Ultramarathon Daily News | Friday Aug 17

Gabi offers up some tips on improving your mental game on the trails.

Despite what gear manufacturers tell you, you probably don’t need all that sh*t in your pack. While Brendan is focused on hiking/fastpacking, the same is certainly true for the ultramarathon crowd.

Fascinating: Check out Eliud Kipchoge’s training log leading up to his Berlin Marathon WR. And then read the analysis of his training (no days off, no long weekend run) from the guys at Science of Running.

I had six hours to complete the last 14 miles: I could have crawled and made it before the cutoff. But the crew had confiscated my watch and — deeply confused about the math and convinced that time was running out — I frantically barked questions at Sharon. What’s our pace? How much further?! WHAT TIME IS IT?!
—Excellent report from Jason’s first hundred miler at Kettle Moraine

You’ve heard me talk about the lack of female voices/perspective in MUT media, so it was especially meaningful for Tina Muir to have me on her show yesterday. I’ll link to the episode when it’s published, but in the meantime, check out her other episodes.

Just put this on in the background and I’m pretty sure you’ll click over to watch this beautiful music being made. It’s certainly not running music, but Michael Kiwanuka somehow combines Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, and maybe a little Amy Winehouse (?) to make some of the best music out there. Great way to kick off your Friday.

Rockin a new mohawk, Rob Krar talks about his most recent 100 miler…on a bike.

Unsatisfied with a DNF at San Diego 100 miler, Michele ran the distance around the trails in her town and is now happy.

Why is our society so fat? Seven reasons why. And anyone else bothered by the reference to the tomato as a vegetable? I mean, unless you’re a Nix v Hedden adherent…

Did you catch the latest URP Daily News Briefing podcast?

Happy Friday! What are you running this weekend?

9 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Friday Aug 17"

The Winged Ling says:

August 17, 2018 at 7:29 am

I CHEW COFFEE BEANS, POUR BOILING WATER IN MY MOUTH, SHAKE MY HEAD AND SWALLOW.

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18342772 says:

August 17, 2018 at 7:35 am

A few random thoughts about Kipchoge’s training:

-It’s probably more old school than people realize. Lydiard specified that his long run wasn’t supposed to be a jog; and Joe Henderson, who literally wrote the book “Long Slow Distance”, later said he should have changed the “S” to “Steady”, to better clarify what people did then and should do. Clayton, de Castella, and plenty other elite marathoners kept up the long-run-as-almost-“tempo” tradition.

-Anyway, if you’re gonna run a marathon in close to 2 hours, jogging for 2.5 to 3 doesn’t really make sense.

-This reminds me a bit of pre-burnout Geoff Roes, when he speculated that the occasional BIG effort might be key to nailing 100 miles, more than general high volume. Basically, that specificity matters. (You could argue both that he was right and that he paid for it.)

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 17, 2018 at 8:16 am
  
  Great analysis. What’s so compelling about this stupid sport is the myriad ways athletes can succeed while using wildly different approaches to training.
  
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Henry Bickerstaff says:

August 17, 2018 at 7:36 am

The Running for Real podcast along with URP has been on my playlist while I run for some time. I like her interview style and depth of questions. Can’t wait to listen to it.

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Peter Andersson says:

August 17, 2018 at 8:23 am

So Tina is back with her own podcast? I did not expect that. Remember how she left (or was fired from) her old podcast stating she had grow to hate running and would use family life to get away from it all forever. Passing phase I hope, it would be a shame if she’s only in it for the money.

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1. Tina Muir says:
  
  August 19, 2018 at 9:54 am
  
  Hi Peter! Whoa! haha that was interesting for me to read! I have heard of quite a few people having no idea I launched my own podcast, but it is well over a year old, and there was only a few months lag between leaving RC and starting my own. The hating running/starting family thing was about a year after that, but yes, I did start to hate running. Thankfully the time off and now my 7 month old daughter, has given me a new lease of life for running, and I am enjoying it more than I have in years. I would love for you to take a listen to the podcast and let me know what you think. As for in it for the money, absolutely nooootttt! I wasn’t paid to run before and I don’t make very much from the podcast. I am in it because I love it. Hopefully you see that when you take a listen. The Jared Ward episode was a really powerful one lately, might be a good place to start 🙂
  
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Nelson says:

August 17, 2018 at 8:49 am

“Check out Eliud Kipchoge’s training log leading up to his Berlin Marathon WR.”

Kipchoge has never held the WR. You probably meant to write “victory” or “WR attempt”.

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SCottieB says:

August 17, 2018 at 11:54 am

I’ve got lots of run-paced music on my iPod, but I also have slower chargers for hill climbing – one of my favorite climbing jams is Michael Kiwanuka’s Black Man in a White World. If you catch a whiter than white guy singing this to power-hike up that damn slope it’s probably me.
Oddly, a Kiwanuka song that has a running BPM (175ish) is the very understated No More Running.
It’s all good.

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Tina Muir says:

August 19, 2018 at 9:55 am

Loved our chat the other day, thanks for the shoutout. I look forward to the episode coming out for others to enjoy too!

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