Ultramarathon Daily News | Mon, July 11

iRunFar/Mock: Justin runs down all the results from the trail running and ultramarathon races from this past weekend.

Hardrock Update: Sabrina Stanley will not be running Hardrock this year. She’s one of my favorite athletes so naturally I’m bummed she’s taken a DNS, but hey, she’s standing up for what she believes is right. ~~What I’d be most interested in is to hear~~ ~~how~~ Sabrina thinks the HR Board should change. I understand the complaints and arguments, but what policies specifically should be retired, and which new policies should be adopted to make the entry process more fair?

SF Chronicle: Air quality, fires, climate change, and how it all affects runners.

Trailrunner Mag: Are fizzy waters bad for your bones?

I didn’t realize Camille Herron started her menstrual cycle on the day of Western States. Yikes! In this podcast, she discusses it in depth.

Badwater starts today. Here’s how and where to follow along.

Short film about how a group of trans men found trail running.

Haha. Somewhat relatable?

Jamil got some sweet footage from Broken Arrow. Check out the 52k right this way.

Outside/Prelle: Time to revisit a touching essay by Monica Prelle about losing her dad and what running meant to their relationship. Grab a tissue and tuck in.

Many of you have been with URP since the beginning. Guess what? Sunny turns 13 today.

11 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Mon, July 11"

Mary Prince says:

July 11, 2022 at 9:08 am

Did you read Sabrina Stanley’s IG post?She states what she’d like changed

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Mary Prince says:

July 11, 2022 at 9:30 am

Eric did you read Sabrina Stanley’s post on IG?
She states what she thinks should change.
She has a lot of support.
Oh & very Happy Birthday-to your runner girl!

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Pete says:

July 11, 2022 at 11:53 am

Not that I agree with all of them but Sabrina Stanley *is* proposing policy changes: (a) pure lottery only, no more weighted entries to previous finishers (b) open disclosure of the “secret” hand-picked entries, and (c) a 50/50 M/F balance. I wonder if runners like [just a sampling] Betsy Nye, Nancy Hamilton, Betsy Kalmeyer, Margaret Smith, and Darcy Piceu think they’ve been “neglected since the start of the event”. It’s a strong word that I think is being unfairly applied to the HR director and board.

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Mary Prince says:

July 11, 2022 at 12:30 pm

Pete I hardly think the women you mention feel neglected. They get into that race all the time. Darcy absolutely should be racing but the others? Give up your spot to a deserving female who has no shot in hell getting in.

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Konrad Gannon says:

July 11, 2022 at 12:58 pm

Or more appropriately perhaps, “Would you crew for me?”

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Bruce Cyra says:

July 11, 2022 at 1:20 pm

Congrats to Sunny and your family, the time has flown by!!!

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Des says:

July 11, 2022 at 2:09 pm

LOL, a “pure lottery” that is rigged to get a 50/50 M/F split? Sounds totally rational.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  July 11, 2022 at 4:31 pm
  
  The 50/50 split is hilarious since we can’t even define those words.
  
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john says:

July 11, 2022 at 5:48 pm

so much hyperbole folks, and such (clutch my pearls) indignation, at what is at best, an opaque and slightly cultish system/event. Eric, don’t worry about defining 50/50 – not really THE issue ( you are a little obsessed. “hilarious,” says it all). there are a lot of issues with equity/exclusion in general, that makes the event less fun unless you are the beneficiary of your first entry – which automatically elevates you to an increased likelihood of subsequent entries (not trail work, or volunteerism on the trails or course, or anything other than the secret society pick of 6). certainly not a meritocracy, you might not have ever finished in any of your chances, yet…you can prevent a worthy runner (not racer) from gaining entry. i’m sure it could be done better. we all understand the spirit of the run (not race). the mountains there are special and the vibe is all the more reason to try to promote inclusivity and transparency for what is ostensibly, a soul run, of no competitive value (or it would be a race). if you want to get hippie, then be hippie. open to all – more inclusive criteria, more opportunity with transparency. opportunity for more people to race or run, not just the same old “runners,” not “racers.” it wreaks of the old guard mentality. this is just how it is. that said, also, a private event – so it is their prerogative on how they run things, but it just seems like the public is interested in more. not asking for the woke police here. just some reasonable progress.

btw, if not a race, why should it get full time coverage at IRF?

this whole thing is just exhausting!! year after year. it’s actually getting kind of boring. just the comments above…kind of annoying and overly simple. maybe i’ll just go troll some old school gravel racers, it’s going though its own growing pains (which trail running should be done with by now).

Dakota – where are you on all this? not climate, but an issue nonetheless. huge footprints fan, btw, and cheering for you (running, not racing).

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Pete says:

July 11, 2022 at 5:58 pm

Yes Mary but by that logic, men are neglected at Hard Rock too. Two of the names I mentioned were finishers in the first years of Hard Rock (early 90s). If the Hard Rock Board was indeed ignoring women, as is claimed, we would have heard about it. You may not like Hard Rock favoring their legacy finishers (women and men both) but it has nothing to do with females being neglected.

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JONATHAN says:

July 12, 2022 at 7:21 pm

It seems as if one is not happy with the way a race director decides who can run in their race (lottery, weighted lottery, first come first served, previous winner, top 10, etc) one has a few choices:
1. don’t enter the race
2. enter, and accept the results whether you get in or not
3. become a race director and you can have whatever system you choose….
this applies not only to Hardrock, but any other race, including your local 5km!

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