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January 16, 2024

Haley Chura is DOPE (for those that aren’t hip, dope = cool/awesome/badass). Competing in the Disney World Dopey Challenge is brutal for most runners, but for a long-course professional triathlete like Haley Chura, it’s just another training block. The Dopey Challenge consists of completing a 5K, 10K, 13.1/half marathon, and 26.2/full marathon over 4 days; back to back to back to back. Chucking her tri kit to the wind; Haley donned Tinkerbell costumes, wings, superhero capes and sparkly running skirts, all while managing to bag 3 race wins, capping it with a 2:55 marathon. If you’re able to take on this challenge; count yourself just as dope.

In this week’s email:

  • Treadmill Strut: If you’re like us and currently living in a polar vortex, make treadmill running a bit more bearable with this playlist.

  • Short Shorts for Runners: We found this running short biz on Insta and couldn’t NOT pass it along to our readers.

  • Volcanic Dining: Pizza cooked on a volcano? YES, please.

  • American Distance Running: Olympic Trials are upon us, and the American distance running contingent is showing up and showing out lately.

👇Watch a Cadence-recommended Vid: If you haven’t watched That Triathlon Life on YouTube yet; here’s your reminder that you should. TTL was started by Paula Findlay and Eric Lagerstrom, a pro triathlon power couple. This video follows Eric as he competes in XTERRA Germany, an off-road cycling race.

Strava Run of the Week:

We can’t say what’s the more egregious act here; a 32 mile run on pavement, or the fact that it was done doing a billion .07 mile loops.

Race Results of the Week

Tidbits

Hot Waffles + Running: It’s hard to believe that Nike was just started in 1964, and now has grown to a world leader in all things athletics ($32.4 billion in 2022). When Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman decided to start a shoe company together, sneakers and tennis shoes were all runners had to rely on for long distance training. Together, they reimagined what the running shoe was, and used a literal waffle iron to do it. Realizing that a shoe tread had to be unique to grab the new (slick) material that tracks were being created with, the Nike Waffle Trainer was born.

✅Lava ‘Za: We’re confident when we say Pizza Pacaya is the most remote pizza parlor on Earth. To visit this pizza joint, you’ve got a 90-minute hike up the Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala. Once you arrive, you’ll watch a pizza be cooked in about 14 minutes, using heat from cooling lava. This gourmet experience is one that will beat out any wood-fired pizza place, we promise.

✅Economics of Pro Tri: If your guess was that LCB was the top female earner in 2023 - you’d be wrong. Anne Haug and Kristian Blummenfelt (by a long shot) were the top long course earners last year.

✅New Year, New PR: Running a half marathon, and eventually a full marathon, is a rite of passage for pretty much every runner (except maybe the sprinters on your high school track team that couldn’t run a 400m warm up loop without complaining). Whether it’s bagging your first 13.1, or running your fastest; it’s all about the right training.

✅Olympic Marathon Qualifying Standards: USATF is the governing body that decides how fast is fast enough to represent the United States in the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Placing top 3 (or on the men’s side, top 2), is simply not enough. With having time standards in place, it prevents the entire field from dogging the marathon and forces the utmost competition on the day of the trials.

🏃Bucket List Recs

Big training week behind ya and want to add something to your bucket list? Need something to kick your butt into high gear? Check out our endurance bucket list recs below and sign up for something you’ll probably regret when you’re doing a 20 mile training run in August in the Midwest.

  • Krispy Kreme Challenge: 12 donuts, 5 miles, 1 hour. If glaze donuts and running are your thing, this race is for you. Head to North Carolina and complete this challenge; bonus points if you don’t yak.

  • Alta Via Uno: This 75-mile hike in the Dolomites of Italy is a punchy multi-day backpacking trip. Explore the backcountry of Italy and then treat yourself with allll the pasta + wine.

  • Kesugi Ridge Trail: If you haven’t been to Denali National Park in Alaska, it’s incredibly rugged; in fact, there’s 0 trails in the entire park. You’d better be good at mountaineering and using a compass.

Performance Of The Week(end): Weini Kelati with NEW 13.1 American Record, 1:06:25.

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