Saturday, August 29, 2009
charlie and sue are back
Heard the war stories from Charlie and Sue's heart pounding adventures. Welcome home, my good friends.
gear check
An incomplete list of gear I believe in.
- Injinji socks. No blisters. No kidding. Recommended.
- Vasque trail shoes. Red Wing Minnesota. Just work. Enough padding and support over rough ground and sharp rocks. The only thing that the old broken down master's runner has in common with the winner of recent event.
- Nathan packs and waterbelts. No chafing. No hulu dancer effect from too much waist belt.
- North Face and Mountain Hardware exterior jackets and pants.
- North Face hand bottle. Ergonomic enough no cramps in hands.
- Sansa mp3 players. FM, voice, battery life.
- A CDMA cell phone from US Cellular or Verizon. Cause you never know when you will need a 1 am pacer or crew call to get your a$$ over the pass. GSM iPhones from AT&T are way cool, as long as you don't venture far from the interstate or the city. Garden spots like Keithsburg, IL, best have something besides your iPhone. Good news - iPhone on Verizon in 2010.
- Verizon 3G cellular coverage with an HP Mini Netbook. Cause 'the road goes on forever, but the party never ends". Upgrade to 2 GB ram. Plan to dump XP for Windows 7 asap.
Monday, August 24, 2009
leadville results
Article from the Denver Post. I saw the leaders coming down Hope Pass when I was climbing. The winner got to sleep in a bed Saturday night. The rest of the pack got to see the lights of Leadville from 20 miles out coming down off Sugar Loaf.
Results from the race website.
Results from the race website.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
leadville update 8/23/09
If you run, you know that sometimes the best reward is stopping, This was one of them.
Sitting on the couch after a few hours sleep. Have a hard time walking slowly. Inventory of body parts. All toes are jammed and bruised. One small blister on right little toe. Ankles are red, but not too swollen from several almost rolls. The calf muscles don't want to support my weight to keep me from falling over backwards. Quads sore. Hips don't want to bend. Can't clench my fists from walking poles. Moving is not a good idea right this minute. Pain killers tomorrow, after the race crop leave the body. It will be weeks before I am completely healed. Getting up and down like 90 year old man.
Woke about 2 am from a fitful sleep Saturday morning. Went down to the starting line after some bacon and eggs and toast. Somebody named Dave made the menu selections. Thanks to the ladies for cooking in the middle of the night. My mood was somber. Told I looked like a condemned man. After so much build up, wanted it to begin and end regardless of outcome.
I don't remember hearing the shotgun blast to start at 4 am. Wanted to start both stopwatch and garmin at the same time. All of a sudden, everyone started running downhill in the dark. Someone playing 'Born to Run' on a stereo in the first mile.
Around Turquoise Lake into May Queen was on plan 6:30 am for 13.5 miles. Dawn broke and we shed headlamps. Started climbing on single track up to Haggerman road, jeep trail and the summit of Sugar Loaf at about 11,000 ft. Was running with Dennis for all of first 40 miles. Found Dave, passed him and caught him several times outbound.
Summit of Sugar Load, descent into Fish Hatchery. Everything feels good still at 23 miles. Out of Fish Hatchery on the road to Half Moon.at 9:05. Target was 9:35.
On the road to Tree Line, then Half Moon. This aid station was moved to Box Creek this year, because of the search and rescue operations after a military helicopter crash on Mt. Massive. Four Army rangers killed. Rouggly same distance, but a flatter route - one less hill of three.
Got into Twin Lakes at mile 39.5 at 1:05 pm, 85 minutes ahead of cutoff, and 25 minutes ahead of plan. Took a wrong tun of about 1/2 mi or 15 minutes about mile 37. Feeling good, crossed the river at knee high and up Hope Pass. Dennis wasn't feeling good or eating much.
On the climb up Hope came one of those moments you have to decide what to do. Dennis was weakening, and I decided to push onward, passing people on the two hour ascent. At some point, his stomach started bothering him. Found Dave sitting on a tree stump at about 11,000 ft. He had been sick at some point prior, stomache issues also. It was getting hot. Somewhere before Hope Pass, I saw Lynn H. also not feelnig well. Made Hope Pass aid at 3:23 pm, comfortably ahead of 4:45 pm cut off. Emotional, drained, thinking about my father's recent death, I asked a volunteer for a towel to wipe my eyes. Pushed on, no time to cry.
