Ultramarathon Daily News, Thurs, July 23

This is going to be awesome. US Mountain Running Championships are in Bend, OR this weekend with some seriously fast dudes. Here’s IRF’s preview.

Dane’s throwing some more bombs: The fallacy of fat and fit. What do you think?

Great words and images from an aid station at Mt Hood 50.

I can never read too many Hardrock reports or see too many pictures. Here’s Chris’ story from a tough fought race.

No matter how many times I read about descending, I still don’t feel I’ve improved over the past ten years.

A group of friends in NY tried to get their running buddy chicked for his birthday. For 99% of the population, that sentence has an entirely different meaning.

I thought I was harsh on Lance. This writer really doesn’t like him. A lot.

Must be nice to win your first hundred miler…especially when she said it was fun and easy.

In a fringe sport like ours, the outliers are really far out there. The folks running Sri Chimnoy are putting in some serious miles around a block in NY with the leader clocking over 70 miles a day for six weeks straight.

Site news: Recording new podcast today with a guy who’s got a crazy story to tell. Can’t wait to hear it and share it.

…and the contest winner goes to…Jeff B from Truckee California gets a new shirt (and some URP swag) from slow & co. Thanks to all those who’ve helped out the site. I appreciate the support.

Stephen says:

July 23, 2015 at 7:10 am

I guess I separate the Lance case into two issues.
1. Is Lance a dick? Answer is yes without question. Lance was (and maybe still is) a dick. The numerous people he bullied is proof enough. Lance was a dick to all the cancer victims he lied to as well. Has he changed or learned? I don’t know. He was a dick for so long it is hard to believe. I did think the Trail Running article was amusing.
2. Did Lance win the Tour or should he have the titles? Yes. He won. He won in a field that was level (they were all cheating). Recall that the European cyclist were wildly upset only at his unorthodox training methods which happened to be training on the actual race route. They did not complain about cheating because they did not want more tests either. The Tour needs to give him the jersey or give it to the next person in line. If they don’t give it to the next in line, then they know that person was cheating too and on down the line.
Bonus issue:
3. Was Lance really that great a rider? Not compared to Eddy Merckx and others (Merckx was a total beast). Lance won the same race for several years. Eddy won several races for years. We Americans just happen to know Lance over the numerous other talented cyclist. Looking at the bigger picture, Lance is just not the stud we thought he was in the grand scheme of things.

eric schranz says:

July 23, 2015 at 7:28 am

Nailed it. Agree with everything you wrote.

Tha Messenjah says:

July 23, 2015 at 8:20 am

Preach!!!!! 🙂

Andy Rhine says:

July 23, 2015 at 8:19 am

Cool, something for my run this weekend!Reference

Austin says:

July 23, 2015 at 8:57 am

I agree with most of what Dane is saying. You can definitely be a ‘runner’ and be overweight, but it doesn’t make you healthy. I think a lot of people are driven by the idea of races and medals and posting them on social media, rather than getting outside and running for the enjoyment of it and to live a healthy lifestyle. Runners World often promotes this part of running rather than using it to live a healthy lifestyle.

That being said, I’m looking forward to enjoying a few pale ales and some pizza at the brewery tonight.Reference

fat guy in little coat says:

July 23, 2015 at 10:32 am

He’s completely right though, you cannot be fat AND healthy, at least not the kind of fat that the word “obese” is attached to. RW caters to the masses because thats 99% of their readers and appear to promote “health” by including some recipes every once in a while. I agree running should be about running. You don’t need an excuse like collecting medals or raising funds for charity or even being healthy – those things are great, but running just because you actually want to and enjoy it, is enough.

Paul says:

July 23, 2015 at 11:11 am

The leader, Ashprihanal, is averaging over 76mi per day, though he hasn’t topped 70mi every day (had a strong first day over 80 and had a bad day with 59.8). Ashprihanal is on record pace and should finish tomorrow barring anything unexpected – to top Wolfgang Schwerk (one of the few runners to ever offer serious competition to Kouros). The #2 runner, Galya, has run over 70 every day from the beginning of the race.Reference

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