About the Author Craig Chambers is a partner and founder of Phidippedes, Encino CA, a specialty sporting goods store for runners and triatheletes. He has finished the Western States 100 three times each in sub 24 hours. He has done a double crossing of the Grand Canyon ten times and has finished the Death Valley Ultra-Triathalon in under 58 hours. He holds an MBA from U.C., Irvine and a BA in philosophy and psychology from U.C., Santa Cruz. Robert Browning Beyond the Marathon Stay Curious.
Goals are progressive.
When I began running, I used to lie in bed, stare at the ceiling and dream of some day running a marathon. I did not expect to run over 100 marathons. I did not expect that I would commute run across the Santa Monica Mountains for five years. I did not expect I would run 100 mile races. I had never even heard of an ultra-marathon.