Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, Aug 9

How to trail for a 100 mile ultramarathon. How’d you do it?

Update on Ellie’s injuries and racing schedule.

Running 100 miles is tough. Swimming 100 miles has got to be really tough. Swimming 100 miles in a current-neutral lake has got to be excruciating.

Whoa, this guy is taking his knee injury hard.

Chris Price’s report from Ouray 100. Man, what a beautiful course!

Interesting: Are endurance athletes more susceptible to getting diabetes?

An interesting situation from the Canadian Death Race: Top three race leaders missed a critical turn and the RD penalized runners differently. Hopefully getting resolved today, but it brings up the old “who’s fault is it?” discussion. Yes, the route was posted online. But at the same time, there were apparently consistent ribbons that led to the intersection–where no one was stationed and that had no signage. Christian Hambroke’s (race winner? leader?) FB page has all the details.

Media: Why did so many Japanese households watch the World Championship Marathon this weekend? What is that country doing that our athletics leadership can learn from?

Spot the logical fallacy: Fried chicken is delicious. Beer is delicious. Beer-battered chicken is delicious. Fried chicken flavored beer is delicious.

Heading to Cancun? Ditch the beach and head to the trails. (But then head back to the beach.)

Interviewed Joe Gray yesterday and I’ll release later today. We covered all sorts of issues–racing, sponsorships, race relations, food, PEDs, and more. Stay tuned.

m f says:

August 9, 2017 at 7:48 am

http://features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/the-drug-runners/

very good read.

Brian says:

August 9, 2017 at 8:53 am

Not sure about Diabetes, but it would be interesting to see a study about endurance athletes and cavities. My teeth are really sensitive after a long event (after eating all the sugary gels, soda, etc.?).

August 9, 2017 at 9:35 am

Odd random question for a slow news day: Anyone happen to have a favorite aftermarket shoe lace? I really don’t love my current laces that came with my Merrell TG4’s…

Christian hambrock says:

August 9, 2017 at 9:42 am

Thanks for reporting on the situation at the Canadian Death Race Eric. If people want to read a bit of what happened they should check my Facebook page Christian Hambrock and John Harrison Pocker’s Facebook page (4th place finisher officially but should be 3rd place). The race CEO has done a lot of backpedalling and there seems to be too many inconsistencies that just don’t add up.
Thanks again, Christian

Christian hambrock says:

August 9, 2017 at 12:11 pm

John Harrison Pockler, not Pocker

Allen Lucas says:

August 9, 2017 at 10:04 am

Is there a link? Searching FB for him was no help either.

Allen Lucas says:

August 9, 2017 at 10:10 am

Ah – it’s “Hambrock” not “Hambroke”. Unfortunately, it appears his FB page doesn’t show that post to non-friends.

August 9, 2017 at 11:57 am

Last bit of info. I got today….apparently that 100 meter loop that us 3 leaders missed was new to the course this year. On that 100 meter loop was a chip in station. John says that the turnoff was not marked to take the loop when we first went through but when they were told to turn back and return to the same spot, there was volunteers there and they were putting up clear marking and tape to show the correct way to go. John also mentioned how at the awards ceremony the next day, they mentioned nothing about what took place and were not transparent in their approach. In fact, many people noted how nervous the race official was and how uncomfortable the whole scene was. I could not make the awards ceremony because I have 3 little kids at home that I needed to get home to in Ontario – in speaking with the CEO of the race on the phone, he took a shot at me and said that if I would have been at the ceremony, they could have told me of their decision then. I did not bother responding to this shot and feel the need to explain myself. As a matter of fact, I sent an email Sunday night saying that I was sorry I could not make the ceremony because of my circumstances. However, the fact remains that they never called me even after the awards ceremony and I had to find out from my wife when I walked in the door and she saw it on the results page.

August 9, 2017 at 12:03 pm

My FB post is now available for all to read I think. I will ask John to make his public as well.

Allen Lucas says:

August 9, 2017 at 12:36 pm

Thanks for doing that! I looked at the course map and this is not a straightforward course. It seems bizarre to add a 100 meter loop like that – why add a complication that requires so much overhead (a volunteer plus signage and such) for such a small thing? Hopefully at the least the RD will learn and handle this better next year.

trainwithmeghan says:

August 9, 2017 at 2:10 pm

What were Ellie’s injuries?

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