Talk:Ultramarathon

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[edit] External links

I think that the deletion of many of the events and runners is too extreme. How can you leave off Scott Jurek for this list? Even Dean Karnazes needs metioning because of his promotion of the sport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyorunner (talk • contribs) 23:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Some of these events I have never heard of and some events are very new. --I Wonder 22:31, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone think there are too many external links? In particular, links that refer to a specific race should only appear in the race article. Otherwise we will end up with a second well-known ultramarathons list. Arsine 15:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Before the Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon external link is deleted, perhaps someone will get around to writing an article on the event. The Western States 100 link was added only because of its relative significance; the WS is sometimes referred to as the 'granddaddy of all ultras', though something like 'forebear of modern trail ultras' would be a bit more accurate. Ombudsman 21:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Definitely too many external links. This article should start with a general description, then history, then something like 'Ultramarathon culture in different continents' overview/compare/contrast with separate main articles for each continent. The list of well known ultramarathon runners and the list of ultramarathons should be linked to in the first paragraph. PeterGrecian 11:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I have removed a LARGE number of them, simply by removing anything that was a redlink. The way I figure it, if the race isn't notable enough to have its own page on Wikipedia, then it isn't notable enough to be mentioned in this article. Still, I removed a LOT of stuff. If you want to see the old list, you can still find it at this edit.

It appears that someone once tried to split off the page into a list of races and a list of runners. This seems like a pretty good idea. Anyone know what happened to that? --Mdwyer 20:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I am generally uncomfortable with the last round of edits- they seem to have North American-ized the entry. I think the edits were genuinely well-meant, but they are not good for wikipedia or for the sport. For example, Eleanor Adams Robinson has more world records than Ann Trason and is far more well known in the rest of the world! I would like to see the direction before- the list of races and the list of runners that Mdwyer is talking about. There will forever be people self-promoting themselves on here (like Ray Zahab a few months back) and so we will constantly battle to keep that page clutter-free. That is why I added the extra "World Record Holders", etc... to the title. Can someone who is more gifted with wikipedia than I am start a new page?

This page has started well-- but we need to go further to incorporate ultramarathon events and runners from outside the US. The oldest ultamarathons in the world were 'born' in South Africa (Comrades) and the UK (London to Brighton) and per capita, there are more ultras held in countries outside the US.

[edit] Marathon distance

Hi - an observation - in the opening line where the marathon distance is converted from km to imperial it says " ...traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometers (26.21875 miles, 46,145 yards)." Is the .21875 miles the same as 46,145 yards? The imperial distance (as I have it) for the marathon is 26 miles 385 yards. Possibly someone could tidy up that first line. Gold Pen 16:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)