Ultramarathon Daily News, Thurs, Apr 20

Sarah interview the guys–Jamil, Schuyler, and Michael–behind Mountain Outpost. Very funny stuff. Here’s the latest video where Jamil and Schuyler ambush an aid station at Lake Sonoma with a couple of fake arms.

~~Ten bizarre ways runners treat their injuries.~~ Proof the Placebo Effect is real.

E-“Sports” in the Olympics? WTF?

25 year old with no climbing equipment looking up at 400′ rock face in San Francisco in a wind and rain storm: “Hey bro, hold my beer.”

Fantastic: What separates champions from almost-champions? Read it.

Happy Holidays to those living in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Washington, Nevada, DC, Oregon, and Colorado. Try to get some work done today, OK?

We’re probably not going to see these at any aid stations any time soon, but new technology produces clean drinking water out of thin air.

Interesting article on how a trail runner’s supposed PF was actually a psychosomatic pain caused by divorce.

Lance Armstrong, Rāce Director. And appārently a fan of macrons too.

Science folks help me out here: Cooling your body down with an iced drink is most effective for endurance exercise if taken in between warm up and work out? Right?

Why am I so impressed by this? Video that shows how spectators cross street during Boston Marathon.

Jill writes about spring in Boulder (and a rebirth of her blog.)

Leslie takes some well-deserved time off from trail running and is loving it. We all need that once in awhile to recharge both mentally and physically.

Who’s the new sponsor for the USATF Junior Olympics Track and Field Champs? Yes, a chocolate company.

13 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News, Thurs, Apr 20"

DMax says:

April 20, 2017 at 7:13 am

“Riders will encounter … some local wildlife, including zebras, ostriches, llamas and longhorns.”

Zebras, ostriches and llamas are local wildlife in Texas? Who knew.

Not a Lance fan, and this does nothing to change that for me.

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scott says:

April 20, 2017 at 7:17 am

“…has yet to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee, and no one is petitioning to add eSports to the Games.”

The definition of a clickbait title.

And besides the extreme unlikelihood of this ever happening (BJJ couldn’t even get into Rio), most of the good teams from all the major games are internationally mixed and making millions of dollars playing in their sports. They’re not going to add in another tournament that doesn’t pay anything and practice with all their opponents.Reference

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  April 20, 2017 at 7:25 am
  
  Excellent point about both MMA and the money gamers currently earn.
  
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Arvid says:

April 20, 2017 at 8:14 am

Ugh. It’s not that he was a doper that was so egregious; there can be forgiveness for that over time I suppose. It’s that he took down so many other people along the way and refused to take responsibility. Fuckhead.Reference

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timsbike says:

April 20, 2017 at 9:04 am

Eric, you need to join the “Reinstate Greg LeMond as America’s Favorite Cyclist” FB page.

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1. G-man says:
  
  April 20, 2017 at 12:42 pm
  
  Love him or hate him. His podcast is really good.
  
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  1. Paul beck says:
    
    April 21, 2017 at 7:27 am
    
    Yeah it is a good podcast with some really interesting guests
    
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aaron s. says:

April 20, 2017 at 10:29 am

Maybe ‘coz it took 120 years to come up with it! I noticed that the course was being funneled down to half the road in several points from Brookline to the end, but I had no idea why. As far as I can recall, that’s a new strategy this year. (Though I was kinda out of it last year, so I might have just not noticed.)Reference

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  April 20, 2017 at 2:33 pm
  
  Yeah, I’ve never seen that done anywhere else. Very cool when you have 5 traffic control people and a very wide street.
  
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Robert Bird says:

April 20, 2017 at 10:41 am

I’m not science folk, but I do recall reading the prior study that found there was a measureable improvement in performance from pre-cooling your body. It explored techniques such as cooling vests and drinking a slurpee before a race.

In the book Waterlogged Tim Noaks suggested that core body temperature can be a limiting factor on performance like VO2 max. Fatigue in response to rising core body temperature is a natural defense mechanism. To prevent heat stroke, you experience increasing fatigue as your core body temperature reaches a dangerous level, this forces you to slow down, reducing your exertion level and consequently your body temperature. He even went so far as to suggest that under normal conditions healthy athletes should not be capable of running themselves into a state of heat stroke – it requires some other factor like extreme heat and humidity (however you can acclimate to this or even be genetically blessed with the ability to perform well in these conditions), illness, genetic predisposition to heat stroke, drug side effects, etc.

So I can see where it makes sense that pre-cooling your body might give you the advantage of performing at a high level just a little bit longer before you reach that temperature limiter.Reference

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1. Garrett says:
  
  April 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm
  
  But what’s the increase in performance you get by using a rectal thermometer? 😉
  
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EmilioR says:

April 21, 2017 at 2:20 pm

Ugh, indeed!Reference

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Leslie O'Dell says:

April 21, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Thanks for the mention again! Hopefully the next one will involve running! Haha.

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