Comments on: “50/50″ & “Running The Sahara”

By: Grant Hughes (@hughes_grant)

Grant Hughes (@hughes_grant) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:23:16 +0000

I have seen all the films and admire the work. The sole issue I have is the diet and hydration. I think Gatorade is a real joke and dangerous at best. The stuff is just chemical BS and has bad sodium content (heat pressed salt). When is the running community going to completely embrace raw veganism (no cooked food or dairy and meat) and proper hydration (1 oz. of water per pound of body weight and cut the sodas and nonsense beverages like Gatorade) insofar as the ultrarunners would have far less problems and enjoy their running so much more! And do so much better perhaps speed being an issue then (see “Born to Run” and the Tarahumara people).

By: fatherpicx

fatherpicx — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:33:12 +0000

General, I fully agree that long preparation is very necessary. That is what I am doing now – planning for the Trans-Mindanao Solo Ultrarun, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela running pilgrimage, and the Trans-Philippines Solo Ultra-Run. I even have the tentative itinerary for these attempts, although I am not yet sure if I can do the Trans-Philippines, two months after the utrarun in Spain (it might be too much, and too ambitious). I am not yet sure if I can fully recover to attempt a 2,000 km ultra-run (Davao-Aparri) two months after an 800 km trek across Spain.

I see that Trans-Mindanao Run as a test run/training for the Camino de Santiago ultra-run and the Camino de Santiago as a test/training for the Trans-Philippines Ultra-Run.

You’re right, documentation is also important. I am planning to blog while running. In the Philippines, it would be easy to do that with the mobile blogging (the Globe broadband “tatoo”), although carrying the ultra-mobile personal computer would add to the weight of the backpack. I wonder if it is possible to blog through cell phone. I can also do what I did when I biked around the Philippines- go to the internet cafe. But there are remote towns, especially in the Cordilleras and Samar where there are no internet access.

Mobile blogging in France and Spain during my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage might be more difficult. I hear that there are internet shops in some of the ‘Refugios.’

I would like to purchase a Garmin 310 someday but I can’t find them here in Davao or in Cebu.

I would be interested to get hold of a copy of the cd of the “Running the Sahara” and the “50/50″ (I already have the book). This could be helpful in my preparation. Please inform me if it is availabe and also the cost. You can send it to this adress: Redemptorists, Bajada, Davao City.

By: runnerforchrist

runnerforchrist — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:48:50 +0000

Nice Christmas gift. I was able to watch Chariots of Fire only…

By: rickgaston

rickgaston — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:34 +0000

I didn’t see 50/50 but I did see Running The Sahara and I found it quite inspiring – an epic run. The fastest guy wanted to quit first which just underlined what many marathoners and ultra-marathoners know – in the long distances it ain’t all about the speed.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:13:20 +0000

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