Daily News, Thurs, Oct 3

The multi-tasking endurance brain. Showering with a protein shake…love it.

I’m no scientist, but shouldn’t this be in the no sh!t file?

Why you should fill your company with athletes. Though I suppose a company full of ultrarunners would have to be closed on most Fridays, have no stairs, and accept a pretty liberal interpretation of appropriateness of belt buckles.

JB Benna just set the Tahoe Rim Trail unsupported FKT (170-ish miles) with a time of just under 59 hours. Meanwhile, Victor Ballesteros is making a second attempt at the supported FKT starting Saturday at 4am. Here’s a link to his SPOT tracker.

For you plant-based runners, the No Meat Athlete’s book is out today. I love his blog and his writing, I just like meat more.

Do you get altitude farts?

How the government shutdown is affecting runners. Have you been affected?

Short news day again. What did I miss?

13 Responses to "Daily News, Thurs, Oct 3"

MikeTebbutt says:

October 3, 2013 at 6:13 am

Either you missed this or i missed in the daily news. JB Benna just crushed the TRT FKT with a 58:43!!

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  October 3, 2013 at 6:17 am
  
  Mike-I reported during his attempt, but forgot to mention his final time. I just added it, in addition to Victor’s attempt starting on Saturday for the supported FKT.
  
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Brandi says:

October 3, 2013 at 6:21 am

The main entrance to one of the really popular trails here in Grapevine, TX (what we like to call the Northshore trails as they are on the north side of Grapevine lake) is a government run area so it’s closed (no one manning the ranger station and the guard rail is down over the entrance so you can’t drive into it). Fortunately it’s 20 something miles of trails so there are other entrances at other points on the trail system that are not government run areas that we can use to get on to the trails. And there are some smaller, non government run trails in my area as well so thankfully I haven’t been impacted too much.

It’s so weird to think about nature being ‘closed’. The thought of not being able to get out on my trials actually makes me a little sick to my stomach-I feel for anyone who only has access to government managed trail systems/parks.

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Scott Moore says:

October 3, 2013 at 6:34 am

I’m sure I’ll have black helicopters hovering over my house after this post but… There are some local trails in the Atlanta area I run on that is controlled by the NPS. They have closed off the parking areas which is just stupid as we are talking asphalt parking and dirt trails they are denying access to. But it didn’t stop me and a hand-full of runners and bikers I passed on the trail during my evening run last night… Sorry, but hypocritical politicians and pettiness aren’t going to put a damper on my training 🙂

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1. Brandi says:
  
  October 3, 2013 at 10:23 am
  
  I fully support your civil disobedience 🙂
  
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Bev says:

October 3, 2013 at 7:18 am

Altitudinal off-gassing is not news, it is basic physics. Anyone who scuba dives (and actually paid attention in the classroom portion) could have explained what happens, the only difference between diving and going up a mountain is the pressure changes are more extreme under water. 😉

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  October 3, 2013 at 7:20 am
  
  I’m so gassy I can’t even tell what causes it any more. TMI, yeah.
  Altitude, diving, cereal, brussel sprouts, high mileage, dairy…all causes of my flatulence. 😉
  
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Rudy Rutemiller says:

October 3, 2013 at 7:19 am

Grindstone is officially postponed! If the gov comes back before Wednesday at 6pm the race will start next Friday; if not, it’ll be cancelled. Major frustrations for us here in Virginia and those traveling who can’t reschedule.

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1. Rachel Bell Kelley says:
  
  October 3, 2013 at 9:00 am
  
  I am also signed up for Grindstone, and am left wondering what to do. As a thank you to my husband for putting up with all the early morning/late night weird training schedule, I planned and paid for (flights also) a vacation that should have been exactly a week after Grindstone started (Friday Oct 11th, grindstone was originally going to be held this Friday the 4th) Now Grindstone may be rescheduled to start the day of my flight.
  
  I do hope the government can come to some agreement and Grindstone can be run next weekend for everyone who can still run, its a beautiful course organized by some really great people in VA. However, for me, I’m trained, I’m tapered…and now I am missing out on what would have been my very first 100 mile trail race.
  
  I agree with Rudy, its all quite frustrating!
  
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Mark says:

October 3, 2013 at 2:11 pm

My wife got this about her upcoming 50K:

Subject: Farmdale (hopefully) Trail Run Update

Due to the federal government shutdown, we may not be able to use the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Farmdale Recreation area for the race. We are working on securing a backup venue. The most likely candidate is Jubilee State Park. It is not confirmed yet, but we are working on it. For those of you who are not from the area, here is the website: http://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/R1/JUBILEE.HTM

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Jeremy says:

October 3, 2013 at 2:30 pm

The government shutdown has forced me to stop going to altitude. Not going to altitude had stopped the altitude flatus. Therefore, the government shutdown is the cure for altitude flatus.

Nah, same ol’ same ol’ here in Idaho. We would need a government to have a government shutdown.

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Rob says:

October 3, 2013 at 10:55 pm

I think they have spent more money making those signs that say ” park is closed blah blah blah” than they would have if they just kept the parking lots open….. Tennessee valley is closed which is why I went running there yesterday. … Duh

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Snodgrass says:

October 8, 2013 at 12:20 pm

high altitude flatus expulsion, ha

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