I just bought a Fenix 8 and right out the box syncng in with my phone crash the watch and that's it blue triangle of death. There's something in Garmin software that effs up the watch and they won't do anything about it. So sending it back. This is the third or fourth watch I've had this issue with and it's all the new watches. The Garmin connect app crashes the watch.

Hey John. Are you running in gore tex shoes ? I thought you easily could because of the terrains you run in..........Inga dk

Wavesky 8 has very low sole durability

I have never used Strava in my life and don't intend to. I run for myself with no need to plaster the internet with my meager accomplishments.

Yes John the night time are the most difficult time in an ultramarathon and then the mental side kick in and make fun in your brain....whats the reason I am doing this I want to stop and I just cant run or waklk one step more......I really really want to DNF this ridicoualous game ,,,,,,, then you wait untill the sun comes up ..and you got a new perspective and you get power in your mind again. <<congrates John and Joe....congrates. inga dk

My dark side of running that nobody talks about is running to the bathroom. During training season, I would discover certain foods that would make me immediately have to go number two without warning. The restroom could be just a few feet away and even so there was no holding it. I would take note of what I ate and make sure that to eat those foods before my runs. I never had an issue on race day but have heard of some runners having issues on Wednesday. Heard some horror stories. I was training in the winter so I had pants when it happened so did it make any messes besides my own. After it happened I discovered that it was totally exhausted and week.

why is mizuno getting rid of the wave plates in these newer shoes?

It's just sad .. for the most part these people just lie and cheat themselves and it's themselves they will always have to face up to.. as someone who just races themselves for improvment and enjoyment, I do not give a stuff what others do .. however it does not take away to the pathetic nature of such actions. ( excluding pro''s / podium cheats which should just be banned and jailed for stealing the prize money).

never used strava in my life, I use Garmin. all i care about is knowing how far I went or how long I was out there for. as a former marathon director, even though it was a small race, we did catch cheaters.... they're pathetic!!

Wow!

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The trail and ultra community has been built on trust. Which means some will abuse the system unfortunately. It's a minority. And I'd rather be part of a trust based community than a 'police state'. Does it annoy me to see cheating? Yes! Will I report? Probably not.... Well it depends on what I guess. Course cutting, I'd probably say something if it's flagrant. But the more common ones like a pacer muling gear, aid outside of A/S, not having all mandatory gear - I'll let it go. Sure, it's annoying...but I won't say a thing if a mid packer does any of those things. Cheating at elite level is different. It doesn't affect me but it's of course unfortunate. I'm surprised you didn't mention doping. In a sport where there's virtually no testing (except at some races - but that's easy to dodge since you know it's coming), and you have a suspicious influx of athletes from a sport notorious for doping.... the lack of doping scandals is not explained by lack of doping but rather lack of serious control. I'm not saying everyone is doping of course, but to say that nobody is... that seems extremely unlikely. Why would trail running be the only sport without doping?

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its addiction and people struggle as te dopaime becomes so out of balANCE and that make u seek more running longer running faster times etc and u r ur own worst cridict so we onky compare ourselfs to ourselves. stopping and easing up in training becomes impossible its addiction

Cheating is so ridiculous. You betray your self just for the fame.

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Old 😭 I'm only 45.75 but that 50 is like TOMORROW!

Why cheat? I don't get it. If you make the podium (or any other good ranking) as a cheater, most likely you'll get caught. If you cheat and get ranked like 30. instead of 20., no one cares really...

I honestly don’t care if other people cheat. I only run the races for myself and keeping that in mind it doesn’t even matter what the other times are.

Yeah, I can think of 2 races where I'm pretty sure people didn't go the full distance. One was an out-and-back trail race where a pair of runners didn't go to all the way to the turn-around (it was obvious), and another where a runner was behind me but somehow managed to finish way ahead of me. Perhaps I just imagined it. As a DFL runner in several races I almost don't care anymore. Unless they are claiming a podium place they are only cheating themselves in the end. What makes me mad are the people who claim an ultra or marathon was "easy". Like they did it with little or no training.

I was at the peak of my fitness. Then I felt and got injured. Now after 4 months of recovery I can train again. After 2 months I am still very far away of my old fitness and that is very demotivation for my. Sorry for my bad writing

Like the music with the fallen snow so relaxing

Good video. I have def been annoyed at rule breakers of "no pacers until x miles" or "no poles until certain point". I did experience once where I was doing fairly well in a 45mile race and i had passed a guy on the last long loop while also passing others and all of a sudden towards a middle crossing Aid Station, guy is now coming from wrong direction to enter it and then leaves it towards finish line...messed me up mentally for the rest of the race (my issue). Last point, Strava is not as big as people think. I've never used it and have finished many ultras and have little reason to care to use it tbh.

