Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, May 9

More on Dylan Bowman’s Lost Coast FKT.

It’s not just ultramarathon/trail folks who are run bums living in vans. Here’s a neat post about some track athletes making their way in the real world.

How the pros prepare and train for a huge race: No coaches, just paddle boarding, goofing off, and riding up Donner Summit on a beach cruiser. More on Rory Bosio right here. (Our interview with Rory is here.)

Ian Corless’ preview of the mens and women’s races at Transvulcania.

URP ultramarathon stickers on cars — Spotted at a trailhead in Quebec. Love those stickers! Thanks for the pic Stew!

Canada’s desolate and beautiful Ivvavik National Park is tough to get to but worth the trip. I wouldn’t even know where to start! Trails, food, rivers, culture…

Coach Korey offers up some treadmill workouts to up your trail running and ultramarathon fitness.

I sure hope I’m hitting a marathon PR (2:39! wow!) on my 49th birthday like Scott Dunlap. There is hope!

Tired of clickbait “Colorado’s TOUGHEST hikes” links? Hiker Bob starts his own list of really tough hikes/runs in the Colorado Springs/Pike’s Peak region. Alright local folks, how’d he do?

Personal: It’s been 4.5 months since I last had alcohol and I haven’t lost any weight. While it certainly wasn’t the prime motivator, I thought it would be a welcome side effect to my teetotaling. But nothing. Anyone else have this issue?

17 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News | Wed, May 9"

Nelson says:

May 9, 2018 at 7:54 am

Is it the first time you write Corless instead of Corliss? 😀

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1. eric schranz says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 7:57 am
  
  No, but it’s the first time I overrode my spellcheck that insists on using and i.
  
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  1. Nelson says:
    
    May 9, 2018 at 8:13 am
    
    Haha, I wonder what Corliss is.
    
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    1. Nelson says:
      
      May 9, 2018 at 8:14 am
      
      What do you know — a surname.
      
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Jared Scray says:

May 9, 2018 at 8:07 am

I’m planning on waiting another 10+ years to run my first actual marathon, that way I’m assured a PR!

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Rich H. says:

May 9, 2018 at 8:26 am

Sorry to be a jerk, but I’m pretty sure almost anyone could notch a “personal record” on a course with 5100ft. of descent. Yeah, it’s brutal on the legs but you could practically do somersaults down that type of grade at a decent pace. Scott’s a great runner, but calling performances like this (or Ian’s last year) a PR is a bit dishonest in my humble opinion. He admits that he’s probably in 2:48 shape, so the massive downhill course appears to have aided him by 8-9 minutes. And Ian Sharman had never run faster than 2:33 before he rolled to a 2:20 finish at Revel last year.

I mean, I don’t think Kyle Pietari is going to walk around claiming he’s a sub-4 miler this week. The objectivity of road PRs is completely gone if any road time, no matter the course, is counted as a record. Hence why there are strict rules for what courses count for official records. Heck, even Boston and NY aren’t eligible for official records.

Also, how the hell is Mt. Revel a BQ? That seems unfair to the thousands of runners that grind out BQs on flat or hilly courses, especially if they don’t have access to downhill courses like St. George, Poconos, or Mt. Revel.

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1. Rich H. says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 8:31 am
  
  Sorry, Revel puts on the Mt. Charleston marathon. And I hope the above post doesn’t come off as an attack on Scott’s race report as he’s very clear that it was an asterisk-worthy, downhill-aided PR. Kudos to him on having the quads to muscle out a 2:39.
  
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2. Paul says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 12:30 pm
  
  The Revel courses are open to everyone so everyone, in principle, has access. It’s no more unfair than some folks having coaches, nutritionists, child care, supportive partners, better genetics, etc.
  
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  1. Rich H. says:
    
    May 9, 2018 at 12:35 pm
    
    Good point, Paul. My comment does really hold water about access, especially since most runners travel a decent distance to try to get BQs.
    
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    1. Rich H. says:
      
      May 9, 2018 at 12:42 pm
      
      **does not**
      
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3. Ben Zuehlsdorf says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 5:22 pm
  
  Correction: from the Sharman Ultra Website:
  “- Many of the world’s most famous road marathons, including Boston (Ian has run over 100 road marathons with a 2:21 PR)”
  
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4. Ben Zuehlsdorf says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 5:26 pm
  
  What about folks claiming “# National [Trail Marathon, 50 mile, etc.] Champion” in their bios when it’s a USATF race where very few elites even bother? That’s even more dishonest and/or misleading I believe.
  
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stewthebassman says:

May 9, 2018 at 11:25 am

URP Nation! You’re a global phenomenon!

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Laura says:

May 9, 2018 at 12:14 pm

Are you substituting sweets?

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1. DF says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 2:42 pm
  
  Yep, when I cut out alcohol my sweet tooth was out of control (still sort of is these days).
  
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2. Kurt Drengler says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 5:45 pm
  
  That would have been my question too! I know that when I’ve obstained in the past – I’ve eaten boxes of my kid’s fruitsnacks without even thinking about it! Those calories have to come from somewhere…. I assume that giving up alcohol would have to come with some pretty rigorous diet overhaul to compensate for that caloric vacuum. It’s hard to consider that those 2-3 IPAs I’m casually consuming in an evening could be 600+ calories that I’ll have to get from somewhere else while I’m training pretty hard. That’s a lot of fruit snacks…
  
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Peter Andersson says:

May 10, 2018 at 1:24 am

You may have replaced fat with muscles – do you feel stronger?

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