Ultramarathon Daily News, Mon, Apr 17

If you’re planning on traveling to England and Scotland to run trails and live in a van for a few weeks, you outta read this. Chase lists his favorite eight trails and offers some tips on “van life.”

Speaking of England, this guy’s getting ready to run London Marathon in fancy dress shoes.

So I heard there was a few races this weekend? Justin/IRF breaks down all the ultramarathon and trail results right here. More Golden Ticket winners passing on the WS entry…why so?

NatGeo Science: Faith and the Placebo effect mort important than training and genetics.

Interesting: Strava data shows how runners trail for Boston Marathon. Which sex runs more? What’s the average long run?

And here’s how the AR holder for 100 miles Zach Bitter trains for his races. Always interesting to peek into the detailed schedule of an elite.

As I’m sitting here trying to figure out how to watch Boston for free online, track and field has launched a PPV option for all int’l meets. What would you pay to have live footage of key ultramarathon and trail events?

Hayden Hawks set a new FKT for the 48 mile Zion Trail with a 6:50, besting Justin Yates and Mike Foote’s previous record by over 30 minutes.

This ultrarunner is into a different type of IronMan. Rad.

12 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News, Mon, Apr 17"

Mic Med says:

April 17, 2017 at 7:13 am

I’d pay exactly ZERO dollars right now, because there has yet to be a proven viable option for watching an ultramarathon. If the option is a go-pro placed at aid stations, well I’m not paying for that. If the option is following live trackers, like a little blip on a course, i’m not paying for that. I would love to see someone actually produce an ultramarathon, I just don’t see how you could give the viewer a good experience.

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1. Singletrack Guy says:
  
  April 17, 2017 at 7:21 am
  
  I’ll second that. I would never pay for a couple minutes at an aid station and maybe a drone shot or two. Some people are doing some great YouTube videos off trail race action but that’s a long way from good video coverage of an entire ultra
  
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  1. Mic Med says:
    
    April 17, 2017 at 7:23 am
    
    Right. The movies are great and whatnot, I just can’t see a real way to show a quality product to the viewer in real time.
    
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2. Doug says:
  
  April 17, 2017 at 7:25 am
  
  The shame is that there’s a lot of great drama in these races, in the front, middle, and back of the pack. Maybe drones, combined with live tracking, plus a few runners carrying livefeed GoPros? I don’t know the technical side, but it would be sick to be able to really get inside a race like an actual participant.
  
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  1. Mic Med says:
    
    April 17, 2017 at 7:31 am
    
    Agreed, I’m not saying that the sport isn’t worth watching, I’m saying I don’t know how they would handle it in a live feed. And if it’s not a LIVE feed, i’m not paying for it, ya know?
    
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    1. Doug says:
      
      April 17, 2017 at 7:40 am
      
      Oh, no doubt. I remember a couple years back there was ultrasportslive.tv, which was awesome. They would interview the top runners before the race, keep feeds at certain points, and do post race interviews. Seeing their camera as I hobbled down a turn 48 miles into the Squamish 50 was so cool to me.
      
      What we need imo is the next level, there’s definitely a market there if done correctly. I mean, say a handful of racers could be equipped with true live feeds, spread amongst the pack, along with live tracking and real time stats. The interesting stories are there, but this sport brings particular challenges in bringing it out to an audience.
      
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John Onate says:

April 17, 2017 at 7:37 am

http://boston.cbslocal.com/show/watch-boston-marathon/

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Nelson says:

April 17, 2017 at 7:49 am

Sage is passing on WS100 to focus his training for UTMB. Smart decision, if you ask me.

I don’t know about Dakota. Maybe he’s chosen other races as well.

Maybe they don’t want to watch Walmsley disappear in the distance (just kidding).

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Paul beck says:

April 17, 2017 at 9:39 am

Boston was on NBC sports today

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Ryan says:

April 17, 2017 at 11:16 am

I have heard a comparison, that WS is to running as Everest is to mountaineering- it’s the “big one” that you’re “supposed” to do, but it’s not the hardest or the best, so a lot of world class climbers are skipping it for “better” climbs. I wonder if maybe the new generation of top dog ultrarunners are having a similar thought toward WS? I don’t know, having never run it- just speculating based on things I’ve heard and read. Others’ thoughts?Reference

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Travis Fitzgerald says:

April 17, 2017 at 2:52 pm

Really unfortunate to see 85/400 didnt toe the line at LS this year. Is the rate usually that high? When almost 1/4 of entrants dont show up for a sought after race….rustles my jimmies.

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Kyle says:

April 17, 2017 at 4:36 pm

Is a good day for Nike’s Oregon Project in Boston technically not a good day for Nike’s Oregon Project?

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