It's not just the "time cheaters" I hate, it is the seemingly innocuous "rule cheaters." I ran a 50 miler that was a qualifier for a larger race and the rule was "No Music/No Headphones." This was the pre-wireless earbud era. So many people got out of sight of race officials and put on their headphones. I did see one get caught and DQ'd, but so many just blatantly violated the rule. I hate that type of thing. Now, yeah, I thought it was a stupid rule too, but I obeyed it - 50 miles with nothing but your own thoughts. That was more challenging than the distance. Hey race officials, don't make a rule that you cannot or will not enforce!

My most fulfilling achievements are largely un-recognized. I do, however, understand and appreciate the competition and comparison element and those who enjoy these aspects of any activity. Cheating has always been a baffling psychology to me. The only thing that 1/2 way makes sense to me is the thrill component. I just don't get it?

A couple things: 1. I hate cheaters, not just in running. Test cheaters, card game cheaters, relationship cheaters….it doesn’t matter. The cheater is taking advantage of people following the rules and they know it. And they don’t care. So anyone looking to expose these people are saints in my view. Good people need to take a stand against these people and public humiliation should just be just the warm up. 2. Particular to Boston qualifying, I think the races that serve as qualifiers should pass a much higher bar to serve as a qualifying race…in the form of more timing mats and pictures. My “hometown marathon” is the Columbus Marathon, and I can tell you it would be easy to cheat this course by getting a ride from mile 14 to just before mile 20. There’s a timing mat at 13.1 and one at 20. The back half of the course--especially miles 18 and 19 have virtually no one out there because it’s in a quiet interior suburb. There has to be lots of BQ races like this where people cheat.

Anyone heard of Risa Reid? She always puts laughing emojis on every comment in ultra running groups regardless of appropriateness. If you click on her profile she is on a mission to stamp this out and claims many pros engage in this behaviour

I watched a good documentary about Rosie. She cheated at new york marathon because she was exaggerating her times to coworkers. Then she went in bragging that she qualified for Boston and her boss paid for her to go. She didn't want to embarrass herself so she cheated again and "accidentally" won.

We had a pair of twins cheating on the Comrades Ultra, they swapped halfway but were caught by their watches begin on different arms. I've heard that in Europe you are allowed to take 'short' shortcuts over the course in places where the trail might zig-zag up or down a mountain and then you are aloud to take shortest route.

So, now we're trying to reinvent the sandwich

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I wear a US8.5 in an Adidas EVO SL and a US9 on Alphafly 3. Should i go US8.5 or get half a size down

Imagine working your butt off to become a fast runner, and then racing with someone else's bib on purpose to give them a time they didn't earn. Crazy.

Thank you for this video. This explains a lot of what going on with me this past year. I ended taking time off as I lost the love for running and fell into a depression. I needed a reset after running ultras and always trying to more than before. I'm slowly finding my "why" and the break from it all was what I needed.

I bought in the mystery shoe color way. This midsole looks completely different not just in color.

Made this the other night.

Don't know if you tried or not, but mayonnaise instead of butter to help toast it.

How does it compare to the wave rider?

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You can see what I've been watching? 😂 I swear my kids borrowed my phone. 😂

You also are a beast John-

I really have been doing a sort of 24 hour race too. I walkedn ran for 21n hours in this town where I live and made 60 kms. It was a race that was collecting charity for the ones that was having cancer. It was loops of 2.5 kms and a lot of people participated. In fact that happened and it was one day out of me getting my surgery for the stomi. When I broke my right upper leg in 2020 and I had my stomi too that was hard not to be able to walk again or having my stomi also. THEre were hard times with a lot of gread and suffering because of the pain every minute every day for 2 years. Now I am pain free and I am running and walks again....thats awesome and is awesome still. Noone believed me running again....hoho.....inga dk.

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For me right now I think that 30 km is a very big achivement and thats why my limitations just are in the way so I really must be carefull if I just run 14 kms I must take a break and take care of my stomi or I must be aware not to trip over because my osteoporosis might cause a fracture very easily. Thats my biggest concerns if I shall run very far. I wouldnt either be low in sugar because my bloodsugar level can sometimes drop down to a dangerous point under 3.0 mmol and it happens very quickly......so there are these issues I must find a way to handle if I want and if i am able to run "just" 30 kms......I also walk-run when I train because then I can be out for a longer time and I love that......Inga dk.

did you go true to size?

Cool. Would the cheese not slide down or no