Up and over Hope Pass and down Winfield road by 5:35. About 25 minutes before cutoff. Lost time on the dusty Winfield Road and on the rock strewn backside of Hope. Lynn H. took a bad fall here. Picked up my pacer Scott H and pushed on back over the moutain. Scott carried my gear and brought some walking sticks, which I didn't think I needed. I was wrong.
By the time we summited Hope a second time, it was getting dark and cold for headlamps and jackets. At 8 pm, we were closer to cutoff than I liked. We had an hour and 45 minutes to get back down to Twin Lakes before 9:45 pm cutoff. Ran down the front side of Hope fast, making descent in an hour and change. After Hope, we started passing other runners. Left a lady I need from training camp sitting on a log, drinking soup and staring at the llamas. Lllamas are used as pack animals for the 12, 200 ft Hope Aid Station. Scott pushed hard, I loved the descents. Was like a timber bobsled run during training camp. 5 miles down a creek valley hopping stones, banging feet, passing runners.
Crossed the river in the dark, phoned ahead to Suzanne. This was gonna be close. Checked in and out of aid station at Twin Lakes at 8:27 pm, minutes ahead of cutoff. Crewed and changed shoes and socks after river crossing.
Tactical errors took their toll. This close to cutoff, we crewed at the aid station, intead of at the car. I wasn't going to run backwards, or risk cutoff. Word came that Dennis was out. No word on Dave or Lynn H. Tom Waterman had already been through. Scott crewed and paced, but left his food behind. Both of us forgot to eat, and the lack of calories made going tough. We had to make up time, as we left Twin Lakes after crewing nearly at cutof 9:45 pm. I didn't feel like eating. Scott fed me lifesavers, but got a bit light headed himself after 20 miles or so after Hope. Scott wasn't drinking like he should, too concerned about my well being.
Climbing out of Twin Lakes at mile 60, we pushed and passed other runners. Needed to make time. Thank goodness for decent cell coverage. Called ahead to Suzanne to find me an unscheduled pacer from Ttree Line to May Queen. We got into Half Moon (Box Creek) at midnight am, 45 minutes ahead of cutoff,. Fast walk, run the downs, walking sticks. Scott needed rest and calories and fluids, but we had made up 45 minutes in 10 miles of climb and descent.
Suzanne located a fellow and drove to Tree Line for an unscheduled crew stop around 1 am. Picked up a pacer whose runner had gone into medical at Twin Lakes inbound. Clayton was a local boy, standing around when Suzanne asked race offiicials for help. He was a blessing, giving Scott needed rest. Scott crewed at Fish Hatchery, mile 77, while Suzanne slept. Another unscheduled aid stop. We left Fish Hatchery at 2:24 am, 36 minutes ahead of cutoff. I has lost some of my buffer, because Clayton was nicer than Scott. I walked more than I run, because I was getting tired.
Up and over Sugar Load, climbing past 11,000 ft up Power Line on a moonless night. Still picking off runners, passing much nmore than being passed. Still, Clayton left me run my own pace, which was walking more than running. We came into May Queen at mile 86.5 with about 30 minutes ahead of cutoff. Scott wanted to take me home.
I did not feel like running, but at 13.5 mles to go in 4 hours, 20 minute walks were not going to cut it. This is where Scott's pledge to 'be mean' came into being,. I popped 600 mg of caffeine and some pain killers before May Queen, cause I knew what was coming. Race official s told Suzanne and Scott that we needed to run some of the up/down single track around Turquoise Lake. The last 4-5 miles was uphill. Outbound at 6 am, facing 10 am cutoff.
I did not feel like running the last 13.5 miles into Leadville, but Scott made me run walk 9 miles around the Lake. I had rocks in my shoes, my ankles and toes ached, hips did not cooperate. I called him names I care not to repeat. I did not want to run, but cooperated with Scott's run walk commands like a machine, focusing on the ground in front. Used the alpine poles on ascents, ran the downs. By 90 miles in, I wanted nothing else but for this thing to be done.
