Daily News, Tue, May 13

Beer Mile World Championship announced for this fall. I’m curious how they’re going to secure an official venue. Might have to make it down there to compete.

Jason Schlarb and Jeremy Wolf run around Patagonia and here’s the teaser video.

A few tips for running downhill. Nowhere does it say “grow some cajones”, which seems to be my problem. After a naaaasty downhill injury from a few years ago, I’m afraid of losing control on descents.

Interesting: The Placebo Effect: Why it’s actually great for athletes.

NUC: What ever happened to Caster Semenya?

From Joe Fejes: France’s Olivier Chaigne finished with 571 miles (920 km) at the Hungary 6 day which is the best 6 day performance in quite some time. Many National and World Records were set during the event. The bar has definitely been raised for the Sixdaysinthedome.com.

This ten year old girl ran an 18:02 5k, while this 104 year old ran a 100m in just over 30 seconds. Both equally impressive!

Will obstacle course racing (OCR) make it to the Olympics? If it’s considered before a proper XC race, my head will likely explode.

This is Craft Beer Week. Here are 12 ways to do beer better. Learn it. Know it. Live it.

Some Vibram sanity.

I see this in road runners all the time, but rarely in trail folks. Why?

Short news day. What’d I miss?

Micah Ward says:

May 13, 2014 at 6:39 am

Does this bother anyone else? Another article on the Vibram settlement points out that runners can receive up to $90 for a refund while the lawyers who filed the lawsuit received one million in fees and expenses. That offends me. I ran in five fingers for a while but they didn’t work out for me. But that is no reason to file a lawsuit. How about a little personal responsibillity?

Michael A. Jimenez says:

May 13, 2014 at 9:45 pm

Agree in part, the only thing I’d point out is that the makers of the Five Finger made claims that many folks took to be the truth, only it wasn’t.

1. Micah Ward says:
  
  May 14, 2014 at 5:22 am
  
  Sure they did. It’s the world of advertising. Products do it every day and that is why we have to take resposibility to be sceptical of things that sound too good to be true.

Sloan Steady says:

May 13, 2014 at 6:41 am

To be in the O-limp-icks, OCR would have to be scored on style points over obstacles minus time. Additional points for really cute outfits, or a dazzling personal interest interview with Bob Costless.

Raul says:

May 13, 2014 at 10:03 am

I’m all for the placebo effect. I stopped wearing compression calf sleeves after hearing others say that it has no benefit, but when I did I kept getting cramps all the time. So now I wear them and seem to cramp less often. I didn’t cramp in my 50 miler two weeks ago. As long as it’s not detrimental to my health or performance, then I don’t care if the effect is just in my head. It’s still something.

john says:

May 13, 2014 at 10:31 am

correction: Jeremy Wolf, not Mike Wolfe.

Andy says:

May 13, 2014 at 11:11 am

The 104 year old’s name is Stanisław. The 10 year old girl goes to St. Stanislaus School. There’s some chicanery afoot in the matrix today…

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