Ultramarathon Daily News | Mon, Aug 26

iRunFar: Trail and ultramarathon results from this weekend, courtesy of Justin Mock at iRunFar. A few thoughts:
–I wish Matt Carpenter were still racing at the top today. He’s the only MUT. runner I know of with a higher VO_2max than Kilian and seeing them head to head would be incredible. (Matt’s has been measured as high as 94.9, a few points above KJ’s.)
-Zach Bitter’s new 100 mile world record. It looks like they’re still trying to figure out if it’s considered road or track, but it doesn’t matter…Zach clicked off 100 miles at 6:47 pace with negative splits AND broke his own 12 hour record. More on that below.
-Maude Mathys’ (winner of Pike’s women’s race) story about banned drug use is one we need to learn from: Rules are there for a reason and need to be applied the same to everyone, regardless of intent. The #cleansport discussion is pointless without massive TUE reform.
-Nice to see Sage do so well. I know he’s been working hard and this must feel great!
–Yitka wins Cascade Crest 100! Fantastic!

100m fast guy Christian Coleman is at jeopardy of missing the Olympics unless he gets his out-of-comp testing schedule in order.

George Zack has some good insight on Pike’s Peak right this way.

Here’s some preliminary numbers crunching from Zach’s world record:

Edit- 11:19:13* pending ratification.
1st 50 mi 5:40:38, 2nd 50 5:38:35, 2 min negative split.
3:29 50K
7:03 100km
10:35 150km (3 successive ~3:30 50km).
6:48 min/ mile. 4 consecutive 2:58 marathons.@zbitter @MountainOutpost @iRunFar @paceonearth @PettitCenter #SixDaysDome
— SteelTownRunner (@SteelTownRunner) August 25, 2019

RunSpirited: Henry catches up with Michele Yates while deals with continuing hip/bone issues. Here’s our chat with her from last year.

Meet some of DC’s race directors.

CNN: What a great story about an equestrian who won Tevis Cup this year. She’s 18 and did it on a horse she got for free off Craigslist.
Lots of lessons in here, folks.

Dark, dark humor from The Onion

The WMRA youth race in Italy shows how important each member of the team is to success. While the girls hit the podium, the boys were 4 points off third place. Looks like a great event!

So what did ya think of my commentary at the end of Zach Violett’s episode regarding HOKA’s decision to stop sponsoring San Diego 100 because of the claims of racism from a few weeks ago? Here’s Let’s Run trying to make sense of it. My take? I think it’s a bad, bad move that shows zero backbone or real support for the community. You?

This ad popped up on a sidebar and it caught my eye. It’d make a pretty cool race shirt, don’t you think?

Business: I’d love to know how run specialty store owners/managers feel about this new delivery program. Anyone?

Job opening: Want to coach MUT runners with Koop and CTS? More info at the link.

Apparently it’s National Dog Day? Well, we got a new puppy late last week. Great dog, except his schedule is flipped upside down…sleeps all day and up all night. Woof.
If yours is awake, here are some great adventures to take with your pooch, courtesy of NatGeo.

14 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Mon, Aug 26"

brett says:

August 26, 2019 at 8:08 am

Kilian was 5 years old when Carpenter ran 3:16. 1993 was a long time ago

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 26, 2019 at 8:53 am
  
  And the record still stands.
  
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tdock29 says:

August 26, 2019 at 9:56 am

I volunteered at the Penny Pines 1 Aid Station at this year’s SD 100. Honestly, when I first saw the article with the accusations of racism I thought to myself, “I wonder which aid station that was?” When I found out it was PP 1, I was dumbfounded. Through the whole 8+ hours I was there, there was nothing to indicate a confrontation or offense occurred. We were all focused on taking care of the runners and making sure they got what they needed. Over the course of the day I did tell a few observers or potential crew members their runner could be disqualified if they were crewed at our non-crew aid station. Many of the people I told were surprised but accepted the information and moved on. For me, what happened last year at Hardrock was top-of-mind, and I wanted to make sure folks knew their actions could cause the disqualification of their friend or family member and nullify all of the hard work done to prepare for the event.

I don’t recall any interactions with either of the individuals alleging racism at PP1. All I can speak to is how amazing the Aid Station captains (Sanam and Dax) and the other volunteers working that day were. From where I was handing out the drop bags I saw Sanam tending to the feet of multiple runners and getting them to a spot where they could continue towards their goal. I saw random aid station volunteers giving sweaty cramping runners massages and bringing them everything they asked for. In short, I saw the love and community that many of us think of when we think of Ultrarunning.