By 7:45 am, we had 5 miles to go and 2 hrs 15 minutes to get there. A walk would do. Finishing was no longer in doubt. 'Let's make 29 hrs' was greeted with an unprintable response. Still making 14-16 minute miles. If ever you doubt the difference between a 15 minute run and a 20 minute walk, such was the difference between finish and not.
We passed runners right and left, including Dave's friend John Tilp. Between Hope Pass at mile 65 and Leadville we passed perhaps 50-75 runners, many of whom I knew from camp. We said hi, but pushed on., But I knew some where not going to make it. We passed a lady doing a staggering, weaving death shuffle at 7 miles from finish. She came across the line at 30:01with a helper pushing. The race director gave her a belt buckle under 'special authority.'
Finished at 9:15 with 45 minutes margin, entirely because Scott forced run in the last miles. This race can be done without crew and pacers, but I could not finish it alone. Thanks to Scott and Suzanne for weathing the unplanned night time crises. I sprinted the last 100 yards or so, despite the toll on by beaten body. Someone said 'race yah.' I am a sucker for that.
Training pros - long trail runs and long bikes. If you train for a pavement race, do it on pavement. If you train for a trail run, train on trails. I am not a strong climber, but I can run past many on the descent.
The winner finished in under 18 hrs, while it was still daylight. The rest death shuffled in between 28-30 hrs mostly. About a 50% finish rate for nearly 600 entrants.
Will I do it again? Probably not for a long time. Great experience, but huge toll on mind, body and family. There are many other races out there. I was looking for the limit of mind and body. In Leadville, I found both.
My thanks to the crews and pacers. No finish without you. Crew shirts read 'I am not here for a long run, just for a long time.' Success due to luck, a plan that we revised on the fly, and good friends.
-Larry
Sitting on the couch after a few hours sleep. Have a hard time walking slowly. Inventory of body parts. All toes are jammed and bruised. One small blister on right little toe. Ankles are red, but not too swollen from several almost rolls. The calf muscles don't want to support my weight to keep me from falling over backwards. Quads sore. Hips don't want to bend. Can't clench my fists from walking poles. Moving is not a good idea right this minute. Pain killers tomorrow, after the race crop leave the body. It will be weeks before I am completely healed. Getting up and down like 90 year old man.
Woke about 2 am from a fitful sleep Saturday morning. Went down to the starting line after some bacon and eggs and toast. Somebody named Dave made the menu selections. Thanks to the ladies for cooking in the middle of the night. My mood was somber. Told I looked like a condemned man. After so much build up, wanted it to begin and end regardless of outcome.
I don't remember hearing the shotgun blast to start at 4 am. Wanted to start both stopwatch and garmin at the same time. All of a sudden, everyone started running downhill in the dark. Someone playing 'Born to Run' on a stereo in the first mile.
Around Turquoise Lake into May Queen was on plan 6:30 am for 13.5 miles. Dawn broke and we shed headlamps. Started climbing on single track up to Haggerman road, jeep trail and the summit of Sugar Loaf at about 11,000 ft. Was running with Dennis for all of first 40 miles. Found Dave, passed him and caught him several times outbound.
Summit of Sugar Load, descent into Fish Hatchery. Everything feels good still at 23 miles. Out of Fish Hatchery on the road to Half Moon.at 9:05. Target was 9:35.
On the road to Tree Line, then Half Moon. This aid station was moved to Box Creek this year, because of the search and rescue operations after a military helicopter crash on Mt. Massive. Four Army rangers killed. Rouggly same distance, but a flatter route - one less hill of three.
Got into Twin Lakes at mile 39.5 at 1:05 pm, 85 minutes ahead of cutoff, and 25 minutes ahead of plan. Took a wrong tun of about 1/2 mi or 15 minutes about mile 37. Feeling good, crossed the river at knee high and up Hope Pass. Dennis wasn't feeling good or eating much.
