Jorge Alvarado, Chris Walker, Lindsay Blount, and Thurlow Rogers - the top 4 at EC '06.
Hammer Nutrition/E-Caps Everest Challenge Stage Race
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA STATE CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 20-21, 2008
"come and get yours"
THE HARDEST TWO DAY U.S.C.F. RACE!!!
With the spirit of the "Death Rides" and the dramatic scenery of the Eastern Sierra, this bicycle race and ride will test your perseverance going uphill. We have three climbs each day with gains of 2,600 feet to 6,200 feet.
This event is a combination of a U.S.C.F. (United States Cycling Federation) race AND a non-timed / non-competitive ride (for tourists / randonneurs).
Courtesy of West World Images. To order photos from Everest Challenge go to WestWorldImages.com
Not quite up for the whole Enchilada at this point in time??
No problem!!!
You don't have to be on the podium to be a winner. This well supported/organized, marathon event can be a powerful catalyst to skyrocket your fitness. BOTH the 35+ and the 40+ Masters National Champions (held the week after EC last year) did EC 2002, as well as several other racers that did very well in Bakersfield at the Championships.
You can also take this on like the Markleeville Death Ride - just go until you drop. Next year come back and bite off a bit more.
September 20, 2008
Day One
120 miles, 15,465 feet of climbing
September 21, 2008
Day Two
86 miles, 13,570 feet of climbing
Total Climbing:
29,035 feet
New Hydration Recommendations:
Risk of Hyponatremia Plays a Big Role
"Marathon runners can expect to see fewer water stations and less aggressive promotion of drinking at upcoming events"
The Physican and Sportsmedicine, Vol 31, #7, July 2003
If you haven't heard all the buzz about hyponatremia and deaths that have resulted, you have probably had your head in the sand. Pull it out and make sure you don't drink yourself to death at this or any other marathon type event.
original article
The
new england journal of medicinen engl j med
352;15www.nejm.org april
14, 2005
Hyponatremia among Runners
in the Boston Marathon
Christopher S.D. Almond, M.D., M.P.H., Andrew Y. Shin, M.D.,
Elizabeth B. Fortescue, M.D., Rebekah C. Mannix, M.D., David Wypij, Ph.D.,
Bryce A. Binstadt, M.D., Ph.D., Christine N. Duncan, M.D.,
David P. Olson, M.D., Ph.D., Ann E. Salerno, M.D.,
Jane W. Newburger, M.D., M.P.H., and David S. Greenes, M.D.
From the Departments of Medicine
(C.S.D.A., A.Y.S., E.B.F., R.C.M., B.A.B.,
C.N.D., D.P.O., A.E.S., D.S.G.) and Cardiology
(D.W., J.W.N.) and the Clinical Research
Program (D.W.), Children’s Hospital;
the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard
Medical School (C.S.D.A., A.Y.S., E.B.F.,
R.C.M., D.W., B.A.B., C.N.D., D.P.O., A.E.S.,
J.W.N., D.S.G.); and the Department of
Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public
Health (D.W.) — all in Boston. Address
reprint requests to Dr. Almond at the Department
of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital,
Bader 2, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston,
MA 02115, or at christopher.almond@
childrens.harvard.edu.
N Engl J Med 2005;352:1550-6.
Copyright © 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society.
background
Hyponatremia has emerged as an important cause of race-related death and life-threatening
illness among marathon runners. We studied a cohort of marathon runners to
estimate the incidence of hyponatremia and to identify the principal risk factors.
methods
Participants in the 2002 Boston Marathon were recruited one or two days before the
race. Subjects completed a survey describing demographic information and training
history. After the race, runners provided a blood sample and completed a questionnaire
detailing their fluid consumption and urine output during the race. Prerace and postrace
weights were recorded. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to identify
risk factors associated with hyponatremia.
results
Of 766 runners enrolled, 488 runners (64 percent) provided a usable blood sample at
the finish line. Thirteen percent had hyponatremia (a serum sodium concentration of
135 mmol per liter or less); 0.6 percent had critical hyponatremia (120 mmol per liter
or less). On univariate analyses, hyponatremia was associated with substantial weight
gain, consumption of more than 3 liters of fluids during the race, consumption of fluids
every mile, a racing time of >4:00 hours, female sex, and low body-mass index. On
multivariate analysis, hyponatremia was associated with weight gain (odds ratio, 4.2;
95 percent confidence interval, 2.2 to 8.2), a racing time of >4:00 hours (odds ratio for
the comparison with a time of <3:30 hours, 7.4; 95 percent confidence interval, 2.9 to
23.1), and body-mass-index extremes.
conclusions
Hyponatremia occurs in a substantial fraction of nonelite marathon runners and can
be severe. Considerable weight gain while running, a long racing time, and bodymass-
index extremes were associated with hyponatremia, whereas female sex, composition
of fluids ingested, and use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs were not.
Neutralized start through Round Valley, at the base of Mt. Tom, just after racing
with a half dozen Appaloosas and Paint Horses.
Photo courtesy of Steve Schmunk. To see more photos check out the photo pages.
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