Movie details here.
-Larry
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Movie: Race Across The Sky: Leadville Trail 100
Movie details here.
-Larry
Sunday, September 27, 2009
quotes of the day
"Train. Look after your body. Temper it with pain, and your body will amaze you. You will do things you thought impossible. That is why running matters."
""The strength of the will prevails over the weakness of the body. The will drives the body beyond what the body thinks it can do."
"A plant needs water, and a body needs exercise. If you do not exercise a body, it corrupts, and the mind corrupts with it."
"The Olympian" - Endurance Planet Breakaway Friday podcast.
""The strength of the will prevails over the weakness of the body. The will drives the body beyond what the body thinks it can do."
"A plant needs water, and a body needs exercise. If you do not exercise a body, it corrupts, and the mind corrupts with it."
"The Olympian" - Endurance Planet Breakaway Friday podcast.
Quad City Marathon - Pics from the Course
Thank the heavens for a beautiful day. No goals for QCM this year for me. Legs shot for season, so just out for the 13.1 mile leisure stroll. Sorry for leaving early, but I had to get home to mow the lawn, before the dear wife tells me to bale it.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Monday, September 21, 2009
blog of elite ultra runner
Thanks to Paul Schmidt for the link. Duncan Callahan took 3rd at Leadville. Lost his cookies, but finished in 18 hrs and change.
leadville 100 bike race movie trailer
In theaters next month, hopefully somewhere nearby. The notion of going up, let alone down the something like 11,000 ft ascent up powerline to Sugarloaf on a bike (!) seems nuts. But in an intriguing, 'hmm sounds interesting' sorta way....please don't tell the dear wife. The bike course is similar, but different than the run course. I'm thinking even Lance would have trouble with the backside of Hope. Un-ridable, maybe carry-able.
-Larry
-Larry
Friday, September 18, 2009
book 'o the month - born to run
A few pages in. Saving it for an upcoming trip. Barefoot running sounds intriguingly opposite to conventional wisdom...
Finally, Born to Run presents a philosophy of exercise. The ethos that pervades recreational and competitive running--"no pain, no gain," is fundamentally flawed, McDougall argues. The essence of running should not be grim determination, but sheer joy. Many of the conventions of modern running--the thick-soled shoes, mechanical treadmills, take no prisoners competition, and heads-down powering through pain dull our appreciation of what running can be--a sociable activity, more game than chore, that can lead to adventure. McDougall's narrative moves the book forward, his thesis provides a solid intellectual support, but this philosophy of joy animates Born to Run. I hope this book finds the wide audience it deserves. - Amazon Reviewer...
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Finally, Born to Run presents a philosophy of exercise. The ethos that pervades recreational and competitive running--"no pain, no gain," is fundamentally flawed, McDougall argues. The essence of running should not be grim determination, but sheer joy. Many of the conventions of modern running--the thick-soled shoes, mechanical treadmills, take no prisoners competition, and heads-down powering through pain dull our appreciation of what running can be--a sociable activity, more game than chore, that can lead to adventure. McDougall's narrative moves the book forward, his thesis provides a solid intellectual support, but this philosophy of joy animates Born to Run. I hope this book finds the wide audience it deserves. - Amazon Reviewer...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
the worst place to run
Solitary confinement, prison exercise area, Clairvaux France. Ok, there are worse alternatives to a treadmill.Sunday, September 13, 2009
baling twine
help needed QC Marathon Steve's Team
Got a request from Pam Wilson asking for help at QC Marathon...a very worthy cause...
I am looking for anyone interested in pushing a child in a wheelchair for Steve's Team. It's the 5person Relay and entry is waived. Just have to be able to push a kid for 3-5 miles depending on which leg they run and interact with the child during the run. I will have all the info..if anyone is interested, please notify me asap as we are running out of time! Thanks bunches and thanks to any one interested in finding out more. Please e-mail me at pamtischer@sbcglobal.net or call 309-912-4928.
I am looking for anyone interested in pushing a child in a wheelchair for Steve's Team. It's the 5person Relay and entry is waived. Just have to be able to push a kid for 3-5 miles depending on which leg they run and interact with the child during the run. I will have all the info..if anyone is interested, please notify me asap as we are running out of time! Thanks bunches and thanks to any one interested in finding out more. Please e-mail me at pamtischer@sbcglobal.net or call 309-912-4928.
Pam Wilson
Saturday, September 12, 2009
sept 24 long run
For the last long run before the Milwaukee Marathon in three weeks, I invited three first time marathoners from Muscatine to visit our well supplied, familiar Duck Creek training course. Craig, Candice and Danelle all finished strong and are ready to run well at Milwaukee. To quote "woohoo!" Thanks to Dave for the water and gatorade (and Good Luck at Chicago Half!)
