Ultramarathon Daily News, Thurs, Sep 17

Great article about the amount of recovering/former addicts in our sport. Off the top of my head, I’d name Catra Corbett, Dean K, and Charlie Engel as past URP guests who’ve battled the disease.

A backpacker’s training guide for a 100 miler.

The five best yoga moves for athletes.

Did you read John’s account of running his first ultramarathon, just three years after he started running? He details his preparation, training, execution, and recovery.

Awesome! No longer a spectator, the Endurance Athlete’s Wife starts running on her own and…likes it!

Tahoe Rim Trail. Last weekend, near Armstrong Pass.

WADA releases list of personas non grata. Mamma mia, Italia!

Woot woot! Founders Brews are coming to California!

Read this and post it somewhere in your house: The Ten Commandments of Healthy Running.

Here’s an interesting analysis of the finishing kick. What gives us power at the end of a race?

CBS This Morning highlights Skyrunning with a bunch of familiar faces.

How many times have we mocked new “scientific findings” on these pages? This guy takes on climate change, paleo/Celiacs, and evolution.

I guess this is the English version of an OCR? Some adventure sports, mixed in with charity, running, eating bugs, and painting with your boobs?

16 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News, Thurs, Sep 17"

Arvid McFly says:

September 17, 2015 at 6:45 am

Interesting that this article about the fallibility of ‘science’ shows up on the same day as ‘Ten Commandments of Healthy Running’. I wonder how many of these commandments fall in the category of shoddy science? Some of them already clearly have, and many of the others are based on some pretty shaky foundations. We need guidelines for sure, but taking much of this stuff as pure gospel just because someone says its so is the reason it gets propagated for so long.Reference

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1. Alex says:
  
  September 17, 2015 at 7:11 am
  
  Heh. Good point. I suppose that’s why the article invokes religious imagery: You really do have to take it on faith. As such, it helps that Roche is really accomplished/fast himself. Appeals to authority are vital in that sort of argumentation.
  
  The article itself does seem reasonable, though I’d suggest shoes are good for 2-3 times the mileage suggested, and that the evidence for foam rolling is basically anecdotal. Also worth noting that the studies done on elite Kenyan/Ethiopian running camps document substantial caloric deficits during the hardest training – though extrapolating from the elite of the elite is always tricky.
  
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2. David R. says:
  
  September 17, 2015 at 1:50 pm
  
  Believe, my son.
  
  /I have no idea what I’m talking about
  
  Seriously, I think that’s a great take. In exercise science, I would argue that the best data is often anecdotal, simply because people have figured out what works through lots of trial and error over the years (and there are no really good, big-pharma funded studies on foam rolling or whatever). For example, no one really knows why 2-a-days work. But if you don’t do 2-a-days, you won’t have a chance on the track anytime soon, even if you’re doing the same mileage. The injury tips are things I’ve gleaned over the years from lots and lots of stud runners and normal people. I think that doing them maximizes a person’s chances of staying healthy.
  
  But, to repeat, I barely have any idea what I’m talking about.
  
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  1. Arvid McFly says:
    
    September 17, 2015 at 4:02 pm
    
    Oh man, thanks for weighing in. I didn’t mean any disrespect (although I do see that it could be seen that way, so thanks for not taking me too seriously!), but I guess I am just tired of articles with titles like “the 5 strengthening exercises that all runners must do!” and “the supplement that every runner should be using”. There is a ton of good information out there, and it takes time to consider the source and reliability before just mindlessly following along. If I did every strengthening exercise and stretch that I am told I have to do, I wouldn’t have time to run, which is really all I want to do. It’s just too easy to accept without thinking. I’m constantly amazed at what the human body can do by following any number of practices, many of which are directly contrary to ‘common sense’. To me, much of the science is like multiplying two numbers with single decimal place together, and then trying to justify an answer with 16 decimal places. Sometimes it just ain’t significant.
    
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    1. David R. says:
      
      September 18, 2015 at 9:19 am
      
      You are totally right in many ways! It all bout dem clicks doe 🙂
      
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David Nowaczewski says:

September 17, 2015 at 6:49 am

Oh, you will be loving life!Reference

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eric schranz says:

September 17, 2015 at 6:52 am

Fair point.

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Francois says:

September 17, 2015 at 7:24 am

I don’t know the first thing about how WADA gets names on that list, but I’d suspect that Italy has a tougher enforcing agency or law than any of the countries listed. Which probably means they catch more Italians than other countries’ athletes, and not that more Italians use PED…Reference

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1. Anders says:
  
  September 17, 2015 at 1:34 pm
  
  You are correct. Italy has the toughest inforcement law and agency in the world. In contrast to some other countries for ex US.
  That is the main reason why there are more people from Italy than from US on the list.
  However I do not defend any of the Italian people on the list that has been connected to PEDs. They should be banned from our sport.
  
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Alex Varner says:

September 17, 2015 at 8:18 am

Who’s Ian Sherman?Reference

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1. Tim says:
  
  September 17, 2015 at 7:07 pm
  
  The fastest Elvis in the world, of course.
  
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Anthony Molina says:

September 17, 2015 at 9:50 am

This is just a quick question for you guys. I wanted to know if you have had and post in the past talking about weight training for ultra runners?

Thanks,

Anthony Molina

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  September 17, 2015 at 10:37 am
  
  Anthony,
  No, we haven’t. I’m sure we’ve had guests mention cross training, but I’ve never spoken at length about it.
  eric
  
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MF says:

September 17, 2015 at 10:44 am

Nice to see Kaci Lickteig listed on the elite women’s field for the NYC Marathon
http://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-releases/defending-champion-mary-keitany-to-lead-womens-field-at-the-2015-tcs-new-york-city-marathon

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Danny says:

September 17, 2015 at 5:39 pm

Tim Olson?Reference

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Bobby says:

September 18, 2015 at 6:39 am

I just picked up my yearly case of breakfast and the imperial stout. Enjoy them!!!

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