Yes the closet  finish ever took place last weekend in Virginia at the Massanutten 100, Todd Walker held off Keith Knipiling to finish just ahead of him buy  a couple minutes. This was a true test of will for both runners as they were almost together at the last aid station heading towards the finish. On the other hand the women’s race was won by Amy Sproston runner for the Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team. She won by almost three hours and had one of the fastest women finishes ever at the rockiest course around.

Nice run Amy!!

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It turns out that the Thetan aliens who created and put us on earth might have been onto something when they designed our feet. An article in New York Magazine makes some interesting points regarding the relationship between shoes and physiological problems. The basic argument is that you walk and run in a way that puts less stress on your heels and joints when you aren’t using heavily padded shoes, so a better alternative to triple-fat Nike Shox might be a pair of these Vibram FiveFingers. The FiveFingers provide protection from hypodermic needles on the sidewalk and offer a little protection if you have to kick in a basement window, but they don’t provide any of the support of normal shoes.

Imagine running a 100 miler in these things? Your toes would swell and the shoe would not come off!