Nearly 150 runners. Almost 33,200 feet of vertical climbing. A grueling 102 miles through rugged terrain and extreme altitude of the San Juan Mountains. The starting gun is set to go off at 6 a.m.

Nestled at 7,000 feet in northern Arizona, our mountain town has earned a reputation as one of the best places in the world to run. I, and many others, would argue that what makes Flagstaff so special ...

There’s an elusive feeling that some runners get when out clocking miles. Your mood lifts, you feel like you could run forever, and you’re in a near euphoric state. There’s a name for this feeling—the ...

Cross-country championships are won in the fall, but the seeds are planted in the summer. And for parts of June, July, and early August, runners were sowing those seeds in Flagstaff, Arizona. While ...