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Strava Run of the Week:

Race Results of the Week

1. Houston Marathon

2. 10K Valencia Iberacaja - Women’s 10K World Record Alert!

3. Rock N’ Roll Arizona

Tidbits

Hot Waffles + Running: It’s hard to believe that Nike was just started in 1964, and now has grown to a world leader in all things athletics ($32.4 billion in 2022). When Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman decided to start a shoe company together, sneakers and tennis shoes were all runners had to rely on for long distance training. Together, they reimagined what the running shoe was, and used a literal waffle iron to do it. Realizing that a shoe tread had to be unique to grab the new (slick) material that tracks were being created with, the Nike Waffle Trainer was born.

✅Lava ‘Za: We’re confident when we say Pizza Pacaya is the most remote pizza parlor on Earth. To visit this pizza joint, you’ve got a 90-minute hike up the Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala. Once you arrive, you’ll watch a pizza be cooked in about 14 minutes, using heat from cooling lava. This gourmet experience is one that will beat out any wood-fired pizza place, we promise.

✅Economics of Pro Tri: If your guess was that LCB was the top female earner in 2023 - you’d be wrong. Anne Haug and Kristian Blummenfelt (by a long shot) were the top long course earners last year.

✅New Year, New PR: Running a half marathon, and eventually a full marathon, is a rite of passage for pretty much every runner (except maybe the sprinters on your high school track team that couldn’t run a 400m warm up loop without complaining). Whether it’s bagging your first 13.1, or running your fastest; it’s all about the right training.

✅Olympic Marathon Qualifying Standards: USATF is the governing body that decides how fast is fast enough to represent the United States in the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Placing top 3 (or on the men’s side, top 2), is simply not enough. With having time standards in place, it prevents the entire field from dogging the marathon and forces the utmost competition on the day of the trials.

🏃Bucket List Recs

Big training week behind ya and want to add something to your bucket list? Need something to kick your butt into high gear? Check out our endurance bucket list recs below and sign up for something you’ll probably regret when you’re doing a 20 mile training run in August in the Midwest.

• Krispy Kreme Challenge: 12 donuts, 5 miles, 1 hour. If glaze donuts and running are your thing, this race is for you. Head to North Carolina and complete this challenge; bonus points if you don’t yak.

• Alta Via Uno: This 75-mile hike in the Dolomites of Italy is a punchy multi-day backpacking trip. Explore the backcountry of Italy and then treat yourself with allll the pasta + wine.

• Kesugi Ridge Trail: If you haven’t been to Denali National Park in Alaska, it’s incredibly rugged; in fact, there’s 0 trails in the entire park. You’d better be good at mountaineering and using a compass.

Performance Of The Week(end): Weini Kelati with NEW 13.1 American Record, 1:06:25.