Daily News, Saint Patrick’s Day Edition

Ten great Irish runners. Some great stories and video in there….check them out.

Honorees for the NatGeo Adventurer of the Year. We’ll be interviewing one of them within a month. Wanna guess who?

Fourteen lessons learned at the Thomas Jefferson 100k.

It’s not fair to blame Strava for the EPO boom, but I understand the point.

Only 2.5 days left to win a ton of stuff from rootsrated. #seeyouinJacksonHole

The philosophy of Ryan Hall. He either needs to focus on shorter races or put in a bit of effort and break the 50k road AR, but what he’s doing isn’t working.

Mountain biking + trail running + dog walking + gigantic cajones = Bike boring Spa! Groepstart Zondag! Can someone explain this to me?

I ran this race learning from yesterday, living for today and hoping for tomorrow.

–Great race report from down under.

World’s most expensive marathons...with an interesting breakdown of where the registration fee for the MCM goes.

What happens when two identical twins participate in the exact same sports as kids, but exercise differently as adults? Interesting, though not surprising results.

Pics/video from the Monument Valley 50 last weekend. Everyone who’s run that says it’s amazing…I see why.

Ten Irish beers for St Patrick’s Day.

Inside the crazy world of Trip Advisor. I’m still waiting for a well-used race review site to pop up.

Jay travels to the Kalalua Trail in Kauai and shares his experience. Beautiful!

Michele Yates’ advice on postpartum racing. Sarah and I will be speaking with another speedy mama this week.

11 Responses to "Daily News, Saint Patrick’s Day Edition"

TK-42ONE says:

March 17, 2015 at 8:26 am

Regarding Ryan Hall, I agree, whatever he’s doing isn’t working. I’ve said it for years, but he needs to run an ultra. He needs to see what it’s like off the road and maybe out there in the woods, he’ll have a religious experience and realize that’s where he belongs. He’s too uptight and needs to loosen up. Maybe Sage can be his mentor in the transition.

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Paul B says:

March 17, 2015 at 9:19 am

i wish i could get paid to put it a half ass effort and only run about half the marathon. i hope no other marathon pays him an appearance fee. waste of money. I’m glad he’s found what he’s looking for though, and it does sound like he should give trail running a shot. I also don’t think he would be competitive in that side either. He just needs to go out and run.Reference

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Paul B says:

March 17, 2015 at 9:24 am

cities are getting smarter as well and beginning to charge more to close streets for these races because they have figured out that people will pay higher and higher race fees, and more and more races are happening. Cities are beginning to charge 10s of thousands in some cases that I’ve heardReference

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Jasper says:

March 17, 2015 at 11:02 am

It’s generally used to train dogs for skijoring (like dogsledding – but with skis instead of a sled). I have never witnessed a bikejoring one in person – but the skijoring ones always have lots of carnage at the mass start (unless the dogs are VERY well trained)Reference

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cb says:

March 17, 2015 at 12:10 pm

I was hoping for better this time out and predicted a 2:12 which I think would have been a good time for him, especially in those conditions. His problem is that he still thinks he is capable of running 2:06 and being World Class, not that he can’t run those times any more. Most of the great marathoners had a 5-7 year window, you can only only to the well so many times. His best days are behind him but he can still be one of the best American marathoners if he wants to. He is still capable of being on of the and running in the 2;10-2:15 range, I think. He just needs to come to grips with that fact and stop going out so fast. But I would imagine he has a lot of pressure to perform better than just being a good American, which isn’t saying much these days in terms of competing in major marathons.Reference

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Justin H says:

March 17, 2015 at 12:22 pm

I Just signed up for the lottery of two of the marathons on this list, Chicago and the Marine Corps, maybe I wouldn’t have if I had realized how expensive they are. Should just stick to doing 50 milers for 75 bucks.Reference

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RyanL says:

March 17, 2015 at 12:30 pm

I take a bit of a different view on Ryan Hall than most. I think it’s a hell of a lot more exciting to watch an American whose goal is to win every race and who believes he can run the world record than watch all these phenomenal track guys go out there and never break 2:10. Yeah, all the dnf’s are disappointing as a fan but I guess it’s part of the Ryan Hall package deal.

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Sam in Oakland says:

March 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Having read this, I’m not quite certain what we might call Ryan Hall’s “philosophy.”

Panglossian optimism? “We can experience a joy that’s even deeper than that—like, every single person, every moment of every day.”

Bi-Pedal Mysticism? “The level of joy I’m capable of experiencing now is not dependent on me winning the Olympic Games or me running 2:02 in the marathon. All it’s dependent on is how connected I am with God.”

SoCal Casualism? “I don’t take it personally. So if I blow up, I’m bummed for sure, but it’s like, life goes on.”

Postmodern fatalism? “I like to go into a race not expecting anything. Not expecting to feel like a million bucks. Not expecting to hit certain splits or the race to unfold a certain way.”

Ryan Hall, the Enigma and/or Void.Reference

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hugo says:

March 17, 2015 at 3:03 pm

Uelli? Tommy Caldwell?Reference

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Meghan says:

March 17, 2015 at 5:37 pm

This video is hilarious… love it!Reference

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Paul B says:

March 17, 2015 at 5:42 pm

That’s pretty well states Sam in Oakland

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