A look at some endurance lover's events.
Last week, I posted a little preview of events that I thought were worth watching, if you love endurance events. So I thought that it would be good to link to a few stories about how the events turned out:
Western States 100
Scott Dunlap @ A Trail Runner's Blog has his review - Here
Here's the finish line report - read Scott's review for the story. It was the first I had heard it.
I would like to again say congrats to the two Kentucky runner's who made the attempt. I have not seen any local stories in the papers (or other) that has mentioned this, so I want to make sure all of us KY Endurance Lovers support our own!
Ironman Coeur d'Alene
It looks like the weather was really hot for the race, which caused quite a few people to DNF. (Stories of hot weather also came from WS100 and Primal Quest.)
Go to the IronmanCDA - Results page for the results. Or to read a race report from Albert Boyce (a gordoworld forum follower) who finished 4th overall - go here.
Primal Quest
The race is still going on. Check out the progress at checkpointzero.com
Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon
This race had a deep field of quality pro's this year! I'm not too sure what drew so many, but I think the prize money was more than usual? The results from this race are - here
One last look at an endurance lover's event: The Tour de France
Just look at any of the stories that have been coming out today. I was pretty excited about watching the Tour this year (I just got OLN the other night) but I'm not so sure anymore. Cycling has some major issues as a sport. Issues that make Major League Baseball's problems with steriod use look minor and silly.
The idea that you have to "do whatever it takes" is one theme that I was thinking about when I wrote my last post: Balancing performance, health and having fun.
As people that do these events to test our endurance, as a form of recreation, I think it is important to find balance. I'm still searching. And in the meantime, I'll continue to test the ends of my endurance.
Here's to a happy 4th of July. Find your limits.
Western States 100
Ironman Coeur d'Alene
It looks like the weather was really hot for the race, which caused quite a few people to DNF. (Stories of hot weather also came from WS100 and Primal Quest.)
Go to the IronmanCDA - Results page for the results. Or to read a race report from Albert Boyce (a gordoworld forum follower) who finished 4th overall - go here.
Primal Quest
The race is still going on. Check out the progress at checkpointzero.com
Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon
This race had a deep field of quality pro's this year! I'm not too sure what drew so many, but I think the prize money was more than usual? The results from this race are - here
One last look at an endurance lover's event: The Tour de France
Just look at any of the stories that have been coming out today. I was pretty excited about watching the Tour this year (I just got OLN the other night) but I'm not so sure anymore. Cycling has some major issues as a sport. Issues that make Major League Baseball's problems with steriod use look minor and silly.
The idea that you have to "do whatever it takes" is one theme that I was thinking about when I wrote my last post: Balancing performance, health and having fun.
As people that do these events to test our endurance, as a form of recreation, I think it is important to find balance. I'm still searching. And in the meantime, I'll continue to test the ends of my endurance.
Here's to a happy 4th of July. Find your limits.
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