Saturday, June 30, 2012
Origins of U.S. Olympic Team - ESPNHS
For most of USA Track and Field's recently minted team members for the upcoming Olympics Games, their path to London first traveled through California, whether it be via the high school route, the collegiate path, or both.
Through Friday's finals, former Golden State preps have accounted for more than twice the Olympic Team membership than that of any other state.
Origins of U.S. Olympic Team - ESPNHS
Through Friday's finals, former Golden State preps have accounted for more than twice the Olympic Team membership than that of any other state.
Origins of U.S. Olympic Team - ESPNHS
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Patience: Ellie Greenwood’s 2012 Western States 100 Race Report
Sometimes running your best is about not running at all, or at least knowing when not to run yet having the faith in the running you have already done in the months leading up to a big race. This could not have been more true for me before this weekend’s Western States 100 miler. I had raced a hard 89km downhill effort on roads just 20 days prior (Comrades), yet for any ultra runner a 20-day taper into a race seems unfathomably long
Patience: Ellie Greenwood’s 2012 Western States 100 Race Report
Patience: Ellie Greenwood’s 2012 Western States 100 Race Report
Tim Noakes on the Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports | Outdoor Adventure Blog | OutsideOnline.com
South African exercise scientist Dr. Tim Noakes wants to change the way endurance athletes think about hydration. He believes that, over the course of the last 30 years, people have been scared into drinking too much fluid while exercising. As a result, he says performance has suffered and people have died. He’s counted a dozen deaths in endurance events caused by exercise-associated hyponatremia, a condition that results when athletes drink too much fluid.
Tim Noakes on the Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports | Outdoor Adventure Blog | OutsideOnline.com
Tim Noakes on the Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports | Outdoor Adventure Blog | OutsideOnline.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Footfeathers: How to be an Ultra Pacer - Part 3 "Case Study"
Ok, now that we all have a grasp of how unglamorous pacing truly is (travel on your own dime, taking time off work, telling a grown person when to eat, often moving at a pace that makes you feel as though time is actually going backwards, and watching your runner cross the line to loud applause, hugs, medal, buckle, and other accolades while you stand alone off to the side, soup broth stains on your shirt, picking burrs out of your socks, and wondering where you can get a beer at 4 o'clock in the morning), we can now look at a case study in the form of one's pacing duties at Western States 100 from last weekend.
Footfeathers: How to be an Ultra Pacer - Part 3 "Case Study"
Footfeathers: How to be an Ultra Pacer - Part 3 "Case Study"
Monday, June 25, 2012
Hardrock Qualifying Standards
Each year, we are faced with the difficult problem of how to choose 140 starters from nearly six times that many applicants, while still respecting the values that make Hardrock Hardrock. The Board feels that our ideal mix of runners would be 25% first-time Hardrockers, 25% veterans (i.e. >= 5-time finishers), and 50% everyone else. To preserve this mix, we are replacing our single weighted lottery with three weighted lottery pools, each with its own wait list:
Hardrock Qualifying Standards
Hardrock Qualifying Standards
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