Daily News, Wed, Sep 24

So ya wanna be an RD, part 6: Insurance, shirts, shwag, and volunteers.

OK, this is ridiculous. I’ve got to get David Johnston on the show.

The art of manliness: Trail Running 101. But no mention of beards?

Max’s report from the Spartan World Championships. Max is fast and fit, and if he says it’s tough, I’ll believe him.

Call it downtime, hiatus, getting chubby, whatever. I’m in the midst of it.

Fancy gear to help runners diagnose form and gait issues. I usually rely on “Hey Eric, why’s your left leg looking all stupid when you run?” or something similar.

Follow up podcast from Monday’s Daily News: I chat with USATF 50k Trail Champ Tim Tollefson on what happens when a 2:18 road marathoner runs his first trail race.

If you’ve got the stomach for it…This Letsrun thread starts in 2010 (which actually serves as a fun little time capsule) as it attempts to identify the “top ultra runners in the country”, then somehow barfs all over itself and finds it’s way to the present.

If I were to go out and buy a bike, I’d have no idea where to start. Ian helps out here.

True for me: When I’m in great shape, my body doesn’t want junk food.

Another totally incredible trail running adventure from Leor. The pics are beautiful.

No GIF updates on whatisultra in over a month. What happened?

A great adventure with pics from Rod Bien on the Timberline Trail.

Spaff takes us along for a trail run in Ontario. Of course, there’s a Tim Horton’s reference.

Is exercise bad for your teeth?

It’s nice to see this shoe getting some attention. It’s no gimmick.

9 Responses to "Daily News, Wed, Sep 24"

Derrick says:

September 24, 2014 at 6:40 am

For the record…Tim Horton’s is the PBR of Canadian coffee.

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Meghan Kennihan says:

September 24, 2014 at 6:43 am

Didn’t like blaming the crew in the Fat Dog Report…..

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  September 24, 2014 at 6:52 am
  
  I agree Meghan. Not cool.
  
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2. Jeff says:
  
  September 24, 2014 at 7:13 am
  
  Yeah, he came across as really whiney. He also said his headlamp was great, then later said it sucked. And why is the manual so important on a headlamp? I never even opened the manual to mine.
  
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  1. Mitch says:
    
    January 11, 2015 at 10:26 pm
    
    Hey Jeff, was just re-reading my old report and came across this post. Just to clarify, my headlamp (the LED Lenser) is a good headlamp, if you get the right “model”. I had the H14 before, and the H14.2 for this race. They changed a bunch of things, (like losing the extension cord), which made it nearly unusable. The reason the manual is an issue is because it’s a German company, and the documentation is really bad, it makes it really hard to know what you’re buying online, and really hard to set up. There’s also no documentation about light strength, battery life, etc. So it was hard to plan where to leave batteries at aid stations, how what setting to use (still have no idea what intensity it is.) It also, therefore, means I don’t know what lumens to get for my next lamp.
    
    Obviously it worked, but I just wasted tons of time fiddling around, modifying my pack, etc.
    
    Sorry you thought I came across as “really whiney”, the whole point of my post was to talk about mistakes I made, try to to help people avoid them.
    
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3. Mitch says:
  
  January 11, 2015 at 11:22 pm
  
  Hi Meghan,
  
  I wrote that Fat Dog lessons learned post, and I just wanted to respond, because your comment makes me sad, and it pisses me off that people might agree with you. (Like Eric’s comment, below.)
  
  My crew (who flew from all over the country to crew for me) are my family, and they did a ridiculously good job. We came in 2nd place, beyond all expectations. If you read my race report, (or my lessons learned, more carefully this time…) you would know they absolutely killed it. This is actually their second time crewing for me – they are good.
  
  That doesn’t mean they didn’t make mistakes. This was a post about “lessons learned”. We all learned things, and some things could have gone better. To deny that would be stupid. Yes, as I clearly wrote, many of those mistakes are really tough calls. Some are only knowable in hindsight. That doesn’t mean they (and I, and you) can’t learn from them.
  
  In fact you owe them an apology — they didn’t work their asses off for 30 hours straight to be pitied.
  
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  1. Meghan says:
    
    January 12, 2015 at 6:34 am
    
    Totally Understand! Thanks for the response!
    
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Joseph says:

September 24, 2014 at 6:59 am

I’m the first one to think that obstacle races can be a little silly and arbitrary, but Max finished in 12th with a time of 4:05:39. 1st place finished in 3:23:15. That’s over 40 minutes faster! Even with all the burpees that shows that there are some legit athletes out there.

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Meghan Kennihan says:

September 24, 2014 at 12:44 pm

It doesn’t say who wrote the “Downtime” blog post but its SOOOOOO TRUE! I am going through the same thing… haven’t been able to run for 6 weeks cuz of a stress reaction in my hip (basically stress fracture) and I can do EVERYTHING but run… so I have been… 20 hours of cross training with biking, kettlebells, elliptical, plyometrics, jumprope, stairclimber, strength training, rowing.. has turned into 22, then 25, then 27… up to 30… it’s CRAZY… Exercise Addiction….and nothing ever compares to running… I feel like I have to bike for 3 hours to get the same satisfaction as an hour run… anyone else struggle?

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