On the climb up Hope came one of those moments you have to decide what to do. Dennis was weakening, and I decided to push onward, passing people on the two hour ascent. At some point, his stomach started bothering him. Found Dave sitting on a tree stump at about 11,000 ft. He had been sick at some point prior, stomache issues also. It was getting hot. Somewhere before Hope Pass, I saw Lynn H. also not feelnig well. Made Hope Pass aid at 3:23 pm, comfortably ahead of 4:45 pm cut off. Emotional, drained, thinking about my father's recent death, I asked a volunteer for a towel to wipe my eyes. Pushed on, no time to cry.
Up and over Hope Pass and down Winfield road by 5:35. About 25 minutes before cutoff. Lost time on the dusty Winfield Road and on the rock strewn backside of Hope. Lynn H. took a bad fall here. Picked up my pacer Scott H and pushed on back over the moutain. Scott carried my gear and brought some walking sticks, which I didn't think I needed. I was wrong.
By the time we summited Hope a second time, it was getting dark and cold for headlamps and jackets. At 8 pm, we were closer to cutoff than I liked. We had an hour and 45 minutes to get back down to Twin Lakes before 9:45 pm cutoff. Ran down the front side of Hope fast, making descent in an hour and change. After Hope, we started passing other runners. Left a lady I need from training camp sitting on a log, drinking soup and staring at the llamas. Lllamas are used as pack animals for the 12, 200 ft Hope Aid Station. Scott pushed hard, I loved the descents. Was like a timber bobsled run during training camp. 5 miles down a creek valley hopping stones, banging feet, passing runners.
Crossed the river in the dark, phoned ahead to Suzanne. This was gonna be close. Checked in and out of aid station at Twin Lakes at 8:27 pm, minutes ahead of cutoff. Crewed and changed shoes and socks after river crossing.
Tactical errors took their toll. This close to cutoff, we crewed at the aid station, intead of at the car. I wasn't going to run backwards, or risk cutoff. Word came that Dennis was out. No word on Dave or Lynn H. Tom Waterman had already been through. Scott crewed and paced, but left his food behind. Both of us forgot to eat, and the lack of calories made going tough. We had to make up time, as we left Twin Lakes after crewing nearly at cutof 9:45 pm. I didn't feel like eating. Scott fed me lifesavers, but got a bit light headed himself after 20 miles or so after Hope. Scott wasn't drinking like he should, too concerned about my well being.
Climbing out of Twin Lakes at mile 60, we pushed and passed other runners. Needed to make time. Thank goodness for decent cell coverage. Called ahead to Suzanne to find me an unscheduled pacer from Ttree Line to May Queen. We got into Half Moon (Box Creek) at midnight am, 45 minutes ahead of cutoff,. Fast walk, run the downs, walking sticks. Scott needed rest and calories and fluids, but we had made up 45 minutes in 10 miles of climb and descent.
Suzanne located a fellow and drove to Tree Line for an unscheduled crew stop around 1 am. Picked up a pacer whose runner had gone into medical at Twin Lakes inbound. Clayton was a local boy, standing around when Suzanne asked race offiicials for help. He was a blessing, giving Scott needed rest. Scott crewed at Fish Hatchery, mile 77, while Suzanne slept. Another unscheduled aid stop. We left Fish Hatchery at 2:24 am, 36 minutes ahead of cutoff. I has lost some of my buffer, because Clayton was nicer than Scott. I walked more than I run, because I was getting tired.
Up and over Sugar Load, climbing past 11,000 ft up Power Line on a moonless night. Still picking off runners, passing much nmore than being passed. Still, Clayton left me run my own pace, which was walking more than running. We came into May Queen at mile 86.5 with about 30 minutes ahead of cutoff. Scott wanted to take me home.
I did not feel like running, but at 13.5 mles to go in 4 hours, 20 minute walks were not going to cut it. This is where Scott's pledge to 'be mean' came into being,. I popped 600 mg of caffeine and some pain killers before May Queen, cause I knew what was coming. Race official s told Suzanne and Scott that we needed to run some of the up/down single track around Turquoise Lake. The last 4-5 miles was uphill. Outbound at 6 am, facing 10 am cutoff.
I did not feel like running the last 13.5 miles into Leadville, but Scott made me run walk 9 miles around the Lake. I had rocks in my shoes, my ankles and toes ached, hips did not cooperate. I called him names I care not to repeat. I did not want to run, but cooperated with Scott's run walk commands like a machine, focusing on the ground in front. Used the alpine poles on ascents, ran the downs. By 90 miles in, I wanted nothing else but for this thing to be done.
