MTN OUTHOUSE NEWS - Eastern States 100 Cancelled! Don Ritchie Tribute, Merry Statesmas To All

The craziest sh*t that happened in running this week: Merry Statesmas 2018 - Race Preview, Eastern States 100 Cancelled, Nike Valor Logo Ripoff, Harvey Lewis Appalachian Trail Update, Recaps: Leadville Marathon, Mohican 100, Mount Washington, Broken Arrow, Infinitus 888K, Sri Chinmoy 3100, Don Ritchie Tribute.

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[dhlwilson]

Great to hear a shoutout to The Stubborn Scotsman, Don Ritchie, what a legend!

[LoneEndurance]

My favorite news channel for sure! Keep up the good work :D

[dinkthinks]

Just ordered some gear from Mountain Outpost! Thank you for your never ending content!!!

[TrailRunningWales]

So excited about western states, I have a really good feeling about Jim, 2018 will be his year.

[justind]

Your the first person to mention Zach. I hope he gets top three!

[blakekennedy]

Best of luck! Will you be recording your Zach Bitter “pacing” ??
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That’d be sweet

[adamleadbetter]

Just a note that Lance Armstrong talked through his Leadville marathon on the Dauphine / Tour de Suisse episode of his The Move podcast

[Pacertravel]

It’s nice to wake up to this. Looking forward to video from States.

[shawnpatterson]

You should shop a background of Mt Rushmore famous runners edition. Gordy, Ritchie... Go for it

[benjaminmanning]

I want to add to the Infinitus race that Taylor Verville was first female, 5th overall, in the 250mile in 114:20!

[SteelTownRunner]

Don Ritchie was Scottish (not British). Part of his greatness was his sheer longevity and range. His marathon PB of 2:19:34 came shortly before his 40th birthday in 1983, when he was past his prime and had lost some of his top end speed.

Here is another summary of the great Scottish runner

[ggardner]

Being an american, i commented on a lucy bartholomew video that I'm rooting for her... after a very helpful comment by another person, I changed "rooting" to "cheering"....

[poser]

Is it common practice to only get a partial refund when the race coordinators cancel the event? I understand money was already put towards permits, etc., but this still seems strange to me. I live in PA and have been looking into doing ES100...I'm not so sure now.

[SteelTownRunner]

In the SC3100 participants must average 59.6 miles per day to finish. Many aim for 100km, not 70-80. A literal handful have ever averaged over 70 miles per day for the duration. Ashprihanal Aalto's WR from 2015 was 40d 9hrs, averaging 76.6 miles per day. Don Ritchie once posited that he thought it theoretically possible for someone to average 80 mpd in a US transcon (Pete ran 42d 6 hrs, averaging around 75). This is a long winded way of saying no one is intending to average 70-80 mid. The leaders may end up on the low end of that range, but the race is long and hard enough that most literally approach it day by day. Occasional updates can be found on their site and on Twitter #SC3100.

Race website (live web cam down the page) with daily totals. There is often a brief description of a highlight from the prior day by RD Sahishnu Szcsesiul. He speaks with subtlety and nuance, and is one of the few experts I rely on for additional insight and commentary for fixed time / extraordinarily long races (as a bonus, he's a bit of an expert on Track and Field too...).

Daily Race Blog, generally with a brief interview. Each day will appear at top of site when you truncate the url:

Saturday's pre-race briefing

Sunday - Day 1

Daily Race Photos (sorted by day)

Race Roster

[trickyricky]

I've had a funny feeling about Eastern States for a while. I recently moved to PA and thought it would be cool to volunteer at a "bigger" ultra race. Well, it turns out you can email the race director, and any response will be encrypted. It costs $1.50 to unlock the message. I wonder if the runners had to pay to find out their race was cancelled and that they wouldn't be getting full refunds.

[runningwithsideburns]

Got the sunnies! Pretty sure I'll be running faster from now on.