Ultramarathon Daily News | Monday, Dec 17

Justin’s rundown of the ultramarathon and trail racing results from this weekend. Good to see Foote back at it!

Of all the gift guides out there right now, Travis has the best idea…and it’s free.

Gene Dykes just ran a 2:54 marathon at age 70. Incredible! Looks like he’ll be on Candice’s podcast soon.

Not to be outdone by Andrew Snope’s mega heel blister, Timm sent this to me from his run at Tunnel Hill. He ran with it for 35 miles and is now a toe sock devotee.

It’s hard to argue with karma sometimes.

JamJam’s latest Mountain Outhouse News. Of course someone calls him out in the comments for not mentioning every single result. Ugh.

The LetsRun MENSA team analyses Jim Walmsley’s recent monster week of training. Guess what? They don’t approve.

The hierarchy of bad decisions on the trails includes banditing races, littering, and playing loud music. What else am I missing?

Koop: These are the outdoor drills you need to improve your running mechanics.

Holy cow. Just got this years UROY ballot and it’s nuts. So many incredible performances.

Short news day today folks. I’m interviewing the Prince of Pacing Bob Hearn this morning. Very, very excited about this one, and even if you don’t know his name offhand (you should), I promise you’ll learn something. It may be about yurt design, artificial intelligence, Burning Man, or the harpsichord, but I promise, you’ll learn something.

John Maroushek says:

December 17, 2018 at 6:02 am

I’m looking forward to the Bob Hearn episode. I was at Desert Solstice to see Bob “do his thing”! As a 52 year old runner, I hope to pick up some tips as I have just recently registered for the 6 day run at Across The Years on the 28th!

Will says:

December 17, 2018 at 7:20 am

Share the spreadsheet! (Clap, Clap, clap clap clap)

eric schranz says:

December 17, 2018 at 7:49 am

Not sure it’s meant for public consumption. I’ll check later.

1. Will says:
  
  December 17, 2018 at 10:07 am
  
  Thanks Eric! I was afraid it might be for special eyes only, but thought I would ask.

Peter Andersson says:

December 17, 2018 at 8:02 am

That link to the podcast should be the best, but since it’s only showing the first two episodes, and she’s already up to at least seven, I suggest you bookmark this page instead:

https://humansofultrarunning.libsyn.com/

Nelson says:

December 18, 2018 at 6:11 am

Eric, imagine a road guy, a marathoner, national class, who announces he plans on running UTMB as his first ultra (let’s forget about the qualifying process), and not only that but he says he’s going after a top 3 finish against Kilian, Xavier, François, Tim, Jim, Zach, Grinius, Capell, etc. The dude has road speed, so it’s an exciting prospect for some people, while others point at the fact that he ran XC years ago and did sort of well, but hasn’t touched a hill since.

Now imagine this road runner puts his training up on Strava, and as UTMB nears all he does is flat running, track repeats, marathon paced workouts, and some hill sprints here and there. What would the trails and ultra folks have to say about his training?

That’s how people at Let’s Run feel about Jim’s training so far. Sub 64 is no joke. Either he’s already there fitness-wise or he’s going to fail, because his training, impressive as it may be, will do nothing for his half-marathon fitness.

For a guy who’s publicly and repeatedly claimed that he wants to surprise everyone at the Olympic Trials, who’s allowed interviewers to describe him as “one of America’s most talented marathoners”, the way he’s screwing around with his training leading up to Houston is just rubbing road folks the wrong way.

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