Where The Road Ends A Guide to Trail Running Meghan M. Hicks Bryon Powell HUMAN ICS To those who choose the crooked trails. Foreword vi Ack nowledgments vii Introduction: A Sense of Adventure viii 1 Stepping Off Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Trail Running Techniques . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 Finding Footing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4 Techn iques to Match Terrain . . . . . . 47 5 Trai l Tool s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 6 Hydrati on an d Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . 87 7 Conquer ing the Conditions . . . . . . 103 8 Training for the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 9 Creat ing a Training Plan . . . . . . . . . .145 10 Trail Safety and Stewardship . . . . . .157 11 Healt h and Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 12 Trail R acing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Resources 217 Index 219 Abou t the Authors 226 Contents v vi Foreword Kilian enjoys running the 2014 Hardrock 100 . “Bryon Powell and Meghan Hicks of iRunFar, here with . . ." The passionate souls of trail running hear this introduction in the video interviews that Bryon and Meghan do with the world's top trail runners before and after any big race. Those opening words have e the reference when talking of trail running. Anyone who considers him- or herself a trail runner knows who Bryon and Meghan are, and we impatiently wait for their race previews and articles. It’s early autumn in California, I think around 4 ., and the first proper meeting between Bryon and me. We are running together and using the time to get to know each other. We start running north on easy footing from Tahoe City. Not many words are spoken, just ones to get to know each other a little more. Talking seems over - rated—we are doing what we love: running in nature, absorbing the silence, and looking forward on the endless trails. The dark disappears and the reddish atmosphere of dawn invades the old tree bark of the giant fore
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