraRunning magazine, [>]
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, [>]–[>]
University of Minnesota-Duluth, [>]
University of Washington, Husky Stadium, [>]
The Unsettling of America (Berry), [>]
upper body strength, [>], [>]
uphill running, [>]–[>], [>]
urinating, during races, [>]
USSA Junior Nationals, [>]
valedictory speech, [>]
Valencia, Pablo, [>]–[>]
Vashon Island, Wash., physical therapy internship, [>]
Vaughan, Laura, [>]
vegan diet. See also plant-based diet
commitment to, [>], [>]
compromises, [>]
doubts about during Western State [>], 1999, [>]
Jenny’s shift to, [>]
meeting protein needs, [>]
raw food, [>]
sense of well-being from, [>]
switch to, [>]
tweaking of in Seattle, [>]–[>]
vegetarian chili, [>]
vegetarian culture, [>]
visions, hallucinations, [>], [>], [>], [>]
vitamins, [>]
VO[>] max levels, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
vomiting, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
walking, [>]–[>]
Walt (friend), [>]
Wasatch Front [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
water consumption
in Copper Canyon, Mexico, [>]–[>]
overdrinking, [>]
during races and runs, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Way of the Peaceful Warrior (Millman), [>]
Weil, Andrew, [>], [>]
Western diet, [>]
Western medicine, [>]
Western States [>] (Western States Endurance Run)
1999 race, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
2000 race, [>]–[>]
2001 race, [>]–[>]
2002 race, [>], [>]
2003 race, [>]
2004 race, [>]
2005 race, [>]
2006 race, role as pacer, [>], [>]–[>]
2009 race, [>]–[>]
camping out during, [>]
course layout, [>]
the Hardrock [>] vs., [>]
history, [>]–[>]
importance, [>]–[>]
Western States Trail “Cheese” Spread, [>]–[>]
The Wharton’s Stretch Book, [>]
whole foods, [>], [>]
Wide World of Sports (television show), [>]
winning, as goal, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Wood, Abraham, [>]
woods, as place of respite, [>], [>]–[>]
work ethic
childhood lessons, [>]–[>]
importance of when ultrarunning, [>]
Wulff, Kurt, [>]
Xocolatl (SHOCK-o-laht) Energy Balls, [>]
Yo. See Tizer, Marc
yoga, [>]–[>], [>]
Yosemite National Park, [>]–[>], [>]
Zane Grey [>]-Miler race, [>]
Zucker, Joel, [>]