Daily News, Mon, Jan 13

Big congrats to Jorge Maravilla and Megan Arboghast for taking tops at USATF Trail Championships Bandera 100k. Results coming soon. Looks like Western States just got a bit more competitive!

The Smithsonian says the ultrarunners get better with age.

I want to kloof. Sounds like fun.

Idea born on the trails: Start a company that manufactures and sells discontinued shoes. Yeah, yeah, the business model of selling something that didn’t sell in the first place may need some tweaking, but it sounds like a fun idea. See which models people would start with over on our FB page.

If you’re running Leadville, Ian’s got some good advice for you.

Always some good race reports over at runrace.net.

Here’s a list of the brave souls taking in the inaugural Tahoe200.

Seventy five year old runs a sub 7 minute mile. And yes, she’s doing fine.

I’m not sure if this article is a parody or not.

Jill is trying out bonk running. Have you?

Great plan: If you run, you get beer. If you don’t, you don’t.

Ten reasons why Country to Capital is the ideal first ultra.

Well, it makes sense. The treadmill was invented in prison.

This is one of the worst lists I’ve ever seen. Not even any women? Really?

“I’m not that confident, but I hate to lose to anybody so if we ever have the chance to race again I’ll be going for the win.” Yes, I’m a Japanese distance running fanboy. (LINK FIXED)

Have you seen the world’s fastest trail dogs?

NUC: So a pimp up in Portland (with a seemingly unpronounceable first name) beats a guy to a pulp. Guess who gets sued?

14 Responses to "Daily News, Mon, Jan 13"

Alex says:

January 13, 2014 at 4:38 am

I find cooking – and even eating, to an extent – mostly a hassle, so I do a fair bit of “bonk” running, simply because breakfast, and then digesting it, sounds so much more boring than just heading out (with coffee still, of course, because nothing happens without that). I do think there is benefit there, however, besides satisfying my odd habits. Improved fat metabolism (without having to put butter in my coffee, thanks) helps at all distances which are primarily aerobic in nature – certainly, marathons/ultras belong in that category.

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Jeff says:

January 13, 2014 at 5:44 am

That list is a joke, but a piece of me loves that Yiannis Kouros is number 3, just behind Dean Karnazes at 2.

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Eric says:

January 13, 2014 at 8:24 am

Hi URP,

Thanks for sharing the great news updates as usual. I loved the study made by those guys: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0083867

Authors seem to be working at UC Davis and Stanford

Have you thought about inviting them to the podcast?

Eric

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 14, 2014 at 5:57 am
  
  Those are some good studies. Marty Hoffman works for WS and runs the medical studies. I’ve run quite a bit with him.
  Thanks.
  
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Shavi says:

January 13, 2014 at 11:58 am

Eric, seems like this link is broken: “Yes, I’m a Japanese distance running fanboy.”

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 13, 2014 at 2:31 pm
  
  Oops. Fixed now. I know most of their races are 13-26.2, but check out the times, and especially the depth of these guys. Insane!
  
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Scott Moore says:

January 13, 2014 at 2:12 pm

Funny… the second link about South Africa and a place I was able to see and experience. I lived in Durban in a place called Kloof, named after the Krantzkloof Nature Preserve in the area. This place was just 10 minutes from where I lived and I used to hike in and around it. Though, I don’t think I was quite “kloofing” in the way the article suggests? But South Africa has tones of Kloofs like this throughout the country.

From the gorge Kloof rim: http://flic.kr/p/bAsjmC
One of just many waterfalls in the Kloof: http://flic.kr/p/ctmpf7
And a map of the entire Kloof: http://flic.kr/p/bAXKnQ

Love the random links of places you guys come across for hiking/running… Keep em coming 🙂

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 13, 2014 at 2:53 pm
  
  Wow! Very cool. RSA seems like it’s got so many outdoor opportunities!
  Does the kloof have “regular” trails as well?
  
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  1. Scott Moore says:
    
    January 13, 2014 at 3:35 pm
    
    RSA does have tons of opportunities like this… so much beautiful country. Many I didn’t get a chance to do and experience (just another excuse to return of course).
    
    As far as regular… hmmm… Well, the Nature preserve shots I linked to has a ton of trails going in and out of the gorge. You definitely could run on lots of them (I’m wishing I was back to actually do that). I hiked most of the trails while I was there. the one shot of the stepping waterfall was at the terminus of one of the Kloof fingers. You had to hike down into the gorge to get to it. Lots of rock hopping, etc. and probably inaccessible during the rainy season. Of course I was lugging around my camera gear so I was never in a hurry. There are trails all over the place though. In some places safety is a concern because of the areas some of these trails lead to ie. the Krantzkloof website had a warning to not proceed too far down out of the Nature Preserve because of the locals “misbehaving” – a nice way of meaning you might get mugged :-/ Yes, RSA has it’s crime issues. You just have to be aware of your surroundings.
    
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Mike says:

January 13, 2014 at 6:04 pm

A recap of Michael Wardian’s results from this weekend’s Dopey Challenge:

Marathon – Won 2:35:33
Half – Won 1:13:11
10K – 33:53
5K – 16:18

Impressive!

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Michael Jimenez says:

January 14, 2014 at 12:51 am

I love bonk running so much that I don’t even think of it…just head out with a bit of juice or water and don’t normally eat beforehand. The only time I might take gels or eat before a run is race time or the odd very long run with friends, i.e. long Big Sur excursions, don’t want to be caught out there without provisions. Occasionally you feel the effects of being without fuel on hand but usually as your body becomes accustomed to it, turns out to be not a big deal. Feels great on race day tho!

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Bryan says:

January 14, 2014 at 3:23 am

The 10 Most Ridiculously Impressive Ultra-Marathoners of All Time???

While the list highlights some great ultra runners it misses the mark. Has this author done much research. Or did he get his fact from reading Born to Run. Certainly leaving women out of the mix was a mistake. Ann Trason would certainly place higher in most lists than many of these men. And where is Killian??

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 14, 2014 at 5:41 am
  
  It’s as if an editor gave me an assignment to write a list of the best football (American) players of all time.
  As someone who doesn’t watch the game, I’d come up with a list of names I know: OJ Simpson, Dick Butkus (sp?), Dan Marino, the guy who has the Nintendo games (forgot his name), That guy from the ’80s with the rad blond mullet and the Oakleys, Colin Kapernick, and Rod Tidwell.
  
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  1. Jen Pfeifer says:
    
    January 15, 2014 at 7:25 pm
    
    Haha. That is funny list Eric!
    
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