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Ultrarunning is dead????

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  • #2
    Enduro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Enduro


    I think he is coming at it from a purely American-centric viewpoint. It makes a lot more sense over there. Not so much in Europe I reckon, and certainly not here.


  • #3
    TFBubendorfer
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    I've read the arcticle, but I don't get it. Just because a trail ultra is different to a road ultra we should not use the same term? :confused: And that means it's dead? :confused::confused::confused:


  • #4
    jb-ski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭jb-ski


    it is very American slanted, probably not relevant over here.

    I just love the need for some people to label /categorise what they do.

    e.g. I ride a bike almost daily but don't consider myself a 'cyclist'; Road cyclist, mountain biker, fixie rider etc etc

    I probably am a runner (otherwise how can i justify the lycra tights & skimpy shorts in my wardrobe), but i'm not quite sure what type of runner.
    Must try and figure this out soon.

    Wait til the Triathletes & Adventure racers;) start to subdivide into categories.
    Or maybe they have already...........?



    (related to other movies thread, for anyone who has seen Unbreakable Geoff Roes is one impressive runner)


  • #5
    nerraw1111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭nerraw1111


    It's a good use of a provocative headline.

    They should've gone with "ultra running is dead, long live ultra running."

    I think what he's getting at is that ultra trail races fair outweigh road ultras, and they are two completely different events.

    Today, ultra running is about running in remote places rather than the clocking of miles and that a lot of US ultra runners would never go near a road race.

    So the 'philosophies' of trail ultra and road ultra are completely different.

    Therefore, the term "ultra running" is no longer useful or even accurate in describing two different types of running, along with the reasons behind it, closer to nature, exploration, spiritual etc.

    It's semantics but an interesting point given the explosion in trail running in the US.

    Badwater used to be one of the better known ultras but that seems to get barely a mention these days in favour of Western States, TFUMB etc.


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