By 7:45 am, we had 5 miles to go and 2 hrs 15 minutes to get there. A walk would do. Finishing was no longer in doubt. 'Let's make 29 hrs' was greeted with an unprintable response. Still making 14-16 minute miles. If ever you doubt the difference between a 15 minute run and a 20 minute walk, such was the difference between finish and not.
We passed runners right and left, including Dave's friend John Tilp. Between Hope Pass at mile 65 and Leadville we passed perhaps 50-75 runners, many of whom I knew from camp. We said hi, but pushed on., But I knew some where not going to make it. We passed a lady doing a staggering, weaving death shuffle at 7 miles from finish. She came across the line at 30:01with a helper pushing. The race director gave her a belt buckle under 'special authority.'
Finished at 9:15 with 45 minutes margin, entirely because Scott forced run in the last miles. This race can be done without crew and pacers, but I could not finish it alone. Thanks to Scott and Suzanne for weathing the unplanned night time crises. I sprinted the last 100 yards or so, despite the toll on by beaten body. Someone said 'race yah.' I am a sucker for that.
Training pros - long trail runs and long bikes. If you train for a pavement race, do it on pavement. If you train for a trail run, train on trails. I am not a strong climber, but I can run past many on the descent.
The winner finished in under 18 hrs, while it was still daylight. The rest death shuffled in between 28-30 hrs mostly. About a 50% finish rate for nearly 600 entrants.
Will I do it again? Probably not for a long time. Great experience, but huge toll on mind, body and family. There are many other races out there. I was looking for the limit of mind and body. In Leadville, I found both.
My thanks to the crews and pacers. No finish without you. Crew shirts read 'I am not here for a long run, just for a long time.' Success due to luck, a plan that we revised on the fly, and good friends.
-Larry
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
watch this space
Follow the blog for occasional updates during the race. qcrunner.blogspot.com
Depending on a lot of factors. Results may start showing up during the race on the Leadville Trail 100 web site.
Depending on a lot of factors. Results may start showing up during the race on the Leadville Trail 100 web site.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
qc leadville 2009 runners
Two for one dollar PBR and Sam Adams.Beer cheaper than soda at the local watering hole.
Runners from left to right in bottom photo. Dave Jessen, Larry Sandhaas, Dennis Hall, John DeDoncker, Lynn Hawbaker, Tom Waterman.
Pacers and crew include Suzanne Hoke, Scott Hoffman, Debbie Jessen, Michele Hall , Matt Melz, Lori Bates, Maria Waterman, Ernie Parr, Dan Brown, Russ Hart, Paul Schmidt.
on halfmoon road
Going around to aid stations with Suzanne. Heard low flying helicopters. Then saw emergency vehicles. It was a downed military helicopter on nearby Mt. Massive. Story. Also Denver Post.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
we made it
In Leadville, awaiting the arrival of friends.Pics of Mom with a tear on leaving kids, drop bags, and a brief stop in Colorado Springs on a rainy afternoon.
Monday, August 17, 2009
2008 finisher blog report
Some of us will be way behind this 26 hr finisher. The cold rain and hail and lightning strikes seem not to deter the author much.
leadville mountain bike race
Lance Armstrong won it. Same (similar?) course as foot race. Course record 6 and a half hours. Yikes.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Can Running Actually Help Your Knees?
On way to Iowa State Fair. Article is interesting, but comments more so.An article in Skeletal Radiology, a well-respected journal, created something of a sensation in Europe last year. It reported that researchers from Danube Hospital in Austria examined the knees of marathon runners using M.R.I. imaging, before and after the 1997 Vienna marathon. Ten years later, they scanned the same runners’ knees again. The results were striking. “No major new internal damage in the knee joints of marathon runners was found after a 10-year interval,” the researchers reported.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
inspiration
Contemplating the future as I throw my body against the Colorado Rockies, my thoughts go back two years to the first inklings of inspiration. Excerpts from Bob Nelson two years ago 2007 Howl at the Moon. The strange attraction of it all. Bob - you remain one of my heroes. He did it again in 2008. I was there. He went farther with better weather.
