Anyone following the Gary Robbins/UTMB feud?
aggiespartan said:
Latest Freetrail podcast is Gary Robbins.
AggieOO said:
Looking for a 50K (could also go 50M) in Texas on any of these dates: 1/13, 1/14, 1/20, 1/21.
Bandera is the leader thus far, but looking around at options. Big Bend is in that range, but its a long ass drive both ways and with work travel, i'd prefer not to be gone multiple days. Franklin Mountains is another one in that range, and could technically tack it onto a work trip, but that means spending my birthday solo (1/20). I'd rather spend at least part of it with the wife/kids. I saw the Frio Trail Runs on 1/20, but that's likely a weekend away as well, plus its 5 loops, which is a massive negative to me.
edit: Goodwater is the most convenient, but i've run that damn trail and race so many times that its not very appealing.
Any other suggestions? I'm in the austin area for reference regarding travel to a race.
I've been to the region more times than I can count, and I'm not exaggerating. I'm already doing a trip out there for a big run in december, so convincing the wife for another trip while she has to watch the kids isn't going to happen. i've not done the race since it moved to the state park, but I ran it back when it was in the National Park.Dafstun said:AggieOO said:
Looking for a 50K (could also go 50M) in Texas on any of these dates: 1/13, 1/14, 1/20, 1/21.
Bandera is the leader thus far, but looking around at options. Big Bend is in that range, but its a long ass drive both ways and with work travel, i'd prefer not to be gone multiple days. Franklin Mountains is another one in that range, and could technically tack it onto a work trip, but that means spending my birthday solo (1/20). I'd rather spend at least part of it with the wife/kids. I saw the Frio Trail Runs on 1/20, but that's likely a weekend away as well, plus its 5 loops, which is a massive negative to me.
edit: Goodwater is the most convenient, but i've run that damn trail and race so many times that its not very appealing.
Any other suggestions? I'm in the austin area for reference regarding travel to a race.
I did Big Bend in January this year for my first 50 miler and really enjoyed it. Highly recommend the BB and Terlingua area if you have never been. It's a whole different world worth experiencing but don't expect too many creature comforts. The stars at night alone are worth the drive.
Have you run/raced at Reveille before? There are some great trails out there, very few of which we saw. The mountain bikers got all the good trails. Also pretty disappointed that the ranch has cleared out so much vegetation that big sections of it are wide open...though, that's not the fault of Lifetime events. To me, it felt like, "you know what, we have the mountain bike race, and already have this property, so i think we can squeeze a run into this part over here.." Sections of the course were obviously just "bulldozed" in recently. You could tell portions of the course were literally, "well we need some more distance, so let's just run them down this side of the fence, and then they can run back on the other side." As warm as it was, they should have had at a minimum an unmanned water station on the course, and there were multiple places they would have put that that were easily accessible by the race organizers. And due to the course design, an aid station on that loop could have easily been accessible in both directions since there was a decent chunk of the course that essentially ran parallel or was two-way traffic. The course was definitely not designed with a runner's experience in mind. It was 100% selling out a feeder race to people hoping to get a slot in Leadville. Which, I'll readily admit is why I was there, but then I never even got the chance to put my name in b/c of the disorganization. I know they can't control my personal schedule, but I would have had plenty of time to stick around if they hadn't had issues.A is A said:
What specifically did you not like about the course? I had a decent time. There are a lot of changes I'd make to make the course more accessible and guide runners and their support/guests.
no. I can't remember how many years its been at reveille, but it was at a different venue initially. And they use to do the runs and rides on separate days, which allowed for use of more trails. I can surely understand from an organizer's standpoint that its easier to do both on the same day and save some costs, but as it is now, its definitely a mountain bike race with a running race on the side.Dafstun said:
Was the Austin Rattler a new race?
Well I signed up for it, so hopefully I don't scare any of them. I was wondering what they did at night.Sponge said:
I've done the Buffalo Run 50 which the 100 is just the 50 twice. Running in the dark with bison all over the place is a little scary.
I have hunted and killed a transplanted bison from Antelope island in Utah. He tasted great. Meaner than a rattle snake.AggieOO said:
and if if makes you feel better, this guy worked at the same company as me. Spoiler alert: he didn't survive.
https://kutv.com/news/local/runner-injured-possibly-by-bison-on-antelope-island
AggieOO said:
i know i do this from time to time, but anyone have any suggestions for endurance type youtube channels that are putting out good content? heres what i follow currently:
Sally McRae
Beau Miles
Jeff Pelletier
Billy Yang
Mountain Outpost
Solomon TV
Coconino Cowboys (pretty much defunct)
Payson McElveen
The Mocko Show (pretty much defunct)
GingerRunner
Vegan Cyclist (mostly for impossible route)
and anotehr group of lesser known stuff that are all basically dead channels.