I have the occasional trouble with directions. Wrong turn at Leadville mile 38 cost me 15 minutes and made it a 101 mile race. Today 20 or so became 23 or 24. Obviously, they have lengthened the path while I was away. Bugs was right. I shoulda taken the left turn at Albuquerque.
-Larry
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
I have the occasional trouble with directions. Wrong turn at Leadville mile 38 cost me 15 minutes and made it a 101 mile race. Today 20 or so became 23 or 24. Obviously, they have lengthened the path while I was away. Bugs was right. I shoulda taken the left turn at Albuquerque.
-Larry
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
QC Marathon Store Help Needed
Passing along the word from Butch....
As every year I need help selling merchandise at the expo for the Quad City Marathon. If you could give 2 hours of your time on Saturday and/or Sunday morning we can sure use your help. If you have a spouse that would like to have something to do while you’re running on Sunday I could use help on that day as well.
Time are 10 – 12, 12 – 2, 2 – 4, 4 – 6, 6 – 8, on Sunday I need help early starting at 6:30 am.
Contact information:
Butch Rebman
563-579-4971 (cell)
butch@centralscott.com
Thanks for your help and supporting the Quad City Marathon.
Butch
As every year I need help selling merchandise at the expo for the Quad City Marathon. If you could give 2 hours of your time on Saturday and/or Sunday morning we can sure use your help. If you have a spouse that would like to have something to do while you’re running on Sunday I could use help on that day as well.
Time are 10 – 12, 12 – 2, 2 – 4, 4 – 6, 6 – 8, on Sunday I need help early starting at 6:30 am.
Contact information:
Butch Rebman
563-579-4971 (cell)
butch@centralscott.com
Thanks for your help and supporting the Quad City Marathon.
Butch
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Does Ibuprofen Help or Hurt During Exercise?
From the NY Times. Link.
Several years ago, David Nieman set out to study racers at the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile test of human stamina held annually in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The race directors had asked Nieman, a well-regarded physiologist and director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the North Carolina Research Campus, to look at the stresses that the race places on the bodies of participants. Nieman and the race authorities had anticipated that the rigorous distance and altitude would affect runners’ immune systems and muscles, and they did. But one of Nieman’s other findings surprised everyone.
After looking at racers’ blood work, he determined that some of the ultramarathoners were supplying their own physiological stress, in tablet form. Those runners who’d popped over-the-counter ibuprofen pills before and during the race displayed significantly more inflammation and other markers of high immune system response afterward than the runners who hadn’t taken anti-inflammatories. The ibuprofen users also showed signs of mild kidney impairment and, both before and after the race, of low-level endotoxemia, a condition in which bacteria leak from the colon into the bloodstream.
Several years ago, David Nieman set out to study racers at the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile test of human stamina held annually in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The race directors had asked Nieman, a well-regarded physiologist and director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the North Carolina Research Campus, to look at the stresses that the race places on the bodies of participants. Nieman and the race authorities had anticipated that the rigorous distance and altitude would affect runners’ immune systems and muscles, and they did. But one of Nieman’s other findings surprised everyone.
After looking at racers’ blood work, he determined that some of the ultramarathoners were supplying their own physiological stress, in tablet form. Those runners who’d popped over-the-counter ibuprofen pills before and during the race displayed significantly more inflammation and other markers of high immune system response afterward than the runners who hadn’t taken anti-inflammatories. The ibuprofen users also showed signs of mild kidney impairment and, both before and after the race, of low-level endotoxemia, a condition in which bacteria leak from the colon into the bloodstream.
your parts is runner parts
A partial list of your parts designed for distance running.
Source - "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo"
Break it down to.... You are tall, have a big head, a large rear end and long legs. Your feet and legs are shock absorbing. You get rid of heat and balance well. You have little hair. Go run somewhere.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~skeleton/pdfs/2004e.pdf
Enlarged posterior and anterior semicircular canals, Head/body stabilization
Expanded venous circulation of neurocranium, Thermoregulation
More balanced head, Head stabilization
Nuchal ligament, Head stabilization
Short snout, Head stabilization
Tall, narrow body form, Thermoregulation
Decoupled head and pectoral girdle, Counter-rotation of trunk versus head
Low, wide shoulders, Counter-rotation of trunk versus hips
Forearm shortening, Counter-rotation of trunks
Source - "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo"
Break it down to.... You are tall, have a big head, a large rear end and long legs. Your feet and legs are shock absorbing. You get rid of heat and balance well. You have little hair. Go run somewhere.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~skeleton/pdfs/2004e.pdf
Enlarged posterior and anterior semicircular canals, Head/body stabilization
Expanded venous circulation of neurocranium, Thermoregulation
More balanced head, Head stabilization
Nuchal ligament, Head stabilization
Short snout, Head stabilization
Tall, narrow body form, Thermoregulation
Decoupled head and pectoral girdle, Counter-rotation of trunk versus head
Low, wide shoulders, Counter-rotation of trunk versus hips
Forearm shortening, Counter-rotation of trunks
Saturday, September 5, 2009
'baby, you were born to run'
With apologies to Bruce Springsteen.
