Barkley Marathon
Don't know if there are any other folks out there following the ultramarathon scene, but seeing 3 runners finish Barkley this year was freaking incredible. I spent the better part of three days following Keith on twitter pulling for as many people to finish as possible
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a43322798/barkley-marathons/?fbclid=IwAR2ttJO_KTIBQtb6bljLcoO0R8rU9GAgp85icY9DUg6gkjlNxkwLYzr9QDM
Laz is going to make it brutal next year.
Ultra-marathoning? Given the title, I thought that TNT was running a marathon of Charles Barkley clips culled from his finest performances. I feel cheated and want my money back…
turrible idea
What's in your wallet, Charles?
Guilty. I thought sir charles was on some huge rant about the tourney or something.
A gif loop of his golf swing.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:36 AM ^
I thought it was a bunch of Frank Caliendo impersonations
is this the one where you have to run 60 miles in 100 hours through woods, swamps, sewers, etc.? If so no one has even finished in 3 years. 3 finishing is incredible
Actually the inverse - 100 miles in 60 hours. The documentary on it is well worth your time even if you're not into ultr-running.
Not to be confused with a (Mary) Markley Bar-a-thon. Yesterday was Saint Patrick’s Day after all.
I don't follow it but came across this study that suggests long endurance athletes are more susceptible to coronary atherosclerosis.
The suggestion that long-term endurance exercise may lead to a paradoxical increase in coronary atherosclerosis has been raised again by a new study.
In the Master@Heart study, lifelong endurance athletes had more coronary plaques, including more noncalcified plaques, than fit and healthy individuals with a similarly low cardiovascular risk profile.
The study was presented at the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session/World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) 2023 on March 6.
It was also simultaneously published online in the European Heart Journal.
"We consistently see higher plaque burden in lifelong endurance athletes. This is regardless of the plaque type, whether it is calcified, mixed, noncalcified, in the proximal segment or causing more than 50% stenosis," concluded Ruben De Bosscher, MD, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, during his presentation.
The researchers suggest that all the information to date suggests there may be a "reverse J-shaped" dose-response relationship between exercise and coronary atherosclerosis.
The Michigan Difference.
Only knew two guys who were devotees of what I called excess cardio regimens: one died of a heart attack at 29, the other made it to 50. Heart attacks, both. Might be something to this observation.
I am training for my second ultramarathon right now and I'm 49. Your scientific data is telling me I'm going to die before I get a chance to catch diabeetuss.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:14 AM ^
avatar picture definitely not checking out.
kudos to you for even doing one, much less attempting another. if you feel like sharing, what type of training are you doing and when would the race your targeting be run?
March 18th, 2023 at 10:54 AM ^
The race is the Marquette 50 up in the UP in August. I'm following Hal Higdons 50K ultra training plan which is a six month program of increasing miles week to week with no real speedwork. I did this race before and the rock climbing and elevation gains killed me so I'm adding strength training to my plan this time.
i will say the toughest triathlon i ever did was in big bay. the swim was in lake independence, no big deal on that, but the run and the bike were tough. lots of gain/loss of elevation on barely discernable logging 'roads' which were frequently impassable even with a mountain bike. lots of folks got lost, fortunately i wasn't among them.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:14 AM ^
avatar picture definitely not checking out.
kudos to you for even doing one, much less attempting another. if you feel like sharing, what type of training are you doing and when would the race your targeting be run?
"...more than fit and healthy individuals..."
Dammit, this doesn't support my lifestyle either.
Looks like my intuition has served me well yet again. Sedentary lifestyle ftw!
March 18th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
I've read several studies before (I can't remember where, unfortunately) that low-intensity, steady-state exercise causes oxidative stress after ~1 hour. The effects of long-term endurance training, paradoxically, makes it about as healthy to train for marathons as it does to eat McDonald's every day.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
Show me the average person who eats at McDonalds every day and I'll be looking at my avatar.
Reno, to post a link, click on the icon that looks like a link in a chain, on the top of the Comment box.
March 18th, 2023 at 11:32 AM ^
Are you saying one can't just paste a link in the body of the comment and produce a working link?!? Who knew?
Absolutely amazing. Sounds like good weather this year was hugely impactful. Such a crazy but fascinating event.
the documentary is absolutely insane, well worth your time.
Feagin Marathon
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I went to high school with John Kelly. Ran cross country/track with him. He’s a good dude. Wicked smart and a dogged personality….which you have to have to be a multi-time Barkley finisher.
have a long-time buddy who has been big into the true 'iron man' races (not the little ones that i do) and these wild endurance marathon races. great guy and some of the stuff they do, for instance in team racing, where they kayak, climb, run, repel, you name it, is pretty wild. huge hat tip for that type of dedication and endurance.
Brother did the Seattle Tough Mudder. Barely survived it and was sick from an infection (likely from one of the water elements) for a month.
Northville 10K is my high water mark.
I tried to read the article but can't get past this first sentence.
The Barkley Marathons is like a bus: you wait six years for a finisher and then three come along at once.
Does he circle a food court? Explains the ultra part. Those take a while.
March 18th, 2023 at 10:35 AM ^
I always tell people that nobody runs a full 100k/100 mile race. Lots of shuffling involved. :)
training for my 5th 100k in august now 🥰
March 18th, 2023 at 11:09 AM ^
Which one you doing? We took a break during COVID but decided to do Where's Waldo 100K in August. I want to start running but all of our trails in Reno/Tahoe are still buried in snow
I'll be doing one in upstate new york. i miss the buttery smooth fire roads of Marin county, tho :(