Ultramarathon Daily News | Mon, Oct 28

IRF/Mock: Justin Mock runs down all the trail and ultramarathon results from this weekend. My hot takes:
-Camille Herron continues to take down road ultramarathon records. Besting the 24hr WR by eight miles is pretty spectacular.
-Annapurna Trail Marathon in Nepal looked pretty promising with Davide Magnini keeping up with Kilian on the ascent, but was unceremoniously dropped on the way down.
-Javelina winners Kaci Lickteig and Pat Reagan…two or my favorite runners and both excellent ambassadors for this ridiculous sport.

Business Insider: “Wellness Influencer” tells people that shampoo, store receipts, and shower curtains are making them fat.
Please stop listening to these people.

Looking for gift ideas? Here’s a thread with a ton of great MUT book suggestions.

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— ultrarunnerpodcast (@UltraRunnerPod) October 27, 2019

WA Trails Assn: Heading off on a big adventure? Learn how to read the clouds to ensure you stay safe in the great outdoors.

Treeline Journal: What running means to mothers. Good insight. Have you subscribed to their page yet?

Sonoma County is on fire again and winds tomorrow are supposed to be fierce. Here’s an interview Sarah and I did two years ago with Chris Jones about running hundreds and fighting fires in the area.

Fast Women (link fixed): Alison Wade covers all the results from Camille to Maggie to the IAU’s decision to allow Sinead Kane to use a sighted guide at the 24 hour championships. Though I consider myself supportive of the blind and visually impaired running community, I think this decision crosses the line. Running with a guide simply provides too much of an advantage over sighted runners.

FKT: Jenny Hoffman takes a DNF at her trans-con attempt after 42 days.

Had an interview planned for today, but picked up the cold from the kids and my voice is gone. Hopefully better by midweek. Thanks for the patience.

Nicolas says:

October 28, 2019 at 8:03 am

Not on Twitter so can’t comment there, but _Runner_ by Lizzy Hawker isn’t bad (not great, but a pleasant read). _The Longest Race_ by Ed Ayres (about the JFK 50) is pretty good. Not about ultra or trail, but _Running with the Pack_ by Mark Rowlands is a great philosophy book about running. And I second recommendations on Bernd Heinrich.

eric schranz says:

October 28, 2019 at 8:09 am

I haven’t read any of those, so thanks for recommendations.

Sabine says:

October 28, 2019 at 9:49 am

There is a new and huge FKT: Guillaume Arthus, aka Runnexplorer, has set a new unsupported FKT at the Via Alpina (red route). The Via Alpina follows the Alps from Triest in the east to Monaco in the west. It is 1656 miles long and covers 560000 (!) feet of altitude change. Guillaume startet on September 14 at 5:50 a.m. and finished today in Monaco at about 2:45 p.m. This means that he has done this huge run through alpine terrain in approx. 45 days and 9 hours. A huge achievement, particularly he had everything the weather could throw at him in this time of year: Torrential downpour, snow and ice.

eric schranz says:

October 28, 2019 at 12:26 pm

Ah, I missed that! Thanks Sabine! I remember Guillaume talking about that adventure during our interview earlier this year. Can’t wait to hear more.

Paul says:

October 28, 2019 at 10:06 am

No running library is complete without Daniels’ Running Formula (I like the 2nd edition the best, I think 3rd is a little bloated). If you are looking more for inspiration than training, a couple older running related books that are pretty good are Iron Will about the Hawaii Ironman and Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth about adventure racing (Raid Guillases, Eco challenge, etc).

If I had to choose between running blindfolded with a guide or running alone with my eyes open I would choose running alone every time. I can’t imagine any amount of training with a blindfold changing my choice. For that reason I’m fine with the guide. I think it’s a shame she had to sue to get into the race.

RichardG says:

October 28, 2019 at 12:01 pm

Fast Women link doesn’t work. Thanks Eric!