762. Endurance News & Work the Ends to Build Your Training Foundation Higher

A new bar has been set for USA high school girls cross country- the first sub-16 minute finish!  Congratulations @JennaHutchins6 on a great performance. Story and photos here @USAultrarunning 75-year-old, Bob Becker won the 24 hour race with an impressive 97.66 miles (157.16 km) at the Icarus Florida UltraFest. Becker, who is the RD for KEYS 100 Ultramarathon, persevered through brutal conditions to set an AG course record and crushed his own 138 km effort from 2015. @jgault13 World Athletics announces it has signed a 10-year deal with NBC Sports for exclusive US broadcast rights of World Athletics Series events through 2029.  Here's what is covered by that agreement -- most notably, World Athletics Championships in 2022, 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029. “Do the training so you can do the training so you can finally do the training to achieve your race goal,” says coach and author Greg McMillan. “The idea being that in order to have your best race-specific training, you need to make sure you have the ‘fundamentals’ of running taken care of.” By building this base, your specific race training will be faster, more effective, and take less time, reducing your injury risk. Endurance News & Random Musings Stay Healthy. Be Boring. Not Epic.