Top 20 Signs Your Are Training (Too) Hard for Your Next Ultra - CONTEST!!

URG's FIRST Contest!!

We need your HELP to FINISH our TOP Ten 20 List!
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Top 20 Signs You are Training (Too) Hard
for Your Next Ultra

#20. you leave drop bags beside your bed for late night snacks. Derrick
 Note:
 Thanks to Derrick who sent me this line as an idea for an "URG". I thought it sounded like the start of a Great TOP 10 List...which is now become a TOP 20 List.

19. you find yourself asking strangers in the grocery store to pace you through the frozen food section.

18. you insist your family uses headlamp light exclusively after Dusk.

17. your dog thinks it is so cute the way your feet and arms move when you sleep.

16. you've used your new altimeter watch to chart the elevation climb from the basement to the living room to the bedroom and have set a PR on the course...3x's

15. you wake your spouse up every night shouting "GU, more GU, I need more GU"

14. 3 days before the race you try to convince yourself that a quick little 50 km run couldn't hurt and might actually loosen things up.

13. ??? OK it is now your turn. We need your HELP to complete the list. Leave a "Comment" with your entry for our Top Ten List. You need only enter 1 suggestion or 3 or a dozen. I will add the winning entry's to the list with the name/link of the winner. If for some reason you cannot leave a comment then e-mail your entry to me at ultrarunningguy@gmail.com


Prizes: The Top 3 entry's will be commemorated in pencil/ink and posted on the site. 
1st Prize: The person who's entry is chosen as #1 on the Top Ten List will get his or her very own character based on your Ultra Running exploits in an upcoming URG episode PLUS...........bragging rights:) 

There is NO limit to the number of entry's per person.
BTW, the 3 winning entry's will be decided by me. Oh the POWER!

UPDATE: URG's First Contest is NOW CLOSED. Click her for the WINNERS. Due to recieving so many good entries I have decided to turned the "TOP 10 List" into a "Top 20 ". Thank-you to everyone who entered. It was extremely HARD determining the winner and I now regret putting all that pressure on my shoulders. Next time I will turn it over to a professional:)
WINNING ENTRYS
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YOGA TIME!

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Just a QUICK list of some Ultra Runners who practice YOGA-

Scott Jurek http://www.scottjurek.com/blog

Sara Montgomery http://saratraining.blogspot.com/

OK, I am sure there are MANY more but that is all I could find for now.

Is there anyone else out there who starts their day with a few good Sun Salutations?

iRunFar.com - 2009 Leadville 100 Shoe Interviews

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 One of URG's favorite Ultra Running .coms is iRunFar.com .

Check out two great interviews from Bryon Powell

with Duncan Callahan and Anton Krupicka from Leadville, CO.

http://blog.irunfar.com/2009/08/video-interviews-with-anton-krupicka.html

Leadville 100 Trail Run 2009

http://67.132.106.4/merchant.ihtml?id=1427&step=2

Leadville 100 2009 Results & Reports

http://67.132.106.4/racereportlist.ihtml?race=73

URG's Hat

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S.O.Y.A. Inc.

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Tall, Dark & Rich

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UltraRunning Magazine

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 Ah! Every Ultra Runner's FANTASY!

UltraRunning Magazine Online

Yes, making the cover of UltraRunning Magazine is probably only a dream for most, however making the inside pages is a definite possibility as reader submitted race reports, articles and comics are welcome.
Ultra Running Magazine Submissions Link
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Mount Marcy Theatre

A Great Adirondacks hiking/running vacation report-http://derrickspafford.blogspot.com/2009/08/adirondacks.html

The Real Caballo Blanco?

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I had the fortunate opportunity to share a few e-mails with the

infamous Micah True or "Caballo Blanco" as he is referred to

throughout Chris McDougall's book "Born to Run".

What did you think of the way you were portrayed in Chris' book?

"I had mixed feelings...

realizing that his first impressions of me were heresay,

and not how I nor my friends see me.....some exaggeration....

The overall message was/is very good and positive."

Yes, I suppose I knew that you would turn out to be

a "normal" guy however it was fun following Chris on his search

for the mysterious "Caballo Blanco".

"never said I was normal--:]"

No not "normal" just not "crazy"? Perhaps a mixture of

the 3 characters in the attached comic. I hope my little comic

doesn't offended you as much as calling you normal did? :)

"No offence taken by anything-:} Those who run with el Caballo in the canyons become Mas Loco, and that is a good thing-;}"

I have been reading your stories and am more moved with each one...

Mas Korma (http://caballoblanco.com/maskorima.html )

and Los Alisos (http://caballoblanco.com/thousandwords.html )...

"Thank you..."

Micah's website and home to

The Copper Canyon Run and Ultra Marathon http://caballoblanco.com/

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Volunteer Pacers

Volunteer pacers are the UNSUNG HERO'S of Ultra Running.

Be they relatives, friends or complete strangers these Guys and Gals

act as companions, motivators, pack animal, and trail guide.

Running 10 to 50 mile sections of a race with the competitor

for no apparent pay off except for the satisfaction of helping

a fellow Ultra Runner realize their own personal dream.

URG says hats off to a Rare Breed in Deed!!

All races seem to have their own Pacer Rules.

Leadville Trail 100 allows the Pacer to carry food, water and gear for example-

http://67.132.106.4/merchant.ihtml?id=1439&step=2

Haliburton 100 does not allow the Pacer to carry anything for the runner-

http://ouser.org/races/hf-pguide-08.htm

Born to Run

If you haven't read Chris McDougall's book "Born To Run"

then you will have to go out and get it(or borrow it from a friend).

It just may inspire you to put on a blouse and run around

in a skirt like URG.

Here are a few links to a couple of characters in the book-

http://www.mexicohorse.com/ultramarathon.htm

http://caballoblanco.com/

http://barefootted.com/2009/03/born-to-run-by-christopher-mcdougall.html

An interesting article-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-painful-truth-trainers-Are-expensive-running-shoes-waste-money.html

URGals Crewing Drills

GONE CAMPING!

URG has "GONE CAMPING" for the week.

He will not be able to post due to the slow internet speed in his tent.

He will be back Monday July 2OTH with more Ultra Running Guy adventures.

SEE YOU SOON!!

Proudest Achievements

It's hard to say which HURT more!!

2009 Finger Lakes 50's - Mud Bath!

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Apparently there was a little mud at the race this year :)