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Rut Training Run – only a handful of days to go
Again, like the foolish child I am, I registered for the Rut Training Run 10.5 mile course. It starts with the VK, and gives me an opportunity to pre-run it with a group of fun runners in a non-competitive environment. My recent PR on Baldy South Ridge Wildlife? Horned Toad on Baldy summit From their most recent email: What to Expect at Aid Stations: We will have water, Skratch Labs Drink Mix and a salty and sweet option for you at both aid stations. Note that there will NOT be gels at our Training Runs or Race aid stations this year. We believe Skratch Labs makes some of the best nutrition…
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Rut Training Run – the week before
The Rut is doing a training run July 13 for their 28k and 50k. Interestingly they are supposed to climb the VK route, which is on neither of the routes. Then it forks for each of the routes for 10.5 or 15 miles. Since it’s a great opportunity to do the VK as a pre-run I opted for the 10.5 mile, which is totally doable as a run/walk. Here are some details from the event: Training Runs Schedule:7:00-7:55 am: Runner Check-in Big Sky Resort Base Area Huntley Dining Room at Base of Explorer Lift. See MAP.8:00 am: Start Training Runs8:00-1:00 pm: Runs in progress (1 pm cut off for all…
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Broken Arrow Sky Race VK
Just finished a “B” race – Broken Arrow Skyrun VK Friday 21st. Set a PR of 1:16:02. Previous best was at the 2015 Flagstaff Sky Race VK at 1:32:37. Had a few years off from various injuries, returned to running training this past January and Stryd was essential to that process. Here’s the Power Center data from Suunto narrowed down to the race itself. There was a bit of standing around up front waiting for the gun and then the hike out to the tram for the descent that are not in this segment. If the race were a week later I’d have been an AG Placer. 🙂 Now I…
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My Gear Spread Pics for the Broken Arrow VK
I’m sure you’ve seen them on Instagram and Facebook, etc, but it’s common for runners to post pics of all their stuff laid out or being packed, with all the cool kid hashtags. I took some pics, but they aren’t really all laid out and I didn’t do all the cool kid hashtags. Here’s my suitcase almost packed, and a few other baggies I’ll be putting into my personal item carry on. I’ll be carrying on this suitcase too, as I don’t want to pay the exorbitant fees for checked luggage. Though I guess technically I have airline points that would earn me a freebie checked bag. That being said,…
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What even is training for a VK all about?
Quoted long-form from this article: The sport of VK running is relatively unheard of in Australia. It’s a Euro thing that is quickly gaining traction as trail and Skyrunning grows around the world. The International Skyrunning Federation defines it as follows: “Races with 1,000 m vertical climb over variable terrain with a substantial incline, not exceeding five kilometres in length.” The shortest VK in the world, which incidentally is also the fastest, is in Fully, Switzerland. It’s 1.9 km in length, with an average incline of 52% Essentially, vertical Kilometers are all about super steep mountains where an athlete has to maintain a steady state at close to maximum exertion…
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Getting Excited for Broken Arrow Sky Race VK in Squaw Valley
I was thrilled to find out that much of the ridge will be clear of snow, except for a few of the usual spots for the Vertical Kilometer (VK) race on Friday June 21 2019. The organizers posted a video of the famous Stairway to Heaven section of the course, showing a little bit of snow to be traversed at the base of the stairs. Check out their video: VID_20190612_150104647_3 from Broken Arrow Skyrace on Vimeo. So much fun watching that, right?My wife said “That looks a lot like you” and I replied “only my thighs are thicker…” Here is a shot of the advanced weather report for you. Just…