To the delight of all Stupidheads out there, Coach Ken of Running Stupid finished Headlands 100. After failing to finish in two previous years, CK wasn't going to let anything stand between him and the 33-hour cutoff - not even the wasp that swam in his coke and stung him in the throat when he drank it. You can download the inspiring race report Stupidcast in iTunes.
By the way, Coach Ken has had tons of success lately: first he helped crew Ellie Greenwood into Western States 100 victory, and now he has been selected for the HURT 100 in January 2012. All Day!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ian Sharman running style
A couple of years ago I found myself standing beside Ian Sharman on the starting line of a 78 km trail running race in Switzerland. I knew he was fast and thought it would be interesting to see for how long I could keep up with him.
I guess something in his running style makes it all look easy and relaxed. He might look like he is just jogging along while chatting with friends.
After the first few hundred meters he was already out of my sight. I sprinted the first 30 km all out in 2:29. Despite him falling down and hurting his leg in a slippery downhill, he was already about 16 minutes ahead of me, in 31st place. Then he went on to pass 16 runners and finish strongly in 6:51, in 15th place. I came in over two hours later, exhausted as always.
In retrospect I remembered that he carried a hydration pack and a big bunch of gels. I never carried any extra weight and also took in very little nutrition at aid stations. I thought that was probably one thing I could learn from Ian Sharman, although my running style will never look as great as his.
I guess something in his running style makes it all look easy and relaxed. He might look like he is just jogging along while chatting with friends.
After the first few hundred meters he was already out of my sight. I sprinted the first 30 km all out in 2:29. Despite him falling down and hurting his leg in a slippery downhill, he was already about 16 minutes ahead of me, in 31st place. Then he went on to pass 16 runners and finish strongly in 6:51, in 15th place. I came in over two hours later, exhausted as always.
In retrospect I remembered that he carried a hydration pack and a big bunch of gels. I never carried any extra weight and also took in very little nutrition at aid stations. I thought that was probably one thing I could learn from Ian Sharman, although my running style will never look as great as his.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Trail Magazin 4/2011 online
Trail Magazin 4/2011 is now online. It's available only in German language, but the photos alone are worth checking out. Like for instance this one from Trail Verbier St-Bernard 110 km ultra trail, which was attended by yours truly as well.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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