-Larry
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-Larry
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Many of you have wished me luck and best wishes for the 8 hour run that I was to do August 11th in Danville IL. I appreciate all the support and thoughts of me as I entered this adventure that I have never tried before. The most I had run at one time was a 50K this year that took a little less than 5 hours. This race was to run as far as possible in 8 hours over a 3.29 course and then an out and back 1/2 mile at the end until the time lapsed. I had a great time. The weather started decent at 67 or so and got hottttttttttt fastttt. I am not sure of the temp but in the 90's. The humidity was also high but not as bad as the day prior. I finished running and walking the whole 8 hours with 44.27 miles placing me 4th in the Grand Masters (50&over). This group had the most entered in it. The winner overall passed me 4 times, the girl winner, I think lapped me twice. The support their was great, the people were fun to be around. Several I talked to knew The "Great Bonnie Busch". One man who had done this race several times died just after reaching the 2 mile marker. He was doing fine and fell over dead. I was on my second lap when I reached the area where they were working on him. It was sad, but that is how they said he would have wanted to go if he had a choice. I also spent some time in the hospital due to heat exhaustion, lack of enough fluids. after an I V and a nap I was fine. I had finished and was cooling down, took an outside shower, changed in to shorts and was trying to get some energy up to go eat. I keep feeling weak and couldn't get my temperature down. The medic worked on me a bit there and couldn't get a BP reading that was good but after some oxygen and throwing up I was feeling better. I had taken plenty of fluids each hour and the calories suggested and electrolytes. I was fine after the race until about 25 minutes or so later I started to really struggle. There were several others who got IV's and sent to the hospital. I am fine now. The legs today are okay, no blisters a little chaffing but over all ready to get started on the Marathon training for QC and Chicago. It was an experience that I would do again hoping for better weather.
---Bob
Monday, August 10, 2009
more howl
Got this from Teri Lyons, Muscatine Running Friends....
Hi Runners,
I want to tell you about the race that Nancy Foxen won yesterday. She was the overall winner... male and female.
A group of Muscatine Running Friends caravaned to Danville, IL to run the Howl at the Moon ultra race. (Largest timed ultra marathon in America.) The cross country race took place in Kennekuk Park on Saturday, August 8th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For 8 hours we ran 3.29 mile loops to see how many miles we could complete.
Our Muscatine group consisted of 13 runners and 5 support friends. Each of the Muscatine runners completed 26 or more miles in the 8 hours. 10 of the 13 received awards for their age divisions. Here are a list of the Muscatine Running Friends that participated : Nancy Foxen, Jackie Liebmann, Tony Carl, Daphne Donald, Stacey Eberhard, Danelle Much, Teri Lyon, Nancy Shell, Dave Timmsen, Joe Timmsen, Mario Garcia, Steve Hammann, and Terry Curry.
Nancy was the overall winner at Howl at the Moon. It is very rare for a woman to be overall winner in marathons. Only 2 or 3 women in the United States have ever won that honor. She was the first female to win an ultra race in the entire midwest.
Marc Reddy has been the race director for the Howl at the Moon for 19 years. He gave me most of the information that I am passing on to you. He said that yesterday was one of the warmest Howl at the Moons. He said that it is a known fact that women can handle the heat better than men. He said in 19 years he cannot remember a woman going to the hospital for a heat related problem during the race but he estimated 30 men have had to be treated. Marc also told me that women are becoming stronger and are catching up with men in marathons... especially ultras. (Marc told me that you can quote him on all of this.)
(There is plenty of Leinenkugel's flowing at this event.... LWS)
Nancy had her picture taken and will be included in an upcoming issue of Ultra Runner Magazine. What she accomplished yesterday was truly amazing. She is such a nice person, she is very modest. We are all proud of her and would love to see her get the recognition she deserves.
Thank you so very much !
Teri Lyon
Results here. Good job all!
-Larry
Hi Runners,
I want to tell you about the race that Nancy Foxen won yesterday. She was the overall winner... male and female.
A group of Muscatine Running Friends caravaned to Danville, IL to run the Howl at the Moon ultra race. (Largest timed ultra marathon in America.) The cross country race took place in Kennekuk Park on Saturday, August 8th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For 8 hours we ran 3.29 mile loops to see how many miles we could complete.
