Baiyin China Ultra Marathon Trajedy

[PB]

my kid sister took an ac cab the last 8
she got her what i call her rosie perez marathon medallion
and the 1 that died passed of a heart attack not heat stroke
which isnt an uncoman occurance

Pretty sure you meant Rosie Ruiz. Perez would grind yer balls in a blender.

[Viva]

Doesn't look like pacers are allowed there. Two thousand runners, after all. But their requirements are well beyond any ultra I was ever involved with, including Hardrock.

Clickypoo Regulations and read Equipment:

https://utmbmontblanc.com/en/page/20...sentation.html

[fool]

I think Viva will know better, but while pacers are pretty common in US 100 milers, they're frequently not allowed in races outside the US (ie - UTMB, like Viva just posted).

Sad tragedy in China for sure.


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[galibier_numero_un]

Pacers are typically allowed in only hundred milers, both for safety as well as psychologic reasons, and the actual pacing distance varies on a race-by-race basis (e.g., 38 miles at We$tern $tates, 48 miles at Angeles Crest). We$tern does allow runners older than...65, I think, to have pacers the whole race.

Some folks like to have a pacer for shorter distance races (100K or 50 miles), when allowable, to push for a faster finishing time.

I paced at hundred milers three times more than the number I actually ran the damn things, myself.

Who was your friend and what year(s) did run run W$100? We may have run together.

Thanks. His first name is Ralph. As I recall, he ran in '93 & '94 (I lived in the Sac'to area from '91-'95). I met Gordy Ainsleigh through him & Gordy used to crack my back.

I remember once meeting Ralph at the end of a 50 miler (50K?) that ended in Folsom. Ralph is ADD and normally talks in a sluggish (almost stoner) pace. All of the other finishers were a mess. In contrast, this was the most lucid I've ever heard Ralph talk. Me? I'm a disaster

... Thom

[Benny Profane]

yeah China has an Achilles heel regarding growth and innovation, as they take over the world

What have they invented?

[m2711c]

fireworks…

[Viva]

Thanks. His first name is Ralph. As I recall, he ran in '93 & '94 (I lived in the Sac'to area from '91-'95). I met Gordy Ainsleigh through him & Gordy used to crack my back.

I ran 93. Melting snow in the high country, then 100+ temps. Very tough year. Do not recall meeting a Ralph, though.

Gordy gave me my first chiropractic treatment before the 94 race at the start in Squaw.

[Timberridge]

What have they invented?

...and spaghetti

[mfcf13]

What have they invented?

"Hello? Complaint line? Yes, my name is Benny Buttlick and I'd like to file a complaint...yes, that's correct, I was the one calling a lot about ageism. Well listen, this time I have a gripe about the Chinese. They don't really invent anything! It makes me mad. Is there anything you can do about it.."

[John_B]

"Hello? Complaint line? Yes, my name is Benny Buttlick and I'd like to file a complaint...yes, that's correct, I was the one calling a lot about ageism. Well listen, this time I have a gripe about the Chinese. They don't really invent anything! It makes me mad. Is there anything you can do about it.."

Christ do you post anything else on the TRG or just follow Benny around and bitch about him?

[mfcf13]

Christ do you post anything else on the TRG or just follow Benny around and bitch about him?

In a thread about 21 Chinese athletes dying (and dying in what must have been a pretty horrible and agonizing way), Benny thinks it a good time to make random criticisms of Chinese culture. I feel fine with my remarks.

And yes, I make other posts.

[TurxSki]

"The chinese? What have they invented?"
That there is what used to be considered a joke...no?

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[jono]

This place needs a thread on sarcasm detectors, irony meters and stud finders. Too many JONGs wandering in thinking they can just turn the damn thing on and let the factory settings tell them what they need to know. No need to check batteries, let alone learn how to use the device properly or know its limitations. They're a hazard to us all.

[mfcf13]

So is this a sarcastic joke? Or some manifest destiny blather?

I've always thought the Achilles heal in Chinese society that will retard serious growth and innovation is their lack of real knowledge of how the rest of the world operates because the elites heavily control social media inside and outside the country. Very industrious people, smart as fuck, but they're flying blind when it comes to stuff like this, when experienced westerners could have virtually advised them.

[Benny Profane]

"The chinese? What have they invented?"
That there is what used to be considered a joke...no?

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Nope. What have they invented in the last century? Besides Maoism.

It's a copycat economy.

[m2711c]

Aerogel.

vape pens

Non-invasive prenatal diagnostic testing for down syndrome.

Synthetic bovine insulin.

Stem cell educator therapies.

[Benny Profane]

World changing

[m2711c]

That vape pen has changed my world… at least a little bit.

[mfcf13]

Snow Gauges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_gauge

[waxman]

Aerogel.

vape pens

Non-invasive prenatal diagnostic testing for down syndrome.

Synthetic bovine insulin.

Stem cell educator therapies.

"invented" or stole the technology while studying overseas and claimed it as their own? I have/had friends in masters and doctoral programs that would not have anything to with the Chinese students in the programs due to intellectual theft.

[m2711c]

A doctoral degree in Vape pens? Interesting.

[geomorph]

I probably shouldn't bumping this racist thread, but I did find it odd that the government response to these deaths was to just outright ban Ultras.
https://www.outsideonline.com/242447...trail-race-ban

[subtle plague]

A doctoral degree in Vape pens? Interesting.

Dr. Green thumb. Obviously.