Ellie Greenwood 2012 Western States 100 Champ Interview

Ellie Greenwood 2012 Western States 100 Champ Interview

Timothy Olson 2012 Western States 100 Champ Interview

Timothy Olson 2012 Western States 100 Champ Interview

AJW’s Post-2012 Western States 100 Commentary

AJW’s Post-2012 Western States 100 Commentary

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

Chase is on again for Billy Nelson - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

 Billy Nelson got a taste of the Olympics in Beijing four years ago, and that's made him more motivated as the 2012 London Games approach. Nelson, a 2002 graduate of Taft High School, will enter the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials as top-rated in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Chase is on again for Billy Nelson - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

Weissenbach at Oly Trials - ESPNHS

Harvard-Westlake High's Amy Weissenbach, the 2011 and 2012 California state high school champion in the two-lap event, came up short in her bid to advance to the next round of the Olympic Trials.

Weissenbach, who was coming off the final curve and was readying to unleash a final burst of speed, had her momentum trampled while trying to avoid a late-race spill in first-round action of the 800-meter run.

Weissenbach at Oly Trials - ESPNHS

Fast Times to Placer High: 2012 Western States 100 Results

 Ellie Greenwood summed up the 2012 Western States 100 well when she said to fellow champion, Timothy Olson at the finish, “It wasn’t good weather, it was fast weather.” Indeed, it was downright miserable for the first 40 or more miles with temperatures barely cracking 40F (4C), winds, and rain mixing with hail. Downright miserable.

Fast Times to Placer High: 2012 Western States 100 Results

Timothy Olson & Ellie Greenwood 2012 WS100 Finish Line Interviews

Timothy Olson & Ellie Greenwood 2012 WS100 Finish Line Interviews

2012-13 Montrail Ultra Cup Schedule

2012-13 Montrail Ultra Cup Schedule

New Sandbag Rule's Results

2012 Sandbaggers after second race (301 runners):

http://www.bakersfieldtrackclub.com/2012ss2.pdf

Footnote on Sandbag enforcement, by rule they are placed back to 31:00 Clock time.
(1) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 5:33, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(2) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 2:26, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(3) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 0:45, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(4) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 2:19, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(5) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 1:22, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(6) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 3:10, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(7) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 0:12, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(8) Runner exceeded their 5:00 min. improvement limit by 0:07, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.

2011 Sandbaggers after second race (280 runners):

http://www.bakersfieldtrackclub.com/2011ss2.pdf

Footnote on Sandbag enforcement, by rule they are placed back to 31:00 Clock time.
(1) Runner exceeded their 20% improvement limit by 11:24, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(2) Runner exceeded their 20% improvement limit by 4:48, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.
(3) Runner exceeded their 20% improvement limit by 1:51, subsequent improvement will result in further penalty.

2012 San Diego 100 Mile Endurance Run

A Trail Runner's Blog: 2012 US Olympic Trial TV Schedule

Friday, June 22 — TV COVERAGE: 6-8 PM PST on NBCSN

3:10 PM Men’s 400m First Round
3:35 PM Women’s 400m First Round
5:00 PM Women’s 800m First Round
5:20 PM Men’s 800m First Round
5:40 PM Women’s 100m Hurdles First Round
6:00 PM Women’s 100m Qualifying
6:45 PM Men’s 10,000m Final
7:20 PM Women’s 10,000m Final
A Trail Runner's Blog: 2012 US Olympic Trial TV Schedule

Footfeathers: How to be an Ultra Pacer - Part 2

 Before you meet up with your runner it helps if you've been crewing for him over the first sections of the race, so you can see the gradual transformation from happy, clean, likable person, to filthy, hobbling, scratchy-voiced, grouchy shell of a human.  With any luck, you will grow a tiny seed of pity for the poor slob, which will hopefully give you at least a touch of patience. 

Footfeathers: How to be an Ultra Pacer - Part 2

2012 Western States 100 Live Coverage

Saturday morning at 5 am local time (PDT), the ultrarunning world’s eyes turn to the Sierra Nevada where runners will embark upon the Western States 100. iRunFar team members Bryon Powell, Meghan Hicks, and Andy Jones-Wilkins, as well as a squad of adjunct reporters will be livecasting the event on iRunFar’s Twitter feed. We’ll be combining our twitter feed with other news sources in the below CoverItLive window, which also allows you to join in a discussion of the WS100.
Tell your friends. Join the discussion. Enjoy.

2012 Western States 100 Live Coverage

Disabled man with no legs climbs Mount Kilimanjaro: Spencer West scales mountain using his HANDS | Mail Online

Disabled man with no legs climbs Mount Kilimanjaro: Spencer West scales mountain using his HANDS | Mail Online

Killa Hilla Summer Challenge 2.0 - Track & Field Meet

Killa Hilla Summer Challenge 2.0 - Results

Review: HB Tune Hand-Held iPhone Case | Runblogger

 I generally don’t run with my iPhone (unless I forget my Garmin), but lately I’ve been trying out a few running apps for reviews I’m working on, and I’ve come to realize that not only do I hate carrying my iPhone on my arm, it’s also really difficult to see and manipulate an iPhone that is not held in-hand. I’ve long been a fan of hand-held water bottles, so the idea of holding my phone in hand when I run seemed like a no-brainer, but doing so without something to secure it in place was always an issue.

Review: HB Tune Hand-Held iPhone Case | Runblogger

To Be Chicked

 ‘To be chicked,’ I’ve looked it up. It’s not in the Oxford English Dictionary. It is, however, pretty prevalent on Google, though that may say more about the relevancy of Google compared to the OED in 2012 than anything else. It also seems to indicate that numerous male runners (and, I discovered, cyclists) have had women finish ahead of them in races and felt the need to coin a phrase for this. Or, shock and horror, female runners have happily used the term themselves when they are fairly content to have finished ahead of certain men in a race.

To Be Chicked

Study links childhood obesity to poorer math performance - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

Obese children face risks to their emotional and social well-being that can harm their academic performance, new research suggests.
The study, published Thursday in the journal Child Development, found obese elementary school children performed worse on math tests than their peers without weight problems.


Study links childhood obesity to poorer math performance - BakersfieldCalifornian.com

ESPN closing its high school business unit

ESPN is closing its high school business unit, reports SportsBusiness Daily, which includes its ESPNHS.com website, two magazines and its event management service, which staged all-star events and high school games at Disney World. With the closing in mid-September, about 75 staffers will lose their jobs.

ESPN closing its high school business unit