Ultramarathon Daily News | Tue, Mar 22

A new 200 miler is coming to Nebraska! It’ll run over 200+ railway bridges and cost significantly less than some of the other big races. Cool!

Love was in the air at the finish line of Chuckanut over the weekend.

Everything you wanted to know about when and where you can use the Western States logo.

Remy: US Senate abandons Daylight Savings Time, citing tweet from guy who runs in the morning.

A reminder that Jacky Hunt-Broersma is still running a marathon every day…

Marathon 64 done. Super tired today. #MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/j7peIPuf2M

— Jacky Hunt-Broersma (@NCrunnerjacky) March 22, 2022

Today I learned that Alex Van Halen’s son Aric was a collegiate steeper and ran 2:48 at LA Marthon over the weekend.

World Athletics Prez Seb Coe fears that women’s sports are at risk due to the inclusion of biological men and that’s a good start. Unfortunately, he also seems to also believe that women are essentially just men with lower testosterone.

Here’s an editorial about where to place blame from the EIC of Swimming World Magazine.

I continue to be saddened by the silence of nearly everyone in our sport, especially from those who seem to strongly support women and those who speak out on PED issues. (Of course there are some media groups, races, coaches, and CEOs that fully support self-ID’d trans women into the protected female class.) The number of emails I get in support of my position greatly outweigh any negative comments, but unfortunately, most of those people are too afraid of the “transphobic” repercussions and won’t comment publicly. Staying silent means those on the fringe will drive the narrative, and that will mean the end to girls and women’s sport as we know it.

I get it. Just this weekend, Rea Gyorgy–a female swimmer who competed this weekend and wrote a plea to the NCAA to change its policies–had her Twitter account suspended, but please, stop being scared and take a public stand against this so women’s athletics can maintain its integrity and continue to grow.

The solution is to simply lift your foot, ski, or wheel, and leave the rut. But that initial move is scary. If we can do it, however, we can avoid the crash and set out on a new path.

—Zach Miller’s recipe for getting out of a rut.

The future of Canyons Endurance Run. I’ve been the race announcer since the start and this race is legit. Hope to see some of you out there next month.

SCMP: More on the incredible Mira Rai and how she’s helping her fellow Nepalese girls get out of poverty.

Now go grab your breakfast beer and set off for the day.

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8 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Tue, Mar 22"

micahward says:

March 22, 2022 at 7:36 am

I am the father of three daughters. All competed in running, basketball and soccer. I am firmly of the opinion that athletes should compete in accordance with their birth gender. Yes, it can be a complicated issue with respect to transgender women and men living their lives in our society. But athletic competition shouldn’t be complicated at all. It is a matter of basic fairness. I have a niece who competed in high school and college track. In one high school meet she had to run against a registered female whose skintight shorts revealed obvious male plumbing. Guess who won by an overwhelming margin. Yes, the girl in the skintight shorts. I expect my opinion to result in a resounding hellhacking but I am with you Eric. All sides need to speak without fear, and I expect everyone to afford me the same respect that they expect me to afford their opinion.

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Yogendra Kumar says:

March 22, 2022 at 10:29 am

I firmly believe that birth gender is the way to go. I am compassionate towards those transgender people and cannot imagine the kind of real life difficulties they must go through to live their life. But sports on the other hand is having fairness at the start line, during and after. What if a transgender wants to fight MMA, basketball and so on? Its really unfair for the girls to accept they are being pushed to this corner and force them to accept it to satisfy the feelings of small section of people. If this is allowed, then there is no point in having drug tests right?

A personal thanks to Eric, I have been listening to your podcasts only for the last 6 months or so (but over 50 episodes already) and i find it informative, and fun to listen to all the different kind of runners out there who you might never meet in life. Its been a great inspiration for me, cheers 🙂

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Paul says:

March 24, 2022 at 10:24 am

What I find interesting on the trans women in sports issue is that many of the loudest voices (not saying Eric, Micah, or Yogendra fall into this camp) have not historically been strong defenders of women’s rights.

They dismiss claims of misogyny, they are against abortion rights, against paid leave, say #metoo is overblown, claim the pay gap is a myth, complain about title 9, etc. Now all of the sudden they position themselves as defenders of women’s rights.

Meanwhile, feminists who have a long track record defending women’s rights, by and large support including trans women in sports.

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Chris Sinz says:

March 24, 2022 at 2:03 pm

Eric – selective application of your principle “Don’t be political, why alienate half of your audience” strikes again. To make sure I have the URP tally correct: Clare Gallagher’s environmental activism – bad; Black Lives Matter discourse in running – bad; anti-trans rhetoric – okay! Don’t tell me it’s about fairness in NCAA women’s swimming. And no one needs to hear a “slippery slope” argument.

Life is politics. It’s just a matter of whose side are you on.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  March 28, 2022 at 6:23 am
  
  To be fair Chris, I haven’t said that in years. In this environment, it’s unfortunately necessary to take a position because everything has become political. I try my best to do in a respectful way.
  
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Bala says:

March 25, 2022 at 2:40 pm

Eric – I too am surprised by the relative silence from people who otherwise seemingly support women’s issues. I believe it is entirely possible to be against trans athletes in women’s sports and be trans supporting. Supporting diversity and being inclusive does not mean equality at the expense of another marginalized group. Thank you for continuing to speak up about this deafening silence. It honestly pains me that on this one issue I have to agree with people whose opinions and positions on other women’s issues make me want to puke.

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Brad Bishop says:

March 28, 2022 at 8:21 am

An interesting tidbit from the website of the Cowboy 200:
“1st place male and female will receive a cash reward equal to 10% of the total of their genders registration fees.” (aka $50 per entrant).

At the only race the organization has directed so far (a 100mi last fall), they had 15 male entrants and 1 female entrant, so the prize purse would be $50 for the winning lady and $750 for the winning guy.

Or if you take last year’s Triple Crown of 200 Milers entrants, there’d be 151 F / 350M, so on average the winning male would 2.3x the winning female.

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  March 28, 2022 at 9:09 am
  
  Very interesting. I hadn’t seen that approach before. I’m sure it will be pilloried for being sexist.
  
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