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Buzz Burrell's avatar

My predictions (which were on The Trailhead podcast a couple episodes ago):

1) Super Shoes are a total thing on the trail, whether you know it, like it, or not. At the WS100 you had to go to #10 Male for someone not wearing Pebax, and for Female down to #17!

2) Remember the weird “Birther” thing when some Republicans said Obama was not born in the United States? I’m going to accuse Kilian Jornet of the same thing - I want to see his Birth Certificate, because I’m convinced he’s from another planet. His Alpine Connections project started 3 days after his CR at Sierre-Zinal. I was at S-Z and he finished eating lunch before I finished my race.

3) Carb doping. Who’d have thunk? Keto is way out, pounding sugar is in, and dentists are either very happy or unhappy, depending on if they’re saving up to buy a second home in Cabo. 500 calories an hour is a LOT. Instead of finishing a race and feeling famished, now I finish and can’t eat for hours because my stomach feels like I just ate all the Halloween candy at once.

4) Either Courtney Dauwalter or Katie Shide will win the Female Ultra Runner of the Year Award. Am I a genius or what? But I have no idea what Kilian will do next - hopefully not wingsuit flying.

5) I would like to predict that Strava will add Dancing as one of its Activities, seeing as they already have Handcycle, Wheelchair, and Badminton, but I’ve been lobbying for this for 8 years, so this is not likely. I won’t be able to impress anyone with number of lifts and spins, and will have to stick with miles and vertical feet.

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Alex Bond's avatar

I wonder about the continuing growth in the 200+ mile race scene - how many people out there really want to run these, and more importantly, how many people out there are willing to volunteer at aid stations for these? At some point I have to imagine it's going to get harder and harder to put these one, especially as the scene grows and they compete more and more for runners and volunteers. The number of participants is growing, no doubt, but it seems like the number of races is growing faster.

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