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astralboy15
Mountain climber
Fremont, CA
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With Xavier’s win at UTMB we’ve just witnessed one of the all time accomplishments in ultra running (it’s never been done before). For all intents and purposes Xavier crushed and won HR (the DQ was bullshit and we all know he is the true champion) and in the same year crushed and won UTMB. This is a first. He deserves major credit.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Any of you trail runners who go out training by yourselves ever encounter a cougar (or bear)? Would it be better to be on a mountain bike or running when that kind of encounter occurs? I'm thinking that I'd rather be running as I could stop quick and make myself big or grab one of the many loaded guns laying about. I think I would feel far more vulnerable out riding as I wouldn't be as responsive or as intuitive as I would be running; and certainly couldn't out ride a cougar in hot pursuit.
Scary thoughts...
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2018 - 10:55am PT
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Trigger pulled......registered for Sean O'Brien 100K.
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PinkTaco
Mountain climber
Utah
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https://vimeo.com/62031855
Goggins also can do a few pull ups. Here he is in the World Record 24-hour pull up session.
I ran w him for a while at UTMB one year, and a few times at HURT. He's actually a big joker and a really nice guy! Just don't ask him about swimming ashore in Kuwait...
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Courtney closing in on Lovers Leap, another 30 minutes or so. If you're topping out Main Wall, say hi, lol!
All runners have SPOT trackers. Courtney leading the whole pack, male and female alike. The graphics are awesome!
The Main Map and Raceflow tabs are especially informative. She's rather "alien" in a good way like Honnold.
If you filter out the males, all of whom she's beating, and just look at the layer of female runners, it really shows her out of this world alien strength!
Kyle Curtin, first place guy, has been pacing her from behind pretty much the whole way. Exciting!
http://www.tahoe200.com/results/2018-tahoe-200-live/
Also really revealing is zooming out the map of runners to notice where Courtney and Kyle are relative to the rest of the pack. She's rather a Honnold in her own way.
That Raceflow function makes it exciting - currently - because it shows Kyle ever so slightly narrowing the pace and distance gaps. Call me biased but I hope she maintains her alien lead throughout.
Crazy thing: Despite 200 plus runners participating, Courtney and Kyle essentially run the race alone, by themselves, no other runner around them for miles. Contrast this experience with that of a middle of the pack runner. Sheesh.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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C'mon, Courtney, hang in there... Show em who's the boss!!
Clint, Tahoe 200 is even longer.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Wow, yeah. Tahoe Rim Trail is 165 miles, not 200.
Apparently the course record for the Tahoe 200 is 58:29, set last year:
https://multidays.com/tahoe-200-endurance-run-2017-results/
Courtney's current pace looks like she will finish in around 46 hours and Kyle is not far behind.
But 200 miles is a such a long way; no guarantees....
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Looks like Kyle won it in 49:31 (49 hours, 31 minutes),
with Courtney 23 minutes back in 49:54.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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I'm so far from "Ultra" that I feel like an ass posting on this thread... oh, wait, Hank has the "ass" part nailed down, so maybe it's okay for a few words about trail running.
For many years I lived in North Vancouver, almost at the point where the city ended and the next few thousand miles of mountains began. I could lace up my shoes, jog four or five blocks on streets, and then be on a mountain trail system that went on more or less forever. Hundreds of miles of trails through the BC Coast Mountains.
I think it was running those trails that kept me sane and alive through the whole time I lived there.
I'm getting a bit to old for that kind of thing now, but am moving from Seattle (where I've spent the last 17 years) to Powell River, BC, next month, so who knows? Trail running might become trail jogging. Or trail trudging. But there will once again be an endless network of mountain trails to explore.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2018 - 10:02am PT
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Ghost -
We can be race directors for the inaugural 'Cruise For Brews 100'. Primary rule: Must drink a pint of brew (6.5% ABV or higher) during each aid station check in. :) We can work on the rest....
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 11, 2018 - 11:41am PT
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Your Powell River looks like an interesting place...
It is. Trail running, mountain biking, sea kayaking, fishing... It's all there. And it's even more interesting if you are a climber. Everything from seaside bouldering to huge walls.
How huge? Last year a couple of local climbers put up a new route in the nearby Daniels River Valley. 1,565 meters of granite climbing. (That's well over 5,000 feet for the Americans here on ST.) Story of that is here: https://gripped.com/news/massive-new-big-wall-climbed-powell-river/
And then there's the Eldred River Valley, which has been the subject of several threads here. Five granite walls of roughly Squamish Chief size.
Okay, this thread now has climbing content, so I'll shut up.
Edit: And I see Mooch added some beer content, so, for him, I should add that Powell River is home to a terrific brewpub -- with a Belgian brewmaster.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 14, 2018 - 11:14pm PT
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In the 200+ mile distances (John Muir Trail, Tahoe 200), performance under sleep deprivation is a big factor.
In the 100- mile distances (Western States, Hardrock 100, UTMB, Wonderland Trail), the top athletes can do them without sleep deprivation, so they are more about athletic endurance and efficiency.
So I think for the JMT, it would be good to have separate FKTs for one or two segments that are close to 100 miles.
A good division might be:
JMT South:
Whitney Portal to Florence Lake Junction, about 116 miles according to Leor Pantilat's splits.
JMT North:
Florence Lake Junction to Yosemite Valley; about 104 miles.
The beginning and end points of the JMT are arbitrary anyway....
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