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March 28, 2005

Ultra dude, the prelude permalink

hi, I'm Dean Karnazes and I'm on the cover of a magazine!
hi, I'm Dean Karnazes and I'm on the cover of a magazine! Are you on the cover of a magazine? Thought not.
So, we're going to hear/see Dean Karnazes read tonight at Powells. I'm looking very forward to it.

What do I know about this guy? Well, it seems like I've been exposed to him a quite a bit. There was the article in Runners World, and then one of my favorite PFit bulletin boarders is really into him, and then I saw the 60 minutes interview last night with Karnazes and Pam Reed.

I thought it was interesting that with Karnazes, they mentioned his wife and family, but that was all. No video of them. Just a shot of his kitchen, and his front stoop. With Reed, it was all about her, how she runs multiple times a day to be able to keep up her obligations to her husband and her sons. It's hard to imagine this was a coincidence.

It was very cool to see coverage of an ultra on TV, immediately after I had read Marshall's Three Days of Syllamo report. And to make it all more, I don't know what, jocky maybe, I rode the exercycle while I watched it.

Anyways, I'm not entirely sure what to expect. Mela saw Karnazes on Letterman and said he was funny. Brent has a brilliant review of the book, including a quite-possibly misogynist streak. So, I expect tonight will be interesting. If nothing else, I should see some folks I recognize, and be out and about on a weeknight for something other than pilates. Wuhoo!

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Oh! Pam Reed is attempting a 300 mile run right now! The Badwater Ultra site has a great pic of Reed and Karnazes.

Posted at March 28, 2005

Comments

Sounds like it will be an interesting time. Give us the full report please!

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at March 28, 2005 11:52 AM

thanks for the plug...i'm looking forward to see how the reading goes!

Posted by: brent at March 28, 2005 5:17 PM