Ultramarathon Daily News, Mon, Oct 19

Two guys are vying to be the best mountain climbers in the world. One of them is named Kilian. Meet the other.

Speaking of mountains, this’ll be the first year in 41 years that no one will have stood atop Everest.

Some ultramarathon and trail results from this past weekend, compiled by Justin.

Did you hear the latest podcast with Mike Foote? Wow! Six hundred miles through some of the most incredible landscape in the country. Definitely check out those pics!

…in that episode, I mentioned to Sarah that I’m having a problem with dehydration. I shoulda mentioned that I’m sweating like crazy when I run, and that’s something new. I’m not crowdsourcing medical advice, but has anyone experienced similar symptoms?

Deena Kastor’s (I still want to say Drossin) ten tips to being awesome.

Football teams and fraternities get away with murder, while a collegiate XC team’s plan to run around naked gets them all suspended. Lame.

Check out this hundred miler in Russia. Kitschy video with the “movie announcer guy” narrating is awesome.

Nine assumptions and confessions about being a runner. Can I add a few about ultra and trail running?

Assumption: We’ve all run Western States.

Confession: Some of us like to watch it and focus on other races.

Assumption: Racing anything less than 26.2 miles is “easy” and “boring.”

Confession: Hardly. Anything less than 26.2 is horrifying and leaves me feeling like I just got beat up.

Are there correlations between training for a race and schooling? Intriguing essay by one of my favorite bloggers.

Hate to be negative, but I continue to hear nothing but bad news about UROC and how the organizers treated not only the volunteers, but the trail as well. Sure hope they get back to where they were a few years ago and are able to refocus on the true nature of our sport.

Another podcast coming this week with a top female who has the potential to shake up the women’s field in a major way. Stay tuned.

Katie says:

October 19, 2015 at 7:56 am

What have you heard about UROC? My friend loved it this year

eric schranz says:

October 19, 2015 at 8:40 am

Very very poor communication with volunteers and by the looks of things, the organizers left markers all over the trails and never cleaned up.
I’ve heard no complaints from runners, just from volunteers and those involved with the presentation of the race.

SCottieB says:

October 19, 2015 at 2:35 pm

Manopause?Reference

Sonia says:

October 19, 2015 at 5:07 pm

I am not surprised to hear about UROC. I volunteered for the race a few years ago and it was a train wreck. The organizers were in over their heads and assumed the volunteers could commit to way more time than was reasonable. The race has never lived up to its hype because of the poor organization and the fact that it has changed courses and venues every year. I’m sad to hear they left markers on the trail.

eric schranz says:

October 20, 2015 at 7:14 am

That situation with the volunteers is exactly what I’ve heard happened in Auburn. The trashing of the trail is a different complaint entirely and one that will likely haunt the organizers for some time.

VA Runner says:

October 19, 2015 at 5:25 pm

Many of the same complaints were made about UROC during the two years it was in VA. I ran it then. Race was fine. Organization, not so much.

Teresa Smith says:

October 19, 2015 at 5:40 pm

Eric, Have you had your thyroid checked lately? My dad suddenly became a heavy “sweater” and his problem was low thyroid levels.

eric schranz says:

October 20, 2015 at 7:13 am

I haven’t, but I will soon. Can’t figure this dang thing out.

drew says:

October 20, 2015 at 5:51 am

eric go in the sauna couple days a week. Its good for alot more then sweating like a giant monkey too.

eric schranz says:

October 20, 2015 at 7:13 am

I’d rather eat cottage cheese than spend time in a sauna, and I HATE cottage cheese.

eric schranz says:

October 20, 2015 at 7:12 am

I take that as a no?

Frederic says:

October 20, 2015 at 8:49 am

Actually, some of us don’t even care about Western States at all.Reference

Liz says:

October 20, 2015 at 2:32 pm

I’m sorry to hear about UROC. I ran the 100k and enjoyed it, but they did seem in over their heads. There were a lot of small things they said they were going to do and did not plus the major error on the course distance from the river crossing to the turn back. There is no way they ran that section prior to the race. I ran it prior to the race with their gpx file and a hand held GPS and knew it was way off going in.

I was hoping it was just pains from being in a new location, but it doesn’t sound like it was.Reference

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