Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, May 22

Medium: Really good, straight talk about injuries and struggles with motivation.

Mocko: Help Chris score a pancake sponsorship. Game on, Boone.

Trail Sisters: Running your best after menopause.

Beer: Meet Doochie Cook, the guy trying to bring the craft beer scene to black America.

Outside: Clickbait article calling trail runners lazy parasites and extolling the virtues of MTB riders. Click at your own peril.

Hey jackasses, stop growing pot in National Parks. You’re messing things up.

Sponsor: September sounds like a long ways off, but it’s time to sign up for North Face Endurance Challenge, Wisconsin. Use URP20 for a 20% discount.

ESPN: Kenya’s Olympic track coach banned from the sport for ten years.

Devon Yanko: Owning and operating a chain of bakeries while training for (and winning) marathons and ultramarathons. Here’s our chat with her from a few years ago.

UTLT: New 100 miler in Lake Tahoe looks pretty sweet. It’s managed by the same team that puts on Canyons 100k, so you’ll be in good hands. Wish I could make it this year but I’ll be playing my alphorn at a wedding.

The daily exercise routines of important people from Franz Kafka to Mr. Rogers.

TrailRunnerMag/Roche: Sure, it’s easy to fall victim to FOMO, but is it good for your growth and fitness?

Late and short news today. Kids home sick with norovirus. This post has been sterilize for your convenience.

11 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, May 22"

Sam Bosworth says:

May 22, 2019 at 9:07 am

Haha lazy. Trail runners don’t need a multi thousand dollar trail trashing machine just to go on trails. They don’t like us walking uphill hehe thanks for the laughs outside

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Paul says:

May 22, 2019 at 9:24 am

Tried to type a long response to this but it disappeared.

In short, he’s not wrong. Just likes to convey his points in less than friendly ways.

We would need a better organization to support and promote responsible growth, IMBA is really good for this in the MTB space.

We’d also need a base of people that aren’t driven to the sport because of the solitude it provides.

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Jeremy M says:

May 22, 2019 at 9:34 am

Good NA options here in Germany. No stigma at all. Many (large or regional) sponsor big and small races. Alkoholfrei bier at better than half of the finish lines.
Not too many style choices outside of pilsner or wheat beer though. Germans are a little slow with embracing branding and “premiumization”, but the quality is there. And it is cheap! My favorite is a dunkelweisse from Neumarkter Lammsbräu.

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tmfjones says:

May 22, 2019 at 9:37 am

wow. that ‘lazy parasite’ article sufficiently raised my blood pressure. guess its time to go for a run!

worthwhile points though– why are mountain bikers more organized than trailrunners with advocacy?

Its just plain not true that mountain bikes don’t trash trails– that’s why mountain bikes aren’t allowed in actual wilderness areas– but solo or small groups of trail runners can.

what happened to ‘run wild’?

definite clickbait im not sure its worth the consternation to write this clown an email and tell him off. In San Diego no group does more trail work than the trailrunner-based Trailfit.

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Todd says:

May 22, 2019 at 9:45 am

I’ve personally worked on 3 WS trail days, and many many more rider organized ones.
Is that by choice, presence, inform, etc? Perhaps all of the above
I simply participated in ones I was told about

Is there a division?
I don’t remember a show of hands for what hobbies we participated in

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Jeremy C says:

May 22, 2019 at 10:55 am

I had never considered the impact of stepping around puddles (I pride myself in running through them, it is much more fun), but I can see that over many users that could have a detrimental impact. That having been said, the article fails to point out what has (at least where I live) a far more detrimental impact on the trails – braiding of the trails. The guilty parties are predominantly the mountain bikers themselves. Unskilled riders look for easier ways down the trails, braid the shit out of them (ridearounds), and they erode much faster. The other predominant cause is motorized users, both two and four wheeled. I will admit the mountain bike club in town has far better turnout for *building* the trails than trail runners, however as to who is *ruining* the trails (which really is the bigger problem as it undermines the hard work of those building the trails), trail runners are not the culprit by a long shot.

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Mike D says:

May 22, 2019 at 10:56 am

While it is click-bait-ish, the Outside article is right that trail runners are not coming out to trail maintenance days as much as other segments of trail users. My partner is a Director of Land Management for an organization that sets up regular volunteer days on local trails. She has told me that mountain bikers are more of a presence to those trail maintenance days. Part of it is outreach in some cases. Organizations need to reach out to all users to educate and encourage them to give back.

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Jay D says:

May 22, 2019 at 11:40 am

I’d wager that a single mountain biker does more damage to the trails than two dozen trail runners, so if they’re doing more maintenance work – they should be! Besides, we’re often doing little things on our run – clearing fallen branches off the trail, etc. – as we go, I’d wager a lot more often than mountain bikers blazing by ever do.

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Sandy Binder says:

May 23, 2019 at 6:38 am

The European NA beer scene is crushing it. I’m checking out local Mikkeller to see if they carry any of these. I want a bundle!
https://shop.mikkeller.dk/products/non-alcoholic-bundle?_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJzYW5keUBzZGJpbmRlci5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJOS2JaR2kifQ%3D%3D

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Wyatt H. says:

May 23, 2019 at 11:49 am

I think trail runners and mountain bikers by and large care about the trail equally. Why do we allow ourselves to get into them vs. us? The Outside article is ridiculous and throws out very broad generalizations that are offensive–and all of that is by design as Outside just wants clicks in order to deliver “impressions” to their advertisers. It’s all a stupid game–a trick. Folks are busy and will volunteer for trail work if they have time.

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Jon Gaus says:

May 23, 2019 at 6:50 pm

Thanks for the link to the Medium piece “Struggling? Don’t Press. Pause.” Great insight and encouragement on the importance of balance and rest as one is pursuing their goals!

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