Daily News, Wed Apr 30

What it takes to be a running explorer.

Crazy for even the craziest ultrarunners: Results from Sri Chimnoy 6 and 10 day race in New York.

Talk about crazy, here’s the most dangerous hike in Spain. Ack!

Winner of Chicago Marathon and London Marathon busted for doping. And we’re still denying it happens in our sport?

Want to be more creative? Take a walk (or a run.)

Definitely: An ultra runner’s attempt at becoming a yogi.

NUC (No Ultra Content), but this tree is so massive it’s never been captured in a photograph. Until now. (Link fixed)

This guy is going for a new Beer Mile record this weekend. And he’s an Aussie. Sayonara, Canada.

Five trail shoes for Spring (including the shoe Tim Olson won at his win at WS100.)

Report card says kids not active enough. Mine have the complete opposite problem.

I see and hear road runners talking about orthotics all the time, but I don’t recall ever hearing MUT runners bring up the issue. Why?

High quality long runs, by Scott Jurek.

Give me this trailer and take all of my money. Fine.

Mike says:

April 30, 2014 at 5:18 am

Great site Eric. Saw this article this morning, thought it might be of interest.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/want-to-be-more-creative-take-a-walk/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Phys%20Ed&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

Emir says:

April 30, 2014 at 5:33 am

Re Orthotics: possibly because on the road you are going straight for the most part so your foot needs more support. On the other hand, on the trail you are twisting and turning, going up and down, so your foot probably doesnt benefit from it all.

I might be completely wrong.

Alex says:

April 30, 2014 at 7:40 am

I think you’re right. For similar reasons, we rarely see trail shoes categorized as neutral/stability.

Francois says:

April 30, 2014 at 9:30 am

I am not a specialist, but i have tried in the past to fix issues (shin splints that had turned into chronic periostitis, to the point of stress fractures) with orthodics. They never fixed the issue, which was simply poor form (over-striding and heel striking). Podiatrists would diagnose me with “pronation” and prescribe orthodics for a modest $300/year.

Worked on foot strength and my form, now i am a mid/forefoot striker (went through the adaptation period with lower drop shoes – stress on the achilles, now not an issue anymore). No orthodics, no shin splints, no achilles issues. If I ask a podiatrist (for fun) I’m not a “pronator” anymore.

Long story short: not sure my case can be made a general thing, but form matters more than orthodics it seems (again, there surely are cases of people REALLY needing them, no doubt). My father was a physio, working with athletes, and although he passed before was prescribed my orthodics years ago, my mum mentioned that he would have thrown the orthodics away, for he thought they would create more issues than solve them.

And to be honest, it does sound more like a business than a medical truth, that every runner who visits a podiatrist ends up with orthodics.

Bryan says:

April 30, 2014 at 8:03 am

Your tree link is wrong, it goes to the creative walk story.
And I was all excited to see the giant tree…

eric schranz says:

April 30, 2014 at 3:23 pm

Fixed. Thanks. Pretty damn big, huh?

Derrick says:

April 30, 2014 at 9:03 am

I wore orthotics for the first 15years of my running career. I run over twice as much now (without orthotics) and am much less injured. They have their place, but are so often overprescribed by the industry.

and oh yeah, regarding the beer mile….
Great to see Canadians with both world records again. Go Canada!

Mark says:

April 30, 2014 at 9:29 am

I see why you have trailer envy.

eric schranz says:

April 30, 2014 at 10:30 am

Seriously. Is that thing incredible or what? Drive it out into the forest, camp (with amenities!) and run my butt off.

Patrick Krott says:

April 30, 2014 at 11:51 am

Check out the latest shoe recommendations from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Here’s a summary: low drop (under 4mm) shoes are best. shoes with excessive cushioning suck. orthotics suck. stability shoes suck.

here’s a link:
http://www.acsm.org/docs/brochures/running-shoes.pdf

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