Daily News, Mon, Mar 9

Ginger Runner’s awesome video from Orcas Island.

So who’s this dude beating Kilian’s records? Meet Karl Egloff.

Want free gear? RootsRated is running a rad contest and giving away a ton of stuff, including a trip to Jackson Hole. They’re not a show sponsor anymore, but this deal still looks pretty sweet

Marco Bonfiglio crushes the Graveyard 100 in NC with a 13:01. Yeah, it’s flat, but dang that’s fast! Full results here.

We used to talk about “yeah, but what’ll happen when some really fast road marathoners start doing 50k.” We found the answer on Saturday at Way Too Cool when Pat Smyth broke Max King’s CR en route to his first ultra finish. Megan Roche blasted the previous women’s CR in a similar fashion. Here are some pics and podcasts. Full results here. Newspaper coverage here.

NYT covers the Caballo Blanco cancellation right here. I’ll be interviewing Israel today to get the full story.

Liza lays it out there: Sometimes life gets in the way, throws you a curveball, screws up your training, sucks your time, and you’ve got to find a way to power through. (She’s pretty good at adapting…just listen to this interview.)

More on how the UCI protected Lance, despite knowing his status.

Drone racing on the trails: Super cool until I get hit in the face with one when coming around a turn.

Mike Wardian was on a cruiseship for the Spartan Race this weekend and attempted a 50k WR on a treadmill with a 3:06. He found out that wasn’t fast enough, so ran another one the next day in a 3:03:56, good enough for the record. So yeah, that’s two 50ks on treadmills in two days. As a master. On a cruiseship. I’ll say it again, “freak of nature” is an overused term, but it applies to Iron Mike quite well.

“Exhilarating moments” for runners: I dunno, maybe half of these apply?

Altra shoes don’t work for me, but it’s a pretty awesome company. Learn more about how it started and how it was acquired here. Ah, now you understand why they’ve got the cash to assemble such a great team.

Luke turns in some great pics from a gorgeous trail run around the Columbia River Gorge.

…and Leor goes on a similarly awesome run in the Carmel River Gorge.

15 Responses to "Daily News, Mon, Mar 9"

Andy says:

March 9, 2015 at 7:13 am

I Despise treadmills. Can’t fathom this.Reference

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1. Meghan says:
  
  March 9, 2015 at 3:19 pm
  
  I hate Mike Wardian…. ok… hate is a strong word.. more like I WISH I WAS HIM and am SOOOOOO JEALOUS of his ability to race all the time!!!
  
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Mic Med says:

March 9, 2015 at 7:49 am

Ginger can shoot some good video but it’s often ruined (in my opinion) by loads of selfie running video. There’s a 10 minute film he’s done with 8 mins of selfie running… it’s terrible. THIS, this is excellent. When he points the cameras away and captures the course, the runners, the volunteers, etc, he makes great films.Reference

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1. Zach says:
  
  March 9, 2015 at 8:04 am
  
  Agree with you completely. This is the type of stuff I wish he would produce more often. I think what he does with race videos is a huge boost for races as well so possible runners can get a visual feel for the course. I know that I’ve added a few to my bucket list because of his videos.
  
  Excellent work by Ethan, as always.
  
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2. The Ginger says:
  
  March 9, 2015 at 1:11 pm
  
  This has always been my goal. The “selfie” vids were more for me to go back and learn from my experiences and a way to document the moments for ME. I will continue to make those for myself including my build-up to Cascade Crest 100 (and, hell, some people comment that they only like my selfie-films) but have many plans on shooting races as they are and showcasing the people, the other stories. I’ve made that plan very public in the last 6 months 🙂
  
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  1. Zach says:
    
    March 9, 2015 at 3:46 pm
    
    Awesome, Ethan. I can’t wait to see what you’ll produce in the future. I’m sure it will cause my race bucket list to grow.
    
    And as someone training for my first 100 (Leadville 100), I’ll be very interested in your CC100 training videos.
    
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  2. Bridget says:
    
    March 10, 2015 at 2:32 pm
    
    I appreciate your selfie-moments Ginger! I like the videos that show mostly the race course/scenery but also throw a healthy dose of selfies in to document how the race is going (like the Gorge Waterfalls 50k video). So keep it up!
    
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Ryan says:

March 9, 2015 at 8:58 am

Tim Tollefson said somewhere (I think on his Strava?) that Pat Smyth was only running about 85% effort Saturday. I think we’ll see a sub-3 on this course, which is ridiculously fast.

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Doug H says:

March 9, 2015 at 11:04 am

I was so happy he went back and did it again. Dude is incredible.Reference

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Chris says:

March 9, 2015 at 11:18 am

I have a love/hate relationship with the ‘mill, but I’ve run countless 25-30 milers on them, just for fun. It really is good ultra/mental toughness training. Boredom, monotony, etc..Reference

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Chris says:

March 9, 2015 at 11:30 am

Seeing Eric’s famed crocheted running shorts in person at Way Too Cool was hands down the highlight of the race.

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Dan Brostek says:

March 9, 2015 at 4:00 pm

Wardian is such a beast. I can’t even wrap my mind around this.Reference

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Ian M says:

March 9, 2015 at 5:26 pm

My trusty TM and Netflix got me through this awful East Coast winter, but I’m ready to replenish my Vitamin D stores.

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Chris Schultheiss says:

March 10, 2015 at 8:30 am

The Ginger is a great videographer! He was hurt for this race so he was able to do more of the race. I think that he can do whatever the hell he wants and I will watch it! The guy is amazing and that is what he chooses to do with the selfie videos, its kinda hard to race and carry all this stuff so unless you are willing to go around and film races then this is what you get. Ethan’s stuff will hopefully get honored at the first trail running film festival whenever that happens! Ultrarunnerpodcast is awesome too!Reference

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Ashby Ray says:

March 13, 2015 at 5:38 am

Even more amazing is that the course was actually 101.5 miles and he ran it solo, with no crew support at all.Reference

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