May 29, 2012 Diane Van Deren caught the Cherry Branch/Minnesott Beach Ferry this morning at 9:45, launching her 20th day on the MST Endurance Run. She’s now on pace to reach Jockey’s Ridge Friday at sunrise. After the 20-minute ferry ride, Van Deren began her 75-mile day on the
It’s 3:30 a.m. in another North Carolina motel, and another 20-hour workday begins for elite ultra runner Diane Van Deren. Van Deren is on Day 12 of her, hopefully, 21-day effort to run the 1,000-mile(ish) Mountains-to-Sea Trail, and will spend the next 45 minutes or so getting her
By Joe Miller Sunday, Day 4 of the MST Endurance Run, began on schedule for Diane Van Deren with a 3:45 a.m. wake up call. After getting off the trail the previous evening at 9:36 with Annette Bednosky, her trail guide for the weekend, she’d gotten her first good
By Suzanne M. Wood People run for many reasons: some for the physical benefits, some for the runner’s high, others to compete against themselves or others, and many – like most of us who work for or shop at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. – as a way
Famed ultrarunner Diane Van Deren, who was named one of National Geographic’s “Adventurers of the Year” in 2010, spent 10 years racked by epilepsy before radical brain surgery gifted her with a seizure-free life and a superhuman endurance that has driven her to win grueling events like the
By Ellen de Graffenreid Here’s a question for endurance athletes : What motivated you to run 10 miles for the first time? For Ashley Sexton Turner of Columbus, Ga., it was a good cause, a group of friends, and the shared bond of a friend who lost
By Ellen de Graffenreid Jessica Perry of Hudson, MA, is traveling more than 700 miles to run 10 and she thinks it’s worth it! The marathoning mom of 3 wanted to do a charity run and saw the 2012 Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10-miler on UNC Lineberger’s Facebook page.
Tony Swartz after losing 60 pounds and completing the 2011 City Of Oaks Half Marathon in Raleigh. By Gwen Romeo Everyone has made a New Year’s resolution at some point. Some are geared toward self-improvement, some are about pleasing loved ones and some are for the good of
By Anne Howell “Um, your heart is enlarged,” the ultrasound technician uttered. “That’s because I have so much love to give,” I naively responded. I had no idea her words would be indicative of what my future would become. My mother died in 1981 at age
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