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Pearl Izumi EM Trail N2 Review

By MPF Athlete Phil Germakian
This is the latest trail shoe from Pearl Izumi’s Project E:Motion Line.  The first of this line, the (N1), was released last year, and worn by Timothy Olsen during his two consecutive wins at the Westerns States 100.  The N2 is a slightly beefed up version of the N1,

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Evan Fineman Evan Fineman

Race Report: 2013 Mountain Bike NJ State Championship Bulldog Rump by MPF Athlete Evan Fineman

This race win was all about knowing the course and sticking to the plan.  From the start I knew that the Bike Dr. rider who won the last two weeks would be out for blood. He's been looking to take the series and needed more points to take the win. Out of the first 4 races in the series I've raced 2, and took 2nd and 1st. So he needed more points to guarantee his lead.

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Adam Mayer Adam Mayer

Adam Mayer's The Achilles Hope & Possibility 5 Mile Race (+ video)

Achilles International is an organization about letting go of the burdens endured by disability, an organization about providing hope and possibility. Achilles is community enabling forward motion for many. The community is diverse yet collectively enables encouragement, accountability and achievement of goals that individually could not be achieved

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Elizabeth Azze Elizabeth Azze

Photos from the 2013 Manitou's Revenge Ultramarathon!

The inaugural Manitou’s Revenge 56 Mile Ultra Marathon & Relay in the Northeastern Catskills, was a huge success! 61 of some of the toughest endurance athletes around showed up to test themselves both mentally and physically on some of the most demanding trails in the country.

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Joe Azze Joe Azze

2013 Training Camp on the Intensely Challenging Manitou's Revenge Course!

This past weekend we held our 2nd annual training camp for the MPF Campmor Trail Running Team and based it around the 2013 Manitou's Revenge 54 Mile Ultramarathon course in the Northeastern Catskills (Trail map 141). The Manitou’s Revenge Ultramarathon takes place June 22nd and spawned into life as an extension of the legendary Escarpment Trail Run.

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Grace Lin Grace Lin

Grace Lin's 2013 Flatrock 101k Ultra Trail Run Race Report

I flew out to Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday morning with a layover in Houston, all scheduled with plenty of time to spare.  Things got off to a rocky start however as the FAA furloughs caused delay after delay leading to missed connections and increased nerves as I had checked my race gear and didn’t know...

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Joe Azze Joe Azze

On the trails with Niner Bikes!

By Joe Azze
Great day out on the trails today! I got chance to demo some great Niner bikes! Thanks Tom from Niner & Tahir from Campmor for setting things up!

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Phil Germakian Phil Germakian

MPF Campmor Athlete, Phil Germakian's Triple Crown Half-Marathon Race Report

Last weekend, Jim Jansen and I drove down to Newark, Delaware to run the 16th Annual Triple Crown Half-Marathon.  This race is a fundraising event that benefits 4 local homeless shelter programs.  They offer four distance options: 5K, 10K, Half, and Full-Marathon, along with a unique Triple Crown category

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Joe Azze Joe Azze

MPF Campmor Athlete Chris Focacci's 2013 UltraFest 50 Race Report

It’s 6 am on Sunday morning and I am waiting at the race start.  Despite what you might think, I’m not nervous at all. Mainly because I started and finished the 50 mile race I had entered over 12 hours ago.  I now had the privilege of helping to crew a runner attempting to finish his first 100-mile race.

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Elizabeth Azze Elizabeth Azze

Photos from 3/31/13 Trail Run & Hike in Harriman

Last day of March and another great day on the trails with the team & friends! We kept it an easy pace in order to recover from a hard March of training & racing.  Looking forward to April!

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Elizabeth Azze Elizabeth Azze

Elizabeth Azze's 2013 Mt. Tammany 10 Race Report

A hearty group of runners gathered at the base of a looming giant that would later challenge our heart, will and desire in epic proportions.  I’m not saying its Mt. Denali or Everest but the terrain would challenge our ability to move forward as we chased the 10 hour cut off in Everest proportions.

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