Okay, by now you know I’m obsessed with mountain lions. Or, more specifically, not getting eaten by a mountain lion. I am spending a lot of time alone on trails here in California, and that means I spend a lot of time praying I won’t get eaten. I had just started getting a little more comfortable, heading up higher and higher up into the mountains, and then this appeared in the news yesterday:
http://news.yahoo.com/mountain-lion-killed-downtown-santa-monica-190528352.html
Hmmm…and if that wasn’t enough to scare me, someone posted this to the UltraList yesterday:
www.alpineworks.com/2011/09/a-day-in-wonderland/
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Pierre-Michael Micaletti
But in exciting ultra news, it looks like a new World Record was set (not yet ratified) in the 6-Day category by Pierre-Michael Micaletti!
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Yiannis Kouros
And if you haven’t had enough, here is a cool video of legendary Yiannis Kouros discussing his running.
Happy Running!
Mom, ultrarunner, four-time US 24 Hour National Team member, adventure athlete, food writer. Graduate of the Pro Cooking Program at the New School of Cooking, Los Angeles. Will run for food.
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I think the trick with mountain lions is to make sure you’re running with someone slower. On a related note, if you need mountain lion bait, I’m available for hire. 🙂
I thought “Wow! Someone broke Kouros’ record?!” and then I clicked the (first) link. 510 wouldn’t even make the American top 5, much less world record – treadmill records I guess are now separate records.
Ok, Weird. That is the creepy thought in the back of my mind every lonely solo trail run I do. I fear not bears (I’ve seen too many “bear butts”- they scamper/amble). I fear not the loud squirrels. But I know I’ll pee my running shorts the day I eye a mountain lion.
Thanks for stopping by, Chantal! Yes, the mountain lion thing freaks me out!
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