Another month completed, hopefully with progress in training for Fall goal races. Anyone closing out August with ARFTA?

Guy I work for that does ultras did the Sri Chinmoy 24 hour in Ottawa on the weekend, just over 216km/135mi. He was on pace for 240km, but got sick in the middle of the night. He could barely walk when he finished, and someone had to help him get to the airport. He qualified for a 24hr world championships, not sure the name of the race

 

The IAU 24 Hour World Championships are being held in Irdning, Austria, on May 11, 2019. The last opportunity for US runners to qualify for the team will be at Desert Solstice 24-hour in Phoenix on Dec 8. The qualifying period ends Dec 9th. Men must run a minimum of 145 miles, women 130 miles. Top six are selected for the team. I don't remember how many alternates are selected. Canadian runners have until February 1st to run a qualifying distance. Not sure what their minimum is.

 

http://www.usatf.org/Sports/MUT/Team-USA/2019-Qualification-Standards.aspx

I'm not sure what race he's doing, might not be world championships, I'll ask him next time I see him. He's Indian, so could be running for India as well. He ran the trail world championships in Spain a couple months back

BertO Enjoyed the RR.  Its not so much the 6 beers that impress me but that they were Dogfish head IPAs!  I’m not able to take the hops.  But its a good idea because it is high in carbs and calories but not sweet which gets old.  Now barrel aged stout i could do but likely would veer off course.

I think you should market BertO technical fabric running boxers and matching beer can snuggie

Happy august.  Summers flying by.

wc pardon my ignorance but what is ARFTC?

WC - ARFTA is definitely an intriguing event.  I saw there are still 8 spots left.  If I were to go, my "racing debt" to DW would be near bankruptcy level.  Maybe I'll consider next year.

dhuffman - I hope your travels end soon and you can get off that TM.

TH - Thanks!  I had to choose the 60 Minute IPA for the alliteration effects of the challenge name (could there be a more stupid reason?).  Yeah, I agree in that an IPA was a pretty tough choice.  Perhaps next time, I'll come up with a mixed selection... but you're right in that the higher calories helped as I never felt depleted of energy, just exhausted from the heat.  Too funny on the boxer and snuggie idea!

RWD - You're a good soul for volunteering!  Hope summer training is going well.

I'm back into training now, but I'm not 100% sure for what.  I will probably do the Stone Mill 50 Mile, but that's 16 weeks away.  I'd like to squeeze another race in between, so I'll be on the hunt for something.

 

ARFTA - A Race For the Ages is a race in which everyone 40 and over gets as many hours as they are years old to run as many miles as they can. Those under 40 get 40 hours. Staggered start times so that everyone finishes at noon on Labor Day.  It's put on by the same RD that does the Barkley Marathons and Vol States.

WC  Thanks for the afternoon info.  I will check it out.  I've heard of Barkley but dont know much about it.  Its kept on the down low so i never hear much hype about it.  Unfortunately I see The last Annual Vol State was held this year.  Too bad.  Will be missed...again. 🤧

It was like 70F this evening when I ran and it was amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Especially after having a terrible, exhausting tempo run in 85F heat on Tuesday. I did set a world record for the mile on Tuesday, though, with a 2:11 mile which included me crossing the Mississippi on foot. (Freaking GPS errors - very annoying since for a tempo run I'm more interested in pace than normal.)

Bert-o, if it wasn't for volunteering, I would not have an in-person community of runner friends. I have all of you, of course, but none of us run the same races! I had NO friends who run, and so I was always showing up to races alone, feeling like an outsider, and decided to change that. When I started getting into trail/ultra running, I decided to see what it was all about by volunteering at Superior 100. I worked the finish line and it was incredible. I was hooked and determined to run it one day. Now some of the strangers I handed medals to are my friends, and when I show up to races, people know me and welcome me, and I make a point to try to meet new people each time.

re Vol State, ARFTA etc

that has always seemed to me to be a whole other level of running to aspire to. going for whatever amount of miles in one day is one thing but getting going the next day is something else. when i sleep after running more than 30 miles my legs go into recovery mode. how do you break them out of that and say "nope we have to get going again"?