Daily News, Mon, Nov 3

How to train for the beer mile. Only problem is these guys use seltzer water instead of the real stuff. Come race day, they’ll have a big surprise.

Flagstaff had a huge weekend, with Emily Harrison winning World 50k Champs in Qatar and Nick Arciniage taking a 10th at NYC Marathon. Nice!

I have a running list of people in my head of whom I am terribly jealous. Daniel Rowland is on that list.

Alex Varner ran a 2:25 at NYC yesterday in windy conditions. Here’s his Strava data. Nice job!

Can I use halloween candy to fuel my training?

Here’s the new SkyRunning calendar for the US. I’ll release our interview with Series Director Ian Sharman today (here it is!) where he answers all of our SkyRunning questions.

Sage’s MUT Runner trailer. Looks like a fun film.

The brain trust on the LetsRun message boards tries to figure out Sally McRae’s results.

I’m sure this is a great product for women, but it looks lil something I’d get stuck in.

NUC: Without any context, it sounds like some English lass slid down a hill on a big piece of plastic and almost made it to the pub.

If this little thing actually makes it to market, it’ll be awesome. Charge your phone by running!

Tough situation: Are Kenya’s coaches responsible for doping Jeptoo? Does she hold no blame?

Supergirl Pam Smith runs a 50k in costume in preparation for Worlds later this month.

Five tips for staying safe in the mountains. An emergency weather warning map is a good idea.

6 Responses to "Daily News, Mon, Nov 3"

Mike says:

November 3, 2014 at 6:26 am

Can someone answer one question for me? What is the deal with the folks over at Letsrun? I have only been running for a few years but if those were the type of people I had run into when first getting started I probably wouldn’t have continued. I don’t understand the desire, need or enjoyment found in dissecting, criticizing and putting down other runners. Is it jealousy? Pride? Or just a bunch of junior highers in adult bodies? I really don’t get it.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  November 3, 2014 at 6:38 am
  
  Man, I have no idea. The attitudes seem to be so diametrically opposite from everyone I know, it’s like a parody of the sport or something.
  
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2. Jimmy Mac says:
  
  November 3, 2014 at 8:12 am
  
  Those fools over at Letsrun.com are the exact reason I started running trails in the first place; when I fist got into running I ran 2 road half marathons- no one was talking to each other, everyone had headphones in, muttering something about setting a new PR today, no one even made eye contact.
  
  I show up for my first trail race (at the urging of a friend) and every one is talking, laughing, one guy knew I was a trailn00b (based on my road shoes and matching shirt/shoes combo) and was super-welcoming. People were still talking when the RD said “go”, and talked the first few miles of the race.
  
  I knew I had found my tribe that day. F Letsrun.com and their sad little minions.
  
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  1. Sam R. says:
    
    November 4, 2014 at 4:27 pm
    
    Ditto on the message boards. It’s pretty much the 4Chan of running boards. I’ve been a big fan of Letsrun since they started in the early 00s. One must keep in mind that at the time there was very little media coverage of any sort of elite running culture and it was difficult to find. Letsrun’s creators Robert and Weldon Johnson looked around and saw scores of print coverage of ‘how to run your first 5K’ but practically nothing documenting the Adam Gouchers and Alan Webbs of the sport. They found their niche, which is the coverage of the very top echelons of the sport.
    
    I think the message board is the result of the idiosyncrasies of the Johnson brothers (Ivy League grads of conservative political sentiment). Unlike other niche sport sites like Cyclingnews, they have largely avoided objectivity in favor of a more editorialized tone. They’ve stayed small and (despite the awful amount of ads that are now embedded in the site) have largely stayed true to their principles, which are, admittedly, elitist. The site should probably be called “Theyrun.com.”
    
    Additionally, the Johnsons take a libertarian pride in the anonymity of the board, which is I think the major reason the forums are so foul. But, interesting people do post on the boards. Incredible coaches like Renato Canova frequent the boards. People can be supportive. There was an incredible amount of candid chatter about minimalism when Born to Run came out. Top guys often frequent the boards. Indeed, Alan Webb just made his first post (to raise money for a charity). So, it’s not all bad…. but yeah, there is a lot of bad. Just my thoughts. : )
    
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John says:

November 3, 2014 at 8:58 am

Hasn’t Kenya been pretty notorious for awhile in regards to lack of drug testing and oversight? I’m surprised a bigger deal hasn’t been made of it. Honestly I think this is just an instant where somebody finally got caught. I do not think this is isolated by any means. If they are serious about cracking down on doping, especially with 500K on the line, then they should start implementing a biological passport system. Even then they won’t catch everybody.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  November 3, 2014 at 9:15 am
  
  That effectively have no doping oversight in the country.
  
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