Daily News, Thurs, Jan 29

Ten reasons you should incorporate road marathons into your ultramarathon training. Yes, I know, we’re all afraid of them.

So for those of us you doing speedwork, here’s a great pace chart.

Tarawera preview. Meghan Arbogast was planning on running, but I believe will be at Sean O’Brien instead.

Two races in one day? Sounds tough, but it’s probably great ultra training for pushing yourself on tired legs.

Compelling post about an Indian woman who’s found solace on the trails after a near-death experience with a bus.

Six trail running trends from Outdoor Retailer.

Interview with recent Nolan’s 14 finisher Gavin McKenzie.

California has Pliny the Younger and Vermont has Heady Topper. How about we get a case of each, meet halfway, and run the Rockies?

Candice writes about being an RD.

If you think MUT running is getting popular, wait till Matthew McConaughey gets involved.

Read this before you believe another guest on the Dr. Oz show.

13 Responses to "Daily News, Thurs, Jan 29"

Jonah says:

January 29, 2015 at 6:13 am

I’m in for the Rockies meetup! I’m needing some Pliny and Heady…what can i bring from the South East?

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Mic Med says:

January 29, 2015 at 6:13 am

The new Vibram outsole mentioned in the “Running Trends” article looks really promising. And it looks like it’ll be on the first North Face shoe I want to get my hands on, the upcoming Ultra MT.

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Billy Yang says:

January 29, 2015 at 8:07 am

Still coming to Sean O’Brien Eric?

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  January 29, 2015 at 8:11 am
  
  Why, want me to bring you some shorts? 🙂
  Oh yeah! Gary Gellin and I are carpooling down. I’ve dropped down to the 50k and will use it as a training run/hike. See you there?
  
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  1. Clare says:
    
    January 29, 2015 at 2:51 pm
    
    you’re doing the 50K in those shorts!!??
    
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  2. Billy Yang says:
    
    January 30, 2015 at 12:04 am
    
    Heck yeah dude. I’ll be out there cheering you knuckleheads on! 🙂
    
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John says:

January 29, 2015 at 8:49 am

The 2 races in a day thing is brutal. Last October I did a half marathon and then a 5K about 20 minutes after it. Despite walking around and stretching and drinking water it was just about enough time for my legs to decide that they wanted to be done. A good experience though, definitely let me know what running on dead legs was all about.

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George says:

January 29, 2015 at 11:07 am

Doubling and even tripling races in the same day is not uncommon here in Nashville – some running groups post “Doubler and Tripler Alerts” when races are staggered enough – 8am for a 5k and 9am for a nearby 10k, etc. There are also some races that have both 5k and 10k with discounted double entries and staggered times on purpose. It’s usually surprising how well you can do.

My friends from Chicago couldn’t believe this was possible, as traffic is so heavy there that just getting from one race to another made it unlikely unless the staggered starts were well apart.

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1. Dan - Ultra168 says:
  
  January 29, 2015 at 5:43 pm
  
  We had a very talented guy enter both a 5k and 10k race that were within an hour of one another here in Sydney in what were very large fields – 5,000 people plus.
  
  He won the 5kms, got in car and headed back to the start line for the 10km. He won that as well.
  
  Organisers only gave him prize money from the 5k – Absolute sham.
  
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Meghan says:

January 29, 2015 at 3:10 pm

Uh…. that Pace Chart seems WAY OFF! I’ve run a 18:02 5K and I would never be able to run a 1:16 half marathon or 2:32 marathon….

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1. Bjorn says:
  
  January 30, 2015 at 12:32 am
  
  The chart just multiplies pace by distance. As a workout planning tool it’s utterly useless. Unless you run your 800m pace over 26.2mi, in which case you are doing something terribly wrong…
  
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Brian says:

January 30, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Hey Eric let me know if you want me to send some Heady Topper your way. I thought about doing it a long time ago but seem to remember that you don’t like those big IPA type beers. It’s no problem. Just let me know…..

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1. George says:
  
  January 30, 2015 at 5:22 pm
  
  Well, if Eric doesn’t, I know someone who would…
  
  On a related note, Eric, I found a few sad, dusty, bottles of Le Terroir today at a local beer store – will try to get them in the mail to you if you want them. Least I can do for you and URP!
  
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