Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, June 6

If you’re prone to blisters during ultramarathon distances (or really any time), take a few minutes, read this piece by Liza Howard, and put together a blister kit for your drop bag.

Joe Gray signs with HOKA. Our interview with him is right here.

A bit late, but always good to catch up on JamJam’s Mountain Outhouse News update.

SUUNTO is claiming new watch will have 120 hour battery life in certain modes. Anyone know what that means? Tracks every 5 minutes? Anyone tried it?

Plans are afoot for a world class multi-day in Minnesota next year. More info right over here. Can’t tell if regular folks can register or if it’s just for elites.

Update on Laz’s walk across the country.

It’s Global Running Day. Ok, fine, I’ll go out on a run today.

The world’s top 100 highest paid athletes. One runner on there…guess who?

Looks like a cool movie about the Spartathlon. Bonus: Turn on subtitles and learn how to say “What am I doing out here in the dead of a rainy night in the middle of f*^cking nowhere” in multiple languages. Could be handy if you’re into mutillingual self pity.

Looking forward to reading this book about endurance by Jennifer Pharr Davis.

Short news day. Interviewing Golden Ticket winner Kate Elliot today about her preparation for her very first hundred miler.

Tomas says:

June 6, 2018 at 5:30 am

For the Suunto watch, I’d recommend checking out DC Rainmaker’s Hands On with the watch (https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/06/hands-on-the-new-suunto-9-multisport-gps-watch.html). Basically, it uses the accelerometer and barometer to fill in the blanks between 60s GPS polls. Looks like there are options to customize how you want the GPS to act too. Very intriguing!

eric schranz says:

June 6, 2018 at 6:20 am

Thanks Tomas. Battery technology is pretty crazy right now!

1. Eric says:
  
  June 6, 2018 at 7:33 am
  
  I think the even more impressive battery feat for the Suunto 9 (if I’m reading this correctly) – is that you can get 42 hours with 1 second recording intervals! Assuming the internal memory is big enough (and it should be) you could run a 48 hour Hardrock and have a map of your race at 1 second recording by just topping off your battery between one pair of aid stations.

Mike H says:

June 6, 2018 at 7:47 am

Multi-day is in Milwaukee, WI. They’ve been doing the “Icebreaker Indoor Marathon” for a few years.

June 6, 2018 at 8:22 am

JPD book is good, I listened to it back-to-back with the Jureks’ book. Beforehand, I didn’t know much about JPD, and knowing her southern roots and religion/faith, wasn’t sure if I’d relate. Instead, I found the generalizability of endurance mentality, and breadth of the AT and other long trails, to be a more interesting take than a sole focus on her own AT experience. Even when discussing her AT attempt, I appreciate her mature humility and perspective coming now as a mother/wife/writer/entrepreneur. Lastly, her literary background sparkles in her prose.

I recommend to anyone to listen to both books, because the author narration (and especially impersonation of long-time running friends) really makes it more personal.

Sharon Schaller says:

June 6, 2018 at 10:42 am

Wow, not a single woman made the 100 best paid athletes list.

eric schranz says:

June 6, 2018 at 10:47 am

The list seems to favor big and tall African American dudes.
Here’s the Forbes list (for women) from 2017. It looks like Serena would rank around 60th if numbers are about the same.

Konrad says:

June 6, 2018 at 2:31 pm

How about this for a watch…most of us just use them for distance, elevation gain/loss, time etc. So why not get rid of all the other function s and use the freed up space for more battery?

eric schranz says:

June 8, 2018 at 7:06 am

That’s what I look for too. Less features, the better. (That’s why I’ve got Ben to dig into the details.)

Rob says:

June 6, 2018 at 8:57 pm

What Mike H said…,Minnesota and a Wisconsin are like cousins but not the same state. Maybe you were thinking of the Metrodome that Minnesota used to have.

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