Our Muscatine group consisted of 13 runners and 5 support friends. Each of the Muscatine runners completed 26 or more miles in the 8 hours. 10 of the 13 received awards for their age divisions. Here are a list of the Muscatine Running Friends that participated : Nancy Foxen, Jackie Liebmann, Tony Carl, Daphne Donald, Stacey Eberhard, Danelle Much, Teri Lyon, Nancy Shell, Dave Timmsen, Joe Timmsen, Mario Garcia, Steve Hammann, and Terry Curry.
Nancy was the overall winner at Howl at the Moon. It is very rare for a woman to be overall winner in marathons. Only 2 or 3 women in the United States have ever won that honor. She was the first female to win an ultra race in the entire midwest.
Marc Reddy has been the race director for the Howl at the Moon for 19 years. He gave me most of the information that I am passing on to you. He said that yesterday was one of the warmest Howl at the Moons. He said that it is a known fact that women can handle the heat better than men. He said in 19 years he cannot remember a woman going to the hospital for a heat related problem during the race but he estimated 30 men have had to be treated. Marc also told me that women are becoming stronger and are catching up with men in marathons... especially ultras. (Marc told me that you can quote him on all of this.)
(There is plenty of Leinenkugel's flowing at this event.... LWS)
Nancy had her picture taken and will be included in an upcoming issue of Ultra Runner Magazine. What she accomplished yesterday was truly amazing. She is such a nice person, she is very modest. We are all proud of her and would love to see her get the recognition she deserves.
Thank you so very much !
Teri Lyon
Results here. Good job all!
-Larry
Sunday, August 9, 2009
walking
Podcast and movie cues remind me recently to re-read Henry David Thoreau's essay 'Walking.'
A good deal of walking seems in my future.
A good deal of walking seems in my future.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
congrats Howl at Moon ultra runners
Congratulations to all runners who went to Howl at the Moon 8 hour ultra in Danville, IL today on the hottest day of the year so far.
Muscatine running friends had a good crop of maybe 10 or so.
http://runningfriends.blogspot.com/
From Facebook regarding my good friend Danelle M. - Let the trumpets blow from on high. Another uber runner is born. 38 miles in 8 hours in horrid heat. The newly minted ultra runner reports sore quads. Congratulations pour in via the airwaves.
Word has it Nancy Foxen placed first overall at 50 miles. I recall last year's winner was also a female - over 60 miles, I think. But much cooler weather.
From the spokesman for the council of elder runners - "Just heard the trumpets ushering in a new ultra nut"
My thoughts when I heard - "Everytime a bell rings, an angel gets her wings" - Clarence, Angel Second Class, It's A Wonderful Life.
Muscatine running friends had a good crop of maybe 10 or so.
http://runningfriends.blogspot.com/
From Facebook regarding my good friend Danelle M. - Let the trumpets blow from on high. Another uber runner is born. 38 miles in 8 hours in horrid heat. The newly minted ultra runner reports sore quads. Congratulations pour in via the airwaves.
Word has it Nancy Foxen placed first overall at 50 miles. I recall last year's winner was also a female - over 60 miles, I think. But much cooler weather.
From the spokesman for the council of elder runners - "Just heard the trumpets ushering in a new ultra nut"
My thoughts when I heard - "Everytime a bell rings, an angel gets her wings" - Clarence, Angel Second Class, It's A Wonderful Life.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
New Orleans - unplanned half marathon
After 3 years of visits, I am confident enough in my direction finding skills to lead my young engineer colleague Craig on an 'ez 6 miler' from the Garden District to the French Quarter. Unfortunately, northwest towards I-10 looks a lot like southwest towards US 90 in the morning twilight.
He needed a long run anyway this week.
New Orleans is safe enough for runners, right?
They don't have billboards like that in Milan, I will observe. You can get your transmission fixed, and then some body work done all conveniently close.
-Larry
He needed a long run anyway this week.
New Orleans is safe enough for runners, right?
They don't have billboards like that in Milan, I will observe. You can get your transmission fixed, and then some body work done all conveniently close.
-Larry
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