Big miles ready Anton for the WS 100

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 15 Jun '10

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Anton's battered feet...

The camera never lies. Especially when you take a look at this image of the feet of ultra-legend Anton Krupicka. After the MIWOK earlier this year the great man’s feet took a battering…

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True to form of a long distance runner Anton took it in his trail running stride and has hit some big miles in the last few weeks. His inspirational blog tells the tale of consecutive weeks of 208 and 167 miles in the first part of June, in readiness for the big one on June 26-27.

With Kilian Jornet heading out for the classic US ultra it’s gonna be quite some race, and we’ll be looking ahead to the race in the coming week with previews and interviews…

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