My Midnight Club

10/15/2025

09/23/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/18ofuMhz5y/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Sally McRae’s Tahoe 200 wasn’t a flawless performance—it was a war of attrition.

For eight hours she vomited, battled heat, exhaustion, and hallucinations, yet never wavered in her determination to finish.

Guided by her crew and fueled by a shift in mindset, she clawed back from despair to secure a third-place podium.

Her story isn’t about perfect pacing or nutrition—it’s about resilience, adaptation, and the refusal to quit.

McRae proves that the greatest breakthroughs often come right after the moment you’re most tempted to stop.

09/20/2025

09/11/2025

https://www.triathlete.com/culture/people/former-ironman-owner-valerie-silk-dies-at-74/

Bob Babbitt remembers the trailblazing former Ironman owner who took a fringe event into the mainstream, forever altering the course of triathlon.

09/03/2025

09/02/2025

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3 legends 👏👏👏

08/17/2025

08/10/2025

At 3:30 in the morning, while most people were still fast asleep, Tara Dower tied her shoes and set off on a run.
She repeated this ritual every day for 40 consecutive days.
Her path took her through mist-covered forests, along rugged ridgelines, and across 14 different states.

In total, she covered 2,168 miles on the legendary Appalachian Trail one of the most challenging long-distance routes in the world.

Tara isn’t a household name. She’s a 31-year-old from Virginia who has now become one of the fastest women ever to complete the trail, finishing in 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes.
That meant averaging 54 miles a day and spending nearly 17 hours each day running and hiking.

Her fuel? Quick meals, relentless determination, and brief “dirt naps” that sometimes lasted less than two minutes.
Over the course of her journey, she climbed a total elevation gain equal to 16 ascents of Mount Everest.

She battled heat, exhaustion, and unforgiving terrain.
But her motivation wasn’t about chasing records.

Tara ran to support Girls on the Run, a nonprofit dedicated to helping girls build confidence, resilience, and community through sport.
“I hope more women take on challenges like this,” she said.
“It’s not about competing against men it’s about discovering what we’re capable of. And if we do happen to beat the men, that’s just a bonus.”

When she finally reached the northern end of the trail and placed her hand on the bronze plaque at Katahdin, she sank to her knees overwhelmed not just by exhaustion, but by joy, purpose, and a profound sense of completion.

Tara didn’t just complete a trail she created one for others to follow.

08/08/2025

Did you know that running a marathon is something fewer than 1% of people ever do?

Every year, roughly 1.1 to 1.3 million marathon finishes are recorded globally. But because many runners participate in more than one event, the number of individuals who’ve completed a marathon is smaller.

According to global stats, somewhere between 10 and 13 million unique people ran a marathon between 2000 and 2022. That means only about 0.13% to 0.16% of the world’s population runs a marathon in a given year and likely less than 1% will ever complete one in their lifetime.

Have you ever run one? 🤔

08/02/2025

07/16/2025

Anything stating that more carbs equip better performance is worth a read😍

David Roche has been taking us on a ride with his nutritional and training experimentation as he prepares for the Western States 100. One thing he has made clear is the role that higher-carb nutrition strategies are changing the game...but could they also be changing training altogether?

03/22/2024

She did it!!! Jasmin Paris is the FIRST woman to ever complete all 5 loops of the Barkley Marathons. You are my hero!!!