"If you have the courage to fail, then you have
the courage to succeed."
Shalane Flanagan
This week for Interview Tuesday I talked to Campbellsville Kentucky's Joey Hartlage
Will River's report on his run, and win, at inaugural running of The Falls 100. It was a complete mud fest with races firm a half-marathon to 100 miles. Will won the 100 miler was one of only 3 finishers out of 25 starters due to the conditions.
Seth Hardwick, a local runner I will be interviewing in the coming weeks has started a new blog called The Viking Runner and here is one his posts on The Art of Competition
Hayley Sutter going for a 2:45 Olympic Trials qualifier at CIM collapsed right before the line and crawls across to get a 2:45:00 chip time but the Trials usually takes the gun time which was 2:45:07. She will petition to get in and if that fails will try again
A look at the US Marathon Championships at this past weekend's CIM
Interesting abstract on highly cushioned shoes that says they increase leg stiffness and amplifies impact loading and does not decrease it as one would suspect
Leave it to Runner's World to call running slow at a recovery pace - "Sexy Pace."
A look at the Cayman Island Marathon run this past weekend where Steve Speirs whom I interviewed and who has won 4 times got second this year, the 6th time out of 10 he has gotten runner up.
iRunFar.com's This Week in Running: Dec 3, 2018
LetsRun.com's The Week That Was in Running: Nov 26 - Dec 2, 2018
John Fegyveresi talks about his getting into this year's Hardrock after running last year, his first year, and feeling some guilt
In the men's race Japan gets it's first winner in 14 years at Fukuoka
What do you think about the new Spartan Trail Series. How about charging to be a spectator?
Joe Gray and Dani Moreno defend their titles at the XTERRA Trail Run World Championships in Hawaii
Trail Runner looks at 7 trail shoes
Ultrarunning Magazine's 2019 Shoe Preview
The 2018 European Cross Country Championships are this weekend
Are you getting enough vitamin D
A recap of the Abu Dhabi Marathon run last night, EST time -
Masters News
Jenny Hitchings (55) sets 4 American records in 4 months
USATF Masters Newsletter
Local, to Kentucky, Races and Events
(If you have a race in the area, including surrounding states, let me know and I will post about it)
Running groups are a great way to get to know people but also a great way to help you progress and get out and run. If you are in the Elizabethtown KY area check out the Running Soles Group and if you are closer to Campbellsville check out the Campbellsville Running Club. Have another local running group in KY let me know and I will list it.
Check out these Race Companies for local races: Good Times Even Services & Central Kentucky Race Management. For trail and Ultra races in Kentucky and Virginia check out Next Opportunity Events
If you are in, or near, Elizabethtown KY on December 8th plan on stopping by Running Soles between Noon and 3PM for "Let's Talk Ultra" and get some great information on Ultras, and marathons, from Will Rivera
If you want a shorter trail race there is the Turkey Run Trail Bash 5 Miler in Louisville, KY on January 19, 2018
If you want to run the Kentucky Derby Festival 1/2 Marathon or Marathon the price goes up December 14th so sign up now
Looking for other races around the world, here is where I get most of the ones I list: ahotuMarathons (covers the world), American Trail Running Assoc. (Mostly US but does have other races on the list), Running in the USA & Trail Runner Magazine
Races this Coming Week
Hillside Hustle Half Marathon/10K/5K, Clermont, KY - Dec 8, 2018
Desert Solstice 24hr/100 Mile, Phoenix, AZ - Dec 8, 2018
Hellgate 100K, Natural Bridge Station, VA - Dec 8, 2018
Bell Ringer 50k/25k Trail Run, Burns, TN - Dec 8, 2018
Brazos Bend 100, Brazos Bend State Park, TX - Dec 8, 2018
Daytona 100 Ultra. Daytona Beach, FL - Dec 8, 2018
Rocket City Marathon, Huntsville, AL - Dec 8, 2018
Tucson Marathon, Tucson, AZ - Dec 8, 2018
Back 40 TrailRun & Ride, Bella Vista, AR - Dec 8 & 9, 2018
Past Weekend Race Results
Chattanooga 100/50, Rising Fawn, GA - Nov 30 (100) - Dec 1 (50) , 2018
Falls 100, Falls of Rough, KY - Dec 1, 2018
Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100K, Cape Town, South Africa - Dec 1, 2018
Redbird Crest 100K, Hyden, KY - Dec 1, 2018
California International Marathon, Sacramento, CA - Dec 2, 2018
Cayman Islands Marathon, George Town, Cayman Islands - Dec 2, 2018
A new, well fairly new as they are on #11, video post called The RUNdown with news from Ohio and the east coast by the Ridge RUNers
While not running related still a great story
Road to Auburn - Pioneers of the Western States
Looking forward to watching next years race
I had not seen this video of this years (2018) Yamacraw 50K/20K/10K - 2019 was sold out in very little time - it is a fun race
MTN Outpost Quad Dipsea Challenge form a couple years ago
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