Weekly RunDown #77

Arthur Lydiard (L) & Ray Puckett (R)

“My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.”

Arthur Lydiard

If you want some info on Arthur Lydiard here is the Lydiard Foundation YouTube page

This weeks Tuesday Interview was with Kentucky Runner Daniel Roberts

The Fine Art of Goal Setting from the Topo Athletic blog

Looks like an interesting retreat: The Way of the Runner

How about this marathon in Canada with it's 8 X 5K loops

Report on the Pan American Cross Country Championships won by Joe Gray and the US team won as well, here are the results.

Article on Micke Wardian at the One City Marathon in VA but it speaks about his other races as well

From Inov-8: The A-Z's of Ultra Running

Need an extra sensory deprivation test for your next ultra, then try The Tunnel Ultra that takes place all underground in Bath, Somerset through the Devonshire and Combe Down tunnel

Amy Cragg gets 3rd in Tokyo and becomes the fifth fastest American women in the marathon as well as knocking over 5 minutes off of her PR.

Check out the last 250meters of the Women's 3000M Indoor World Championship race last night.  Here is the full race.  Here is Runner's World's look at the race

Junk Food is a growing business and often thrives on deception - by leading consumers to think they are getting other than Junk Food

Also from Inov-8, here are some tips from Avery Collins on How to Run 100 Miles

In other Tokyo news it was a great day for Japanese marathoning as 9 Japanese men went under 2:10 and 4 more were between 2:10 and 2:11

Some good stuff from Mario Fraioli in this weeks The Morning Shakeout

Ever wonder why we see few, if any,  Kenyans in Ultra's, well this article looks at a possible reason: Why don’t Kenyans run ultramarathons?  Do notice than when speaking of winnings it is not just so they can live better but "running offers them a way to change their lives, to escape poverty and to help their families and communities."  I have known a few Kenyan runners and even just reading about them you find that often winning is about community and how their winning can help themselves and others.  I am sure this may not be true of all but for most it does seem to be the motivator and I would say a noble motivation at that.  Maybe it is not just - altitude, running to school and other such things often attributed to the East Africans success - but also a desire and feeling of need to help their community that drives many.  A motivator missing from many in the US I would say.

iRunFar.com's This Week in Running: February 26, 2018

LetsRun.com's The Week That Was in Running: February 19-25, 2018

Interesting as the Gasparilla Distance Classic (15K originally but now has other distances) was this weekend and I missed that it was being run.  It used to be a big race with lots of name runners back in the day - look at some of the past winners here.  It is still big with regards to people, 30,000+, and still gets some names but not the same as I remember it - Oh there is one of those "in my day" sort of statements - I must be getting old.  It is the changing face of racing where big numbers do not mean you need to have big names.  Sara Hall did run this year in the Half-Marathon and won with a course record

Kaci Lickteig (Pixi Ninja) shares about here Long Road to Recovery

Having spent 3 weeks running I can attest to the fact you need to adjust things more, even if you wear spikes, when running in the snow.  The Balanced Runner writes a couple articles on this subject: How to Run on Ice (and avoid blisters in heat!) & Cold Weather Running Injuries–is your gear raising your risk?  The article on clothing is interesting as we seldom think about how clothing affects how we run.

This was mentioned in Tuesday's interview but if you are in the Somerset Ky area the KY Elite Distance Running Camp is July 12-14, 2018

If you want info on switching over to a Low-Carb High-Fat endurance training and racing then check out the SFuels 2018 Quick Start Guide - just to let you know if you did not already I am an ambassador for SFuels


Masters Running News
Guy Bracken runs 4:39.84 to get the M55 indoor mile record

Joe Gough runs 2:16.65 to get the M65 indoor 800m world record

Interview with Joe Friel - You Can Still Be Fast After 50


Races this Coming Week
IAAF Indoor World Championships, Birmingham, UK - March 1-4, 2018
Monument Valley Ultra, Monument Valley, UT - March 3, 2018
Old Pueblo Endurance Runs (75, 50 & 25 Milers), Sonoita, AZ - March 3, 2018
Way Too Cool 50K, Cool, CA - March 3, 2018
Umstead Trail Marathon, Raleigh, NC - March 3, 2018
Chino Hills Spring Trail 1/2 Marathon, Chino Hills State Park, Brea, CA - March 3, 2018
Chattanooga Marathon, Chattanooga, TN - March 4, 2018
Caumsette 50K (also the USATF 50K Road Championship), Lloyd Harbor, NY - March 4, 2018


Past Weekend Race Results
Transgrancanaria, Las Palmas, Canary Islands - February 23-24, 2018
Mount Cheaha 50K, Delta, AL - February 24, 2018
The Black Mountain Marathon and Mount Mitchell Challenge, Black Mountain, NC - February 24, 2018
Orange Curtain 100K/50K/30K/10K, Cerritos, CA - February 24, 2018
Gasparilla Distance Classic, Tampa, FL - February 24, 2018
Antelope Canyon Ultras, Page, AZ - February 24-25, 2018
Phoenix Marathon, Mesa, AZ - February 25, 2018
Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo, Japan - February 25, 2018


In the space of an hour at the 1960 Olympics NZ won the 800m and 5000m, both coached by Arthur Lydiard


This is a documentary made on this "Golden Hour."  I have not been able to find this NZ documentary as only bits and pieces are on YouTube that I can find


Zack Bitter on that Topic many do not like to talk about - Failure


The latest Mountain Outhouse News


Video on the 2017 Hardrock 100


Billy Yangs new video - 15 Hours W/Amelia Boone


A look at the 2018 Rocky Raccoon 100


This is what you call fast - Kenenisa Bekele's 5000M WR of 12:37.35 ( 4:03.77/Mile Pace )


The Long Journey | Tor des Geants


Jamil talks about his Barkley training