No. 30 Links
| Open | Big-League Chew. https://www.bigleaguechew.com/ “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70299904 |
| HURT 100 Congrats! | Book of HURT: https://hurt100.com/book-of-hurt/ |
| Hawaii Ultra Rundown | https://ultrasignup.com/events/search.aspx https://www.runningintheusa.com/race/list/hawaii-county-hi/upcoming |
| Tarahumara Sandals | There’s a book, “Born to Run”, by Christopher McDougall: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028MBKVG Iskiate, or Chia Fresca. Link to the recipe: https://www.macheesmo.com/iskiate-recipe/ There are a lot of interesting facts about the Raramuri. You can find a bunch of them @ https://ohfact.com/tarahumara-tribe-facts/ Raramuri huarache sandals they make from leather and tires. There is a site that shows how to make these: https://bikehike.org/how-to-make-tarahumara-sandals/ You can also buy these: Modern version of Tarahumara sandals: https://xeroshoes.com/sandals/tarahumara/ DIY FeelTrue Sandal Kit Xeroshoes donates 5% of the purchase price to the Tarahumara Children’s Hospital Fund to provide support.” |
| Toughening up bare feet progress | Spark.com – It was a site in the 90’s/early 2000s that had a bunch of crazy “experiments” on it. It is still available on web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20010602082024/http://www.thespark.com/science/fat/index.html |
| Difference between Male and Female running shoes. | Article from Livestrong.com: https://www.livestrong.com/article/269999-what-is-the-difference-between-womens-mens-running-shoes/ This is another pretty simple but good synopsis of the differences: https://runshoestore.com/blog/sneakers/mens-and-womens-running-shoes/ |
| Top Lace Holes on Shoes | “Runner’s Loop; tutorials on this, and a bunch of other lacing methods are available @: https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/lacing-running-shoes.html |
| 100 Miler list | Gear List for Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji: https://www.ultratrailmtfuji.com/en/about/rules/ |
| Daniel’s Laws of running | https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/articles/the-10-basic-laws-of-running-according-to-jack-daniels |
| Strava’s new Heatmap | Link to Strava’s Global Heatmap: https://www.strava.com/heatmap#7.00/-155.58278/19.89677/hot/all |
| Google earth | Google Earth Home: https://earth.google.com/web/ |
| Spooky trails | Volcano National Park Maps: https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/maps.htm |
| National Geodetic Survey Data Explorer | Bone up on your landmark knowledge @ https://libraryguides.usgs.gov/benchmarks Most survey marks were set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey (now called the National Geodetic Survey); information for those marks is available online. For further assistance, contact the National Geodetic Survey at 301-713-3242 or ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov. For information about marks set by the USGS, contact the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center at tnm_help@usgs.gov. You can see the NGS datasheet associated with that landmark @: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NGSDataExplorer/ |
| What’s VO2 Max? | c|net, “VO2 max: Everything you need to know”: https://www.cnet.com/health/your-vo2-max-explained/ The Running Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WggORcTzRJ8 Daniels Running Formula: https://www.amazon.com/Daniels-Running-Formula-Jack/dp/1718203667/ From: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/fitness/whats-a-good-vo2-max-for-me/ How to increase it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EGsZkBMoOU What’s a good one? https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/fitness/whats-a-good-vo2-max-for-me/ Do watches measure it accurately (p. 42 of the manual)? https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner945/EN-US/Forerunner_945M_OM_EN-US.pdf GARMIN Support, “What Is VO2 Max Estimate and How Does It Work?”: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=lWqSVlq3w76z5WoihLy5f8 “Accuracy of Garmin and Polar Smart Watches to Predict VO2max” Snyder, Nikolas C.; Willoughby, Courtney A.; Smith, Bryan K. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: May 2017 – Volume 49 – Issue 5S – p 761: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2017/05001/Accuracy_of_Garmin_and_Polar_Smart_Watches_to.2219.aspx |
| Garmin 945XT Trail activity (on GARMIN 945XT) | Manual: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner945/EN-US/Forerunner_945M_OM_EN-US.pdf Gives a trail map, and flashes elevation gain on steep uphills. Getting to navigation from an activity screen. Also, an Ultra Run activity :O (p. 9 of the manual). Turning Off VO2 Max. Recording: You can disable VO2 max. recording for ultra-run and trail run activities if you do not want these run types to affect your VO2 max. estimate (About VO2 Max. Estimates, page 42). 1. Hold. 2. Select Settings > Activities & Apps. 3. Select Trail Run or Ultra Run. 4. Select the activity settings. 5. Select Record VO2 Max. > Off. |