Trail Running Daily News | Thursday, April 5

Salomon’s got some great new trail running films coming out this spring/summer. Here’s a teaser.

Here’s a great report from a trail run stage race in North Vietnam. After reading Steph’s blog, I’ve gotta up my travel game!

As more people start trail running and ultramarathons, this is an excellent post to consider: Are you serious or just curious? Where are you?

Itching for the weekend to get on the trails? Check out this video of some incredible trail running in New Zealand.

Got Amazon Prime? Check out the new film about Avery Collins‘ run at Ouray 100. I’ve zipped through most of it and really like the focus on the struggle and how he adapts to the situation (wrong turn!)

…and here’s an intriguing interview with his better half, Sabrina Stanley. I understand the competitiveness and hope that she’s able to temper it when need be. Anxious to see what she does at the summer 100s!

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Check out our latest interview with Gavin Woody and Dave Johnston. After competing in some monster races in the weeks leading up to the 350 mile Iditarod Trail Invitational, these guys battled tough conditions to tie for the win. Lots of great lessons and stories. And at the end of the interview, I chat with Gear Guy Ben about his recent foray into ski mountaineering.

Probably best to avoid these trails in Southern California, lest you be joined by feral cattle and roaming packs of wild pit bulls.

Elite beer milers are lining up in Sonoma County the same weekend as Lake Sonoma. Bad scheduling.

Fun interview with Courtney Dauwalter.

Industry folks: Anyone have a Raidlight contact? Doing a big hydration/race pack comparison and want to ensure they’re represented. Email me here. Thanks.

Checking up on GZ. Hasn’t posted in almost a month. Everything OK?

Clint Zirk says:

April 5, 2018 at 7:39 pm

I raced Jumbo Holdsworth in late January (the race has been going on for yonks here.

Darren Zanon says:

April 6, 2018 at 9:42 am

Serious vs curious: A false dichotomy deepity.

A wholly dedicated person can have goals and want to reach them, but life doesn’t always work out that way. And even these dedicated people with goals that they’ll do everything they can to achieve are sometimes foiled by people who don’t have the same single-minded focus.

Asserting that you’re either “participating in busy work” or “sharply focused” seems like a good way to make people excuse training to the point of physical, economic, and/or emotional harm; denigrate the accomplishments and skills of the 90% who don’t win every race or achieve their asserted goals every time; and suck the joy out of any activity.

That’s not good motivation. It doesn’t help anyone train better.

Has the author never had to answer more than one “what do I want out of …” question at a time? Work, family relationships, friendships, hobbies, life experience, long-term health – all of these hold weight outside of training. This binary approach is unsustainable and dangerous. Reminds me of the worst of high school coaches who push kids to their limits to teach them some vague lesson about dedication because they can’t see the world beyond their sport.

(Not to go too deep into this – I recognize it’s a throwaway attempt at a motivational post, but it’s so dissociated from reality that it’s just as good at imparting the opposite of the intended feeling…reversational?)

Trail Running Daily News | Thursday, April 5

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