Dean Karnazes
I bumped into Dean at breakfast after a 50 mile trail race in Madison, WI. We both had 9 bananas for breakfast. He was such an approachable guy. I asked if I could kiss him and he said, "I'm from San Francisco-- of course you can!"
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I'm still marinating in the gazpacho of emotions from last week's Ironman. It was awesome. And it sucked. It can be punctuated with a lot of these-- !!!!, but also a lot of these-- #$%#@. As my wise friend, Neeraj, said, "You didn't die and you finished; therefore, you won!" That's so true, "So shut up, ego, and leave me alone for a minute to marinate."
In many ways, it stands out as THE benchmark day amidst a benchmark year amidst my life. Without so many lovely people…
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 2:13pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I've only got about a month left 'till my A-race of the year-- Ironman Wisonsin. Unfortunately my tri season had to be shrunk this year due to my ankle injury in March, but this week I managed to pull off my most epic week of the season and can report that my ankle is now 100%. I even won* my first event.
*Only because I went off course accidentally and shortened it by 3 miles.
Last week, I offered to pace a good friend of mine for 20 miles on her 100…
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I have a new-found respect for the grit of Triple T athletes. Even though the venue is beautiful, the three day triathlon festival in Portsmouth, Ohio is nothing short of bestiality.
Here's the pecking order of toughness as I see it:
Putting red hot coals in your underwear > American Triple T Triathlon> All Ironman events (except for St. George allegedly) > Lil Smokie 1/2 Ironman (one day of the Triple T)> All other 1/2 Ironmans > Scrabble with my wife >…
Ted Carr AKA Ted Carb said… Hey! Hope I'm not too late...
What I did was put 1,200-1,400 cals worth of celery/ginger juice dateorade in both my bike seat waterbottles + about 40 pitted medjool dates in my bento box in my frame. I also had an aero bar water bottle full of coconut water and an aero frame waterbottle full of coconut water. in my back pocket i carried a small plastic "flask" of vega sport, 2 scoops for caffiene halfway through the bike.
for my run I just ran with coconut water/celery/ginger juice and carried some homemade date bars, about 1,000 calories each which I didn't even eat...I was sick of them!
does this help? tell me all about ur IM i want to know the details man!
Shawn Leonard said… Chris,
There isn't really anything in the Ultra world like Kona. There are various races of different lengths that are billed as this championship or that championship. But, nothing at the 100 mile distance. There's talk about creating a championship race or getting an existing race to be that championship. But, then you'd have to work out the qualification process. All of that would require the one thing that must ultramarathoners are not too excited about - and that's anything that's similar to the Ironman machine. Too corporate, etc.....
That being said, the top guys are trying to align the stars and get together at various races. The first one this year comes up in 6 weeks. It's gonna be crazy with Geoff Roes, Anton Krupicka, Max King, Scott Jurek, Andy Martin, Erik Skaggs, Yassine Diboun. Geoff is the 2011 Ultra Runner of the year, Anton is right next to Geoff, Max is a 2:15 marathoner, Scott is a legend, Andy won the race last year, Erik can win any 50k mountain race, and Yassine is always near the front. Should be a great race. Oh, and Kathleen and Acey will be rippin' around the same trails with those guys!
Shawn Leonard said… Hey Chris,
Welcome aboard. Yeah, endurance events are much better on 811. I used to have all sorts of stomach issues - no more. You're aiming for IMoo as your qualifier, right? Good luck. My tentative race plans this year include Leadville 100, and a new triathlon here in the Pacific NW - it's an ultra ironman - 5km swim, 200km bike, and 50km run. Good to meet ya.
Jared Six said… Hello fellow 30 Bananas A Day member, neighbor, and friend :)
Glad you're here... Now I think that there are 15 people that live in Ohio that are on this forum.
Ted Carr AKA Ted Carb said… YES! LET'S DO IT BROTHER
todays workout: 1,000 body weight squats :)
Sultana said… Welcome, Chris, to 30BaD!
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