I’ve not seen any posts from Hoka or the SD 100 regarding Hoka ending their sponsorship (Hoka is still listed as a sponsor on the SD 100 web page). If it’s true, no matter what the reason, I feel bad for the RDs (Angela and BJ) who put so much time and effort into our local ultrarunning community. They’re not directing the SD 100 to get rich – they do it because they love ultrarunning and ultrarunners. They hosted multiple training runs and course previews in the months leading up to SD 100 – all of which were open to SD 100 participants and non-participants and offered free aid during the run and food/beverages after the run. The loss of a major sponsor like Hoka could impact similar events, or at the very least require the RDs to divert their focus from the race and it’s participants to finding replacement sponsors.

If there is a silver lining to this it’s that adversity often brings us closer together. It’s now time for the Ultrarunning community to return the years of support Sanam, Dax, Angela, and BJ have given to us by letting them know how much we appreciate them, and that we will be here for them and the SD 100.

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scott says:

August 26, 2019 at 10:37 am

Haven’t heard the episode yet. Can you link to where Hoka or SD100 talk about the reason for the split?

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 26, 2019 at 10:44 am
  
  Hoka has declined a public comment, but it is confirmed that they are no longer sponsoring the event.
  I don’t believe SD100 has made a public announcement.
  
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SteelTownRunner says:

August 26, 2019 at 11:10 am

There’s no confusion – without getting into a long, convoluted, and technical explanation, Zach’s mark will be treated as road. The few who actually care to follow this stuff and make some surface distinctions, will note that it was run on a track.

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Paul says:

August 26, 2019 at 11:40 am

Regarding your commentary on SD100 – I think you do yourself a disservice by using terms like social justice warrior and snowflake. Those are terms used by the alt-right to belittle and demean critics.

Regarding the issue itself – Without having seen it myself, it is hard to judge, although I’m inclined to believe the aid station captain. There is enough in the accusers’ own account (such as spectating their runner at an non-spectating aid station and lying about it) that casts doubt on the rest of it.

Regarding Hoka – Is this incident the reason they are leaving? Or is it for another reason? One of the posters in the Let’s Run thread suggested they are leaving because they are becoming sponsors of another race and that this is just coincidence. It seems strange that Hoka would leave over an unknown activist making an accusation like this. The NFL, NBA, MLB, the Olympics, NCAA, etc, surely have someone somewhere accusing them of racism and we don’t see them suffering from a lack of sponsors.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 26, 2019 at 12:25 pm
  
  Snowflake and SJW are/were terms that perfectly describe this type of person and it makes no difference to me who else uses them.
  
  In terms of HOKA, I have confirmation that this was the impetus for them backing away from the event. Unfortunately they’re still declining to issue a statement or press release so we can’t know their side of the story.
  
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Justin says:

August 26, 2019 at 12:16 pm

Agee on this point. The reality is none of us actually *knows* what happened there. We have three accounts of two positions which contradict each other. None of which precludes people from having a POV, but when it gets into random ad hominem attacks I’m not sure what that serves.

All that said, we all know that there are racist people, and there are people who do things that are racist. Assuming that one side is telling the truth because “they’re good people” or because you’ve run the race, or because you’ve not personally experienced anything negative is a weird sort of faulty logic that would appear to belie some preconceived notions of who’s trustworthy and who isn’t.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 26, 2019 at 12:21 pm
  
  It’s true. I wasn’t there (nor have I ever been to SD100), but when one side is hysterical with myriad claims of different -isms, I’m not inclined to trust anything they say. In this situation, I believe the volunteers.
  
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Nicolas says:

August 28, 2019 at 7:21 am

Of course you deleted my comment. Of course. A civil one at that. Oh Eric.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  August 28, 2019 at 8:07 am
  
  Nick, you have a long history of negative and nasty comments on this site, and I’ve warned you numerous times–both publicly and privately–that I have a zero tolerance policy for repeat violators like you. Yesterday I exercised that policy and marked your comment as spam.
  
  Constructive discussion and criticism is welcome here, but when you have a long record of shitting on everything, I’m a bit less accepting.
  
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Nicolas says:

August 28, 2019 at 8:31 am

Eric, I simply asked you if you were really interested in knowing what we though of your commentary since you’ve been quite dismissive of dissenting voices. Maybe you just asked a rhetorical question and don’t really want to hear more about it, and that’s fine. Hence my question. I asked *because I don’t want to risk annoying you with my point of view if you don’t want to hear it.* You can keep dissing me for no reason. Your house, your rules, but that’s getting a little harsh and unwelcoming. I thought we were part of the same “community”. Maybe not so after all?

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Paul says:

August 31, 2019 at 1:31 pm

Hoka no longer shows up on the SD 100 website as a sponsor.

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