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UltraRunning May 2008

UltraRunning May 2008
View from the open road, heat training, Old Pueblo 50 Mile, Croom 50 Mile and lots more ......
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2007 World Ultra Lists
This Week in Racing
[In This Week]
Submit a race entry.....
This is a new calendar entry form which hopefully will make it a lot easier for you to submit your complete event details to us. Remember this is only for events of distances greater than 26.2 miles (Ultras).
 
Sulphur Springs Trail Races 50k, 50 mile and 100 mile
Ancaster, ON 6:00 a.m. Sat, May 24, 2007
 
McDonald Forest 50K
Corvallis, OR 8:00 a.m. Sat, May 10, 2008
 
Quicksilver 50M/50K/25K
San Jose, CA, 6:00 a.m. Sat, May 10, 2008
 
Jemez Mountain 50 Mile and 50Km Runs
Los Alamos, NM 5:00a.m. Sat, May 17, 2008
 
Ice Age Trail 50K
La Grange, WI 8:00 a.m. Sat, May 10, 2008
 
Blue Planet 24hr Run
Black Mountain, NC 8:30 a.m. Sat, May 3, 2008
 
Strolling Jim 40 Mile Run
Wartrace, TN 7:00 a.m. Sat, May 3, 2008
 
Long Island Greenbelt Trail Run
Plainview, NY 7:00 a.m. Sat, May 10, 2008
 
Pineland Farms Trail Challenge 50 Mile, 50Km and 25Km
New Gloucester, ME, 6:00 a.m. Sun, May 25, 2008


Health and Nutrition
[In Health & Nutrition]
Overtraining a Concern for Ultrarunners
Runners are generally perfectionists, capable of pushing themselves to their limits, and usually totally incapable of knowing when to slow down or even stop.
 
Hydration Needs Do Not End With the Cooler Temperatures
During the fall and winter months, athletes can be tricked into performance declines associated with dehydration. As the cooling effect of air and rain sometimes mask our sense of fluid loss, many athletes fail to take into account the significant amount of water loss that is still occurring.
 
What it Takes to Complete an Ultra
 
 
"Marathon Mice" A Sign of the Future in Sports
Tucson Citizen: Researchers yesterday unveiled genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their naturally bred brethren, bringing the "genetic" doping" of elite athletes a small step closer.
 
Proper Running Technique Critical to Success
Active.com: We tend to copy winners, and as a result ignore what could be a more effective technique for each individual.