2011 Winners
Tyler Johnson and Todd Kasteler came across the finish line earlier today and won the 2011 Wilderness Classic. The journey sounds epic with lots of snow and abysmal weather. That's all the...
View ArticleMore 2011 Winners
Slight correction to the last post. The winning group included Tyler Johnson and Todd Kasteler as I mentioned before but also Luc Mehl and Jon Sykes. The group of four finished in 2 days 15 hours and...
View Article2011 Race News Article
The Fairbanks Daily New-Miner put out an article yesterday about this year's race. Check it out here. News-Miner Article
View Article2011 Race Report from Winner Luc Mehl
Check out this race write-up from Luc Mehl who won this year's race with three other guys. Luc has some great pictures on his blog of this year's race and a lot of other adventures too. Here's a...
View Article2011 Final Race Results
Here is a report from race director Michael Martin who has volunteered as race director for many years. Thank you to Michael who finished the race this year with a torn meniscus! Congratulations to...
View Article2011 Race Guest Posts
It sounds like there are a lot of great stories from this year's race. If anyone would like to write a guest post about their race experience or about the race in general feel free to email me at...
View ArticleMore 2011 Race Info
You can read Dave Chenault's blog post about this year's race HERE. Dave and Paige Brady came in second place with great speed and style. Dave's blog report is well written and his blog is always a...
View Article2002 Pictures Part Five
Part Five of the picture montage from 2002 Nabesna to McCarthy race. Upper Goat Trail. We finally reached the bottom of the valley. Getting ready to float the Chitistone. Still alive and walking in...
View Article1997 Race Info and Race History
I got the following article from Roman Dial's archives. After scanning it and doing some digital gymnastics, it cleans up nicely. Claire Holland penned it after completing the 1997 Wilderness...
View ArticleWaihee Ridge Run
I did a great trail run the other day on the Waihee Ridge trail. I'm currently living on the North Shore of Maui and Waihee Ridge is about an hour away over in the West Maui mountains. I was pleasantly...
View ArticleNutrition Book
I'm a huge fan of proper nutrition before and during a race. With the right nutrients you can drive your body farther and faster than if you just eat garbage. To put it succinctly, your body will take...
View ArticleNew poll
I added a poll to the right side of the page about where the next three years of the race should be. Usually the race venue is held in the same place for three years in a row. The race just finished...
View ArticleNew route and 2012 race dates.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! I know I did and sometime in the next week or so I'll be going on an all day run on the slopes of Haleakala to run it all off. Thanks for voting on...
View ArticleArticle 11
Happy Holidays everyone! I hope this post finds you happy and healthy and training for the next Classic race. It looks like the results of the poll are surprisingly evenly matched. Who knew so many...
View Article1988 Roman Dial Article
Here's a newspaper article from August of 1988 by Craig Medred about Roman Dial. Craig is a Classic veteran himself and his weekly articles about the outdoors were always amusing. This one is no...
View ArticleAnother Great Historical Article Coming Soon
Quick update: the date for the start of the 2012 race has been set for July 8. This is the time now to start training if you haven't already. Do some long days of continuous movement like skiing,...
View Article2012 Venue Poll Results
Brooks Range: Gates of the Arctic Wilderness 13 (26%)Wrangell-St. Elias: Nabesna to McCarthy 8 (16%)Kenai Peninsula: Hope to Homer 9 (18%)Chugach Mountains - Whittier to Eklutna or similar 9...
View ArticleNew Poll About Blog Content
I posted a new poll on the side of the page about what type of content you prefer to see here. Feel free to vote for more than one thing and I'll use the results to guide what type of stuff I post.For...
View Article1987 Pre-Race Article
Check out this article from the Fairbanks newspaper 25 years ago just before the 1987 race. It has some background info about some of the racers who ran the earlier races. These guys were tough. I...
View ArticleAnother Great Wilderness Race
Here's another great Alaskan wilderness race to check out. Send an email to mdr65n@yahoo.com for more information. AlaskAcross moves out of the Yu-Tan highlands to the Ahtna...
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