Trail Running and Ultramarathon Daily News

Handsome Hal writes about dealing with nature’s elements in ultramarathons and trail running events.

If you haven’t seen this footage of Max King crushing Goat Hill at Way Too Cool, check it out.

Today is day three of Stephanie Case somehow making it into the URP Daily News. Today it’s as co-conspirator (along with Amy Sproston) in Megan Laws’ excellent–and thorough–TransGrancanaria race report.

I’m going to assume that Megan, Amy or Stephanie would never order one of these. Or these.

The South Rim Trail in Big Bend NP (Texas) looks like it’s ripe for an FKT attempt. Couldn’t find one on the Boards…anyone know who’s got it?

Community: There’s a visually impaired trail runner looking for a sighted guide for Vermont 100 in July. Could you help? And if you’re interested in sharing guiding duties with me for Kyle’s SLO 50M on Sept 1, let me know and I’ll connect you.

Seems that all the competitors were DQ’ed last weekend already, right?

A whole bunch of NSAIDs that may or may not help your pain threshold and recovery, along with their side effects. And again, an organic plant I grow next to my basil is still not allowed.

Here’s a cool site about trail running with kids. Gear, interviews, races, news…well done!

Not sure what happened, but a runner in the UK busted the lip of a teenager on a bike.

Good report from the Arrowhead 135 in ultrarunning magazine.

Interested in learning more about Timothy Olson’s mindful approach to life and running? He just put out a Run Mindful app that may be up your alley. I downloaded it yesterday and will report back.

Someone wrote on Twitter a few days ago that “The world needs more Ladia“, and after yesterday’s interview with her, I couldn’t agree more. I’ll release the episode this afternoon and can guarantee that she’ll make you smile. I can’t remember the last time I was so happy after an interview.

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Daniel says:

March 7, 2018 at 6:47 am

What the everloving Fuck?

Aitch says:

March 7, 2018 at 8:52 am

I wonder how much, if any, extra benefit Max got from having Jamil essentially pace him up that hill?

Allen Lucas says:

March 7, 2018 at 1:29 pm

I wondered about the potential benefit of having Jamil following with a camera, but as a runner, it would be really risky to decide to push extra hard just because it was being recorded – that could easily come back to haunt you later in the race. Also, Jamil mentioned that he had followed the two leaders as well, but that Max turned out to be the one that was putting on a memorable push. So I would guess that Jamil didn’t really affect Max, or if he did, Max did a great job of not blowing up because of it.

J says:

March 7, 2018 at 1:46 pm

My two cents – I benefit from tucking in behind and following someone, not from being followed. The hill is quite steep, and there is still 4-5 miles to run after it. Plenty of time for the other gents to catch up. I think Jared Hazen almost did catch up actually.

Mike Bonnell says:

March 8, 2018 at 9:36 am

I loved that clip (Max King/Goat Hill). MK’s hill rush was glorious. My only worry, was whether the cameraperson (JC?) had bumped/cut off the 3rd place (?) runner. Seeing as he’s a runner too, I’m sure great care was taken not to do so. You can actually see him go off trail, to avoid getting in the way to get the shot. Personally – I’m thankful for having been witness (after-the-fact) to such a great effort.

eric schranz says:

March 8, 2018 at 10:08 am

Jamil is careful on the trail, but I suppose just like any other trail user on that day, sometimes people decide they want to challenge the Pauli Exclusion Principle. Didn’t look like it had any effect.

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