Ultramarathon Daily News, Tue, Apr 7

Road runner race day fashions. Anyone want to make one for trails and ultramarathons?

We were all set to interview Ueli Steck prior to his run at Lake Sonoma but just heard from Ueli that he busted his ankle last month, only healed up ten days ago, and won’t be making the trip. Heal up!

…we did manage to chat with two folks who’ll be racing hard though. YiOu Wang is going for her first fifty mile finish, but wants the podium. Jacob Puzey is an ultra coach with McMillan and Ian in Flagstaff and brings a different perspective to Healdsburg. More to come from Max and Kaci today.

IRF’s Men’s Lake Sonoma preview.

Interesting and unfortunate: If you’re a Nepalese runner and wanting to run in Australia, seems you’re out of luck.

It was 82 years ago that the government ended Prohibition and thus, making April 7 National Beer Day! Woot! What’s your favorite style?

One food blogger chick is super pissed off at another food blogger chick and is calling her a liar.

More on trying to establish a database of trail runs.

How are California RD’s dealing with the water crisis?

Science: ~~Not enough~~ evidence shows that “streneous” may not be bad for you after all.

Apple Watch vs Fitbit Surge face off.

I’ll be camping at Liberty Glen Campground (mile 19 and 31) at Lake Sonoma on Friday night if anyone’s interested. Shoot me an email ([email protected]) if you’re looking for rustic lodging.

10 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News, Tue, Apr 7"

Paul says:

April 7, 2015 at 6:39 am

“What’s your favorite style?”

Cold?

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francois says:

April 7, 2015 at 7:28 am

Tripel!Reference

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Bridget says:

April 7, 2015 at 7:32 am

I tried following “Food Babe’s” blog a year or so ago because I agreed with her that people need to take a closer look at what’s in their food and question ingredients they don’t recognize. However, I stopped taking following her after reading a couple of arguments she had over chemicals where she lacked any scientific explanation or knowledge whatsoever of why we should avoid them. Although I do think that if she inspires people to eat more natural un-processed foods than that’s phenomenal. I just don’t get the attack on her, if you don’t like what she has to say than stop listening to her and unsubscribe from her blog, its that easy!

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1. Mtunpaved says:
  
  April 7, 2015 at 8:23 am
  
  The problem is she is using silly scare tactics and not science.
  
  Example: What If I told you that a chemical that’s used as a disinfectant, used in industrial laboratory for hydrolysis reactions, and can create a nasty chemical burn is also a common ingredient in salad dressing, would you panic? Be suspicious that the industries were poisoning your children? Think it might cause cancer? Sign a petition to have it removed?
  
  What if I DID not tell you I was talking about vinegar, otherwise known as acetic acid?
  
  People need to not believe everything they read on the internet, & do some research. It drives me nuts when my mom forwards every hysterical (were all going to die) email she gets without doing some research first.
  
  Also I certainly agree with you on eating less processed foods.
  
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eric schranz says:

April 7, 2015 at 8:22 am

Strong American Ales or sours. Which ever is in front of me.Reference

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Paul B says:

April 7, 2015 at 9:26 am

The food babe is interesting. It’s good she is getting more people to eat less processed food and she is getting some companies to change ingredients that are not found in Europe, which have stricter laws, but found in the US. That’s good. You also have to keep in mind that many of the attacks on her are people paid by the big food companies because she is effecting their profit. And big companies will do just about anything to keep their profits growing. She uses traditional catch phrase scare tactics in her marketing because it works and gets peoples attention. She’s has proven she’s smart in business. She has also never claimed she’s a scientist. She does pay attention to what is in food. Some of what she says is blown over the top and some is good. I do not follow her because I find her emails and blog post annyoying because I don’t eat the stuff she talks about and fights for, and I’m still glad she is around. The big food companies have been running rampant for a few decades now with no checks and balances and now they have someone standing up to them saying some of your shit needs to change. The food companies are out to make money and to do that they make many of their products to be addictive so that you want and will eat more. Look at our population and see how sick and overweight we are. Much of that is due to the western diet. I do believe we need people like her and it’s good to see us going through a food revolution. If you don’t like her simply don’t follow her. She has done some good though. Chemist are also going to fight for their products to say they are safe and edible because they get paid to make products to put in food to taste better and last longer. It’s business they make their livelihood that way so of course they are going to claim they are safe. Many people in the FDA are on the boards/own big food companies, meat processing plants and other businesses that are out to make their business easier to make money and are not out to look out for the consumer. That is not a good system and the FDA is screwed up. It needs to change.

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1. Guy Love says:
  
  April 7, 2015 at 1:08 pm
  
  The majority of the “banned in Europe” additives she attacks are banned due to restrictive trade laws which force companies to support certain sources and not others. She is good in business, but she does use pseudo-science to support her claims–and she is most definitely full of shit.
  
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Mike V says:

April 7, 2015 at 3:57 pm

DIPA!

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Danny says:

April 7, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Total non-sequiter, but is anyone hearing any buzz about the third Summits of my Life film? Coming soon?

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Norma says:

April 7, 2015 at 4:31 pm

One food blogger is super pissed off at another food blogger and is calling her a liar.

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