Daily News, Wed, Dec 11

Quickie with Chris Vargo.

The boys over at Ultra168 go in depth to discuss race nutrition. For another take on the subject, check out one of our most downloaded podcasts ever right here.

Good stuff: The rise of American ultrarunning speed.

Oh, dear.

Oh, poop.

Wow, what an awesome looking trail! Anyone ever been to that point?

Here’s my DIY and WTF on pulling a tire.

NUC: Awesome road bike skills.

Seven ways to make non-runners like you (or at least not hate you.)

In most cases ultrarunning isn’t really about who can run the fastest, but instead who can avoid running the slowest.

–Geoff Roes is coming back!

Lessons learned from canceling the Dallas Marathon because of cold weather. Whatever.

Smart shoes are on their way.

I’m living vicariously through this guy for awhile.

5 Responses to "Daily News, Wed, Dec 11"

Jeff says:

December 11, 2013 at 5:23 am

I’ll agree with six of the seven ways to make non-runners like you, but there’s no reason to apologize. Apologizing should be saved for when we do something wrong, not when we need to pass a hiker on the trail – an “excuse me” and then a “thank-you” to them once you pass are warranted, but don’t apologize for using a public trail!

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1. Bryan says:
  
  December 11, 2013 at 9:53 am
  
  To be a responsible trail runner we should notify the walker or hiker well ahead of time so we can safely pass. Same rule for bikers passing a runner. A simple on the left will do.
  
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  1. Jeff says:
    
    December 11, 2013 at 11:55 am
    
    I agree with that – I almost got punched in the face once by a hiker with headphones in who didn’t hear me coming!
    
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Brandi says:

December 11, 2013 at 5:57 am

To be fair, it wasn’t the temps that caused the Dallas marathon to be cancelled (I live in Dallas). It was that we are a warm weather city with hundreds of miles of asphalt and no ice trucks because we get snow or ice maybe once a year and the amount of money it would take to invest in equipment to deal with the ice on the roads would be astronomical. We had freezing rain and sleet for a day and a half leading up to the event and temps never got above freezing-which means we had a layer of ice several inches thick on the roads, basically turning them into ice skating rinks. I wouldn’t want to run on that for 26 miles…

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Bryan says:

December 11, 2013 at 9:50 am

So one of the seven ways didn’t include showing everyone I know I was immortalized in the Brooks run happy add on page 33 of January’s Runners World magazine.
Or to stop tucking only the front of my shirt in so everyone can see my hundred mile belt buckle.

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