Good interview with Chris Hannah (23:24)

A hound dog ran a small-town half marathon of its own accord and finished 7th (1:32:56).

John Fegyveresi's report on becoming a Barkley Marathons finisher (this is the year covered by the documentary The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young).

I'm impressed at how close Brian's conversion factor is to the formula derived by fivethirtyeight/slate from their surveys (at least for me @ 55 mpw).

Reviews of the 2009 Boulder Backroads Marathon (also on previous page). I ran this race and blew up at mile 20 and had to walk the last 10K; it was hot (90F) and I didn't pace myself or hydrate accordingly.

Matt Fitzgerald's thoughts on marathon pacing.

Pete Pfitzinger's guide to marathon pacing.

This article argues that drinking sports drinks doesn't really prevent hyponatremia.

I do benefit from Gatorade during a high-effort activity, but I guess it is probably more the carbohydrates than the electrolytes.

This series of posts argues that muscle cramps are the result of fatigue, not a lack of electrolytes.

After my first marathon, where my calves completely cramped up and I walked the last 10km, I bought into the electrolyte theory. But now I think it was just heat- and dehydration-enhanced fatigue.

“Sorry, but I won the Boston Marathon,” Kawauchi told his boss. “Is it possible to have another day off?”

Fish slapping the 2014 Imogene Pass Run.

Sasha has run a ~2:30 marathon in Crocs, and Benjamin has run a ~71 minute half in Crocs.

Runner's World has also done a profile of the family: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848845/large-family-in-utah-aims-to-be-americas-fastest/

Sasha's running log: http://sasha.fastrunningblog.com/

"The Internet made Mike Rossi famous — right before it ruined his life." Some classic letsrun.com drama.

My takeaway is that I should try running some long runs on tired legs.

I'm afraid this article is full of empty hope, but it is still encouraging. This is a fun sentence:

While you can’t put a number on it, adrenaline and competition will make the race distance feel two-thirds of what it really is.

Not as overly optimistic as other marathon prediction tools

A comparison of how several marathon training plans (Hansons, Pfitzinger, Canova, and Daniels) approach the long run.