Speaker

(See also our list of speakers at the expo.)

Marshall Ulrich

We are thrilled to welcome Marshall Ulrich to our 2012 race weekend.

The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall has run more than 100 foot races averaging over 125 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and climbed the Seven Summits (including Mt. Everest) all on his first attempts.

But his transcontinental run of more than 3,000 miles in the fall of 2008 proved to be his most challenging effort yet, the equivalent of two marathons and a 10K every day for 52.5 days. In his new memoir, Running on Empty, you get the story of this amazing achievement and other extreme athletic feats from Marshall himself.

But the book is about more than this one contest, a single sport, or an individual athlete:

• This deeply personal story explains what drives the extreme athlete, what compels the endurance kings and queens to keep going no matter what.
• The book reveals unexpected rewards and intense competition, exploring the effects of rivalry, trash-talking, and an uncompromising will to win.
• It spotlights the history of ultrarunning, showing how this elite sport lays claim to a nearly unmatched egalitarian past.
• Running on Empty pays a surprising tribute to the power of friendship and love, which turn out to be even more important than self-reliance when you’re serious about endurance.

Visit Marshall at the Marathon & Beyond booth at the Health & Fitness Expo on Thursday and Friday, hear him speak at 2:00 p.m. on Friday as part of our Speaker Series, and/or catch him speaking at any of our three Pasta Feed seatings (tickets required).