Two weeks since the toughest race of my running career. A frequent question I have been asked "Why did you do it?" The best question "You're a smart guy. Don't you have a car?"
Yes, I have a car. A couple as a matter of fact. I was listening to podcasts while I tend to farm and household chores today. Steve Runner's podcast in the evolution of humans as distance runners. The Runner's Roundtable talking about barefoot running. There was a recent article on the evolution of humans as runners in the most recent issue of Runner's World.
For the nitty gritty, see work by Dennis Bramble of the University of Utah and Daniel Lieberman of Harvard. "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo" from the Journal Nature 2004 and "The Evolution of Marathon Running Capabilities in Humans" from Sports Medicine 2007.
The short version. More than 2 million years ago, global cooling shrank forests where our ape ancestors lived in forests of Africa. Savannahs and plains opened up a niche for those ancestors. Walking upright, ancestors such as Australopithecus strode out upon the plains, scavenging mostly, but occassionaly running down game directly.
There are few if any animals that can out distance a running human. We are remarkably poor sprinters compared to other animals - dogs, cats, horses. But take a hot day, and a really long distance, and a bipedal human with literally run other animals to death. Useful if you are trying to eat said animal.
A remarkable set of features in the human body favor distance running. The achilles tendon. Your big rear end. Ask a chimp why your butt is bigger than his, I dare you.
About 10,000 years ago, humans developed agriculture. Bummer. We started sitting around waiting for food to grow, gathered in villages, domesticating animals. About 50 years ago, we developed modern society (in the West), with cars and a Kum-n-Go on each corner with 64 oz soft drinks on tap.
Our bodies are designed by 2 million years of evolution for distance running. So I ask this question of those who ask me why I do what I do. I do what the body is designed for. What are you doing?
-Larry
Two weeks since the toughest race of my running career. A frequent question I have been asked "Why did you do it?" The best question "You're a smart guy. Don't you have a car?"
Yes, I have a car. A couple as a matter of fact. I was listening to podcasts while I tend to farm and household chores today. Steve Runner's podcast in the evolution of humans as distance runners. The Runner's Roundtable talking about barefoot running. There was a recent article on the evolution of humans as runners in the most recent issue of Runner's World.
For the nitty gritty, see work by Dennis Bramble of the University of Utah and Daniel Lieberman of Harvard. "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo" from the Journal Nature 2004 and "The Evolution of Marathon Running Capabilities in Humans" from Sports Medicine 2007.
The short version. More than 2 million years ago, global cooling shrank forests where our ape ancestors lived in forests of Africa. Savannahs and plains opened up a niche for those ancestors. Walking upright, ancestors such as Australopithecus strode out upon the plains, scavenging mostly, but occassionaly running down game directly.
There are few if any animals that can out distance a running human. We are remarkably poor sprinters compared to other animals - dogs, cats, horses. But take a hot day, and a really long distance, and a bipedal human with literally run other animals to death. Useful if you are trying to eat said animal.
A remarkable set of features in the human body favor distance running. The achilles tendon. Your big rear end. Ask a chimp why your butt is bigger than his, I dare you.
About 10,000 years ago, humans developed agriculture. Bummer. We started sitting around waiting for food to grow, gathered in villages, domesticating animals. About 50 years ago, we developed modern society (in the West), with cars and a Kum-n-Go on each corner with 64 oz soft drinks on tap.
Our bodies are designed by 2 million years of evolution for distance running. So I ask this question of those who ask me why I do what I do. I do what the body is designed for. What are you doing?
-Larry
Governor's cross country race - it's still on
Larry:
Glad you emailed me. No, Governor's is not cancelled. It is alive and on schedule.
Concerns have apparently been addressed satisfactorily.
-Paul
----- Original Message -----From: Larry SandhaasTo: Paul SchmidtSent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 1:58 PMSubject: governor's cancelled?I hear through the grapevine that Governor's may be cancelled due to concerns about wear and tear on Scott County Park?
True?
Am trying to schedule some events in the same time frame.
Thanks-
Larry Sandhaas
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)