A USATF National Championship was held today: Tim Tollefson and Ashley Hawks Win USATF 50 Mile Trail Champs

Nice, something happened somewhere.

Here’s the thing: how close do people have to be to each other for it to be a gathering? An ultra event has people spread out over the course and many aid stations. So maybe if you designate certain aid stations as separate events you could find a loophole...

How ironic; half of this board hates on ultra running and now it’s the only thing we can talk about!

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Juice Springsteen wrote:
Nice, something happened somewhere.

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LetsRun.com wrote:
Believe it or not there was a USATF National Championship held today. Tim Tollefson and Ashley Hawks won the USATF 50 mile trail championships in California.

According to the live thread on LRC events in Placer County California are still allowed to be held with under 250 people. We heard from a participant that the State gave permission for the event to take place as long as shuttles weren't used to take runners to the start (it was a point to point course).

https://www.arrowliveresults.com/PioneerSpirit50miles

https://twitter.com/usmrt/status/1238909742522626048

https://twitter.com/usmrt/status/1238942738998898690

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I think that we are missing the REAL news in running today:

Kara Goucher
@karagoucher
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Mar 13
Canceled our 10 day trip to Hawaii we booked 11 months ago.
Cried.
Hammered a run.
Feel better.

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YMMV wrote:
I think that we are missing the REAL news in running today:

Kara Goucher
@karagoucher
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Mar 13
Canceled our 10 day trip to Hawaii we booked 11 months ago.
Cried.
Hammered a run.
Feel better.

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YMMV wrote:
I think that we are missing the REAL news in running today:

Kara Goucher
@karagoucher
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Mar 13
Canceled our 10 day trip to Hawaii we booked 11 months ago.
Cried.
Hammered a run.
Feel better.

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Check ultrasignup.com for events. Plenty still going on

When I didn’t Boston a few years ago the body odor was horrendous. So there’s benefits to small races in the forest. Track and road racing are boring anyway. Time for a running revolution where we get back to running for what it is. Nature, rhythm, movement, fatigue, etc... Too many people have made it place, time, medals. Those things are meaningless.,

Irresponsible! This event will only make the situation worse!

But really, letsrun is gonna have to turn into a strictly ultra site for a awhile.

Of course Ultras will still happen. No one does them that's how you can be a WR holder and nowhere near elite simultaneously.

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YMMV wrote:
I think that we are missing the REAL news in running today:

Kara Goucher
@karagoucher
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Mar 13
Canceled our 10 day trip to Hawaii we booked 11 months ago.
Cried.
Hammered a run.
Feel better.

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Steven Kool, CMU alum, making his 50 miler debut in 7th!

Look at the results site linked in the first post. Looks like Tim ran mile 44 to the finish in 24:24 which seems really fast for a trail run... until you look at the 2nd position guy. He covered the same distance in four minutes! Maybe the top 5 all kipped the course?

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YMMV wrote:
I think that we are missing the REAL news in running today:

Kara Goucher
@karagoucher
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Mar 13
Canceled our 10 day trip to Hawaii we booked 11 months ago.
Cried.
Hammered a run.

Feel better.

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Back to the heart of it all wrote:
When I didn’t Boston a few years ago the body odor was horrendous. So there’s benefits to small races in the forest. Track and road racing are boring anyway. Time for a running revolution where we get back to running for what it is. Nature, rhythm, movement, fatigue, etc... Too many people have made it place, time, medals. Those things are meaningless.,

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