“You can’t get any more cool style than doing a race all on your own. He made his push a test of self-reliance, too, forgoing aid from the pacers and support crews that usually help ultra-runners. He set an ambitious goal last January: to run seven of Utah’s eight 100-mile ultra-marathons in a single year. The Ogden resident is a special kind of runner, shunning paved tracks for the uncertainty of the trail, covering long distances, sometimes running days at a time. No pain, no gain, as the saying goes, and Eric Johnson isn’t afraid of a little suffering to feed his obsession. (AP Photo/Standard-Examiner, Benjamin Zack) Ultra-marathon runner Eric Johnson, of Ogden, has completed seven of Utah’s 100-mile races in 2014.
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