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Next Weekend – Mount Mitchell Challenge, North Carolina
The Mount Mitchell Challenge is a 40-mile round trip up and down the highest mountain east of the Mississippi in North Carolina. Gabriel Rodriguez was expected to challenge local Shaun Pope at the front of the men’s race, but conceded that an injury is likely to limit his day halfway into the race.
“I did too much and hope to run the 20 miles to the summit, but I won’t be descending,” Rodriguez said of his adductor strain.
A product line manager for Under Armour, Rodriguez hopes the trip still proves worthwhile. Instead of traveling to Europe for the Alps or Pyrenees to research gear, as it relates to serious vertical change, Rodriguez expects the variable temperatures and conditions of Mount Mitchell will provide his team with valuable feedback.
“We are going to plant a designer halfway up the mountain and another at the summit to take pictures and note what runners are changing into and out of as the race goes on, and see how creative runners get in order to make it through the conditions,” he said. “Just looking for some great learnings from one of the best events in the U.S.”
Next Weekend – Mount Mitchell Challenge, North Carolina
The Mount Mitchell Challenge is a 40-mile round trip up and down the highest mountain east of the Mississippi in North Carolina. Gabriel Rodriguez was expected to challenge local Shaun Pope at the front of the men’s race, but conceded that an injury is likely to limit his day halfway into the race.
“I did too much and hope to run the 20 miles to the summit, but I won’t be descending,” Rodriguez said of his adductor strain.
A product line manager for Under Armour, Rodriguez hopes the trip still proves worthwhile. Instead of traveling to Europe for the Alps or Pyrenees to research gear, as it relates to serious vertical change, Rodriguez expects the variable temperatures and conditions of Mount Mitchell will provide his team with valuable feedback.
“We are going to plant a designer halfway up the mountain and another at the summit to take pictures and note what runners are changing into and out of as the race goes on, and see how creative runners get in order to make it through the conditions,” he said. “Just looking for some great learnings from one of the best events in the U.S.”
