Daily News, Thurs, Jan 16

Yes! Bringing it old school. 100k on the track! Who’s in?

NUC: CrossFit guy severs his spine in a competition.

Speaking of spines, Pavel Paloncy won The Spine race in the UK…4d:14:45 for 268 miles. Beat the previous CR by almost a day.

Meghan’s report from her ~~Masters~~ win at Bandera.

Know your stuff? Craft beer or running shoe?

Life lessons from cross country (or any race for that matter.)

Ultrarunning and the need for speed.

Joe Fejes’ Across the Years report…How to run 555 miles in 6 days.

Some more amazing shots and stories from Joe Grant.

Ryan Burch’s look back at 2013 and schedule for 2014.

5 Responses to "Daily News, Thurs, Jan 16"

Teresa Smith says:

January 16, 2014 at 6:22 am

Meg had a great race report! I love when they include it all: the good, bad, and ugly.

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Jeremy says:

January 16, 2014 at 9:33 am

“It was just kind of a freak accident,” the guy said.

A tragic accident for sure, and I really feel for this guy. He was passionately pursuing his dreams and that is awesome. However, it is hard to call any injury a “freak” occurrence that results from using poor form Olympic style lifts, as fast and as many as possible, to (and beyond) failure. Back injury is RAMPANT in Crossfit. That’s like saying a fractured tibia are a freak occurrence when an ultrarunner ramps up mileage and gets sloppy with form.

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1. Jeff says:
  
  January 17, 2014 at 7:23 am
  
  The link above doesn’t tell you a lot on exactly HOW he got hurt, but it is definitely a freak accident. He dropped the barbell (which happens often in weightlifting, crossfit or otherwise) it bounced, hit another barbell and came back and hit him in the back.
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540945/Kevin-Ogar-injury-CrossFit-athlete-left-paralyzed-waist-having-spine-severed-dumbbell.html
  
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David says:

January 16, 2014 at 6:07 pm

Why even post about Kevin Ogar’s injury? What does it have to do with ultra-running? This seemed like a cheap shot intended to produce snickers and snide comments towards a fellow athlete who’s been hurt. I’d expect this from the assholes at Let’s Run, but not here. By the way, Jeremy, as an ultra-runner and a CrossFit coach I can tell you that. yes, this was an absolutely freak accident. If anyone is interested in learning more about Kevin’s story, and supporting him on his path to recovery, please check out http://www.kevinogar.com

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eric schranz says:

January 16, 2014 at 7:17 pm

David-

I posted the story on the injury because it interested me, plain and simple. Sometimes it’s other sports, tech, or god knows what that interests me that day, and that’s how it works. I certainly didn’t mean to denigrate his injury, and I think any fair reading of my post would back that up.

Thanks for reading the Daily News though. It’s a fun thing to put together and has morphed into the most viewed page on our site.

eric

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