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Episode 12 is number 2 of a 3 part series covering some Green initiatives going on in the world or trail and ultrarunning. Today we look at the ever popular Brooks Cascadia and how it’s midsole is able to break down 50 times faster (once it hits the landfill) than other running shoes. We also give the shoe a once over.
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Shooting Location – Travis’s Home Office
Brooks Green Room
Brooks Cascadia 4 info
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Episode 11 is the 1st of a 3 part series covering some Green initiatives that are going on in the world or trail and ultrarunning. Today we looks at some active wear from a company called Atayne. You know those plastic bottles that won’t ever find their way out of the landfill? These guys go rummage around in the trash to find them, then make sweet shirts out of that junk.
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Shooting Location – Travis’s Home Office
Atayne Website
The Red Shirt Story
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Episode 10 takes a look at measuring your shoe wear. Had those kicks too long? Maybe you are not sure? Well, Rick Cleary created the Shoe Odometer to help you get that questioned answered. He also threw in a couple other great features too.
Make sure to enter a picture of your most worn out, beat up running shoes by emailing it to us and you could win a Shoe Odometer of your own!!
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Shooting location – Starbucks, Pekin, IL
The Shoe Odometer website
The Shoe Odometer Blog
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Episode 9 covers some of the shoes from La Sportiva’s Mountain Running line. We look at the ins, the outs and the what might get inside of these kicks. Take a look and see if one is right for you.
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Shooting location – Travis’s house
La Sportiva Website
iRunFar.com Traction Device Reviews
HardyBreed.com Trail Shoe review
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Episode 8 is our first video interview… and it shows. Luckily we had a great guest to make up for our shortfalls. Bryon Powell runs the wildly popular ultraunning blog, iRunfar.com We take some time to discuss; his running background, his site, how the web is changing ultrarunning, and we might even spread a little holiday cheer along the way.
Be sure to answer Bryon’s “Question of the Day” in the comments section below. It will help shape some future episodes.
Happy Holidays from Michael and I!!!
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Shooting location – Michael’s house
iRunfar Website
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Episode 7 is about carrying the essentials, liquids and calories, maybe your cell phone, jacket, salt pills, a camera, gloves, small dog... you get the idea. We take a look at the ways to take your goods on the go, from the basic hand held to the the full on hydration vest. Lastly we wrap up with a look at the very functional Inov-8 Race Pro 4 waist pack with the H2Orizontal system.
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- Shooting location – Travis’s Living room – Flowers compliments of my wife
- Inov-8 Website
- Ultimate Direction
- The North Face
- Thresher – 250 cu. in. replacement for Dogfish shown in video
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The 2nd Flatlandultra 50k includes a quick review of the Flip Mino compact video camera. A great device to throw in your bag the next time out!
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- Shooting location – my office
- Links
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This is the first ever Flatland Ultra 50k segment. The 50k’s will be the smaller, scaled down, little brother podcast that we will deliver between our full blown shows. In this short segment I will talk about Karl Meltzer’s Appalachian Trail speed record attempt. Enjoy!!!
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- Shooting location – A Hampton Inn, Dallas TX
- Links
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Episode 6 is a full review of Inov-8’s Roclite 320 and Roclite 305. We cover a bit about the manufacturer, the shoe’s naming convention, of course get into the details from heel to toe and how they compare. Leave us your thoughts in the comments!
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Episode 5 comes at you with a fist full of knowledge directly from Karl King, President of Succeed! Sports Drink. Get ready to sit back, relax and figure out why that stomach of yours gets all queezy during an ultra... and some other crazy things that body of yours is trying to tell you.
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Episode 4 is all about the McNaughton Park Trail run.. good, bad, successes and failures. 50 miles is not a bad day, but it’s only half way there and 100 will bring better footage!
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- Taping Location – Travis’s House/McNaughton Park – Pekin, IL
- Race Results
- David Goggins
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And then there were 3. This one was spur of the moment. Michael thought it would be good to do an overview of my gear for the upcoming McNaughton Park 100 mile run. Excuse Michael’s comment that it will be a quick one. We’re talking about gear, how can we keep that short?!?!
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- Taping Location – Travis’s House
- Links to the gear used (links will open in a new window)
- Race Ready – LD Shorts and shirts
- Outdoor Research – Jacket shown in video was older version
- Ultimate Direction – Handheld water bottle holders
- Smith – Theory Sunglasses
- Zune – Music Player
- Smartwool – PhD Running Ultra Light Mini Socks
- Vasque – Velocity VST
- Dirty Girl Gaiters – Gaiters
- The North Face - Rucky Chucky Trail Shoes
- Hammer Nutrition – Perpetum drink
- GU – Just Plain GU
- Clifbar.com – Clif Shot Blocks and Clif Shots
- Succeed! – S!Caps
- Other Resources Referenced in the show
- www.peak.com
- 4 part series on ultra gear
- www.trailrunningsoul.com
- The Ultralist
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Here’s Episode 2! We figured with the feedback we had got from some of the folks newer to the sport that instead of just a straight up shoe review we would try to explain choosing the right shoe for the job. We also covered some other considerations when it comes to running ultras… and be warned not all of them are shoe related.
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1. Taping location – SIUE Trail (via GORC), Edwardsville, IL
2. We reviewed the Vasque Velocity VST, more information can be found here
3. Not mentioned in the show, but here is a link that can help address some of those fit issues by tying your shoes in some different ways.
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Well, we did it! After several months of talking about getting one of these going we actually got out the camera, the mics, and made it happen. It was all off the cuff and as we discuss during the show we kept editing at a minimum, but there is some, can you find it?
In Episode 1 we cover some of the basics of "what is ultrarunning," introduction of the hosts, and discuss what we envision for future shows.
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1. Taping location - Glen Carbon Heritage Trail, Glen Carbon, IL
2. I mention that we will be doing an interview with Tracy Thomas and shoe review in this episode. Basically our storage limits here only allow us to upload about 20 minutes worth of video at our current resolution and sound quality. Those items will be in episode 2, so keep your eye out for that one! - Travis