tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304591432024-03-12T18:12:54.327-07:00King ArthurHusband (wife Jennifer), Father of 3 (Nicolette, Jessica, Arthur), Ultra RunnerKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-34315194328451728322014-03-07T08:00:00.000-08:002014-03-07T08:02:47.849-08:00SMRG Tiger Mt. "50k"The short: Even after raining a months worth of rain in the last 5 days, most of the trails were in really great shape. The route is a lot harder than it looks. I got 36.6 miles with over 11k in elevation gain on my Suunto Ambit. There were no views today so some of the trails didn't make sense.
Pros: You really do get to see a lot of the Mt while stayingKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-67956798649447417112013-08-07T13:03:00.003-07:002013-08-07T13:03:57.124-07:00Still AliveI have nothing really to say. It's just been way to long since I've posted anything.
Watch for a post race report after Cascade Crest.King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-78883832326922775512012-07-31T10:27:00.000-07:002012-07-31T14:29:15.430-07:00Western States 100 mile
Western States 100 mile run
Western Mug Shot
This story starts back in December when my name was drawn as
one of the lucky few that get a chance to run this historic 100 mile race, where it all began, the big dance, the track
meet, etc. I walked in the door from a 2
hour run in the mountains just moments before hearing my name called over the
laptop speakers. I was in King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-83972801029369101532010-06-03T19:13:00.001-07:002010-06-04T09:52:52.639-07:00The all new Brooks LaunchOK it's just the same old Launch in a new cool color. This is still my favorite shoe so why change it when it works so well.Those colors are listed as Black/Silver/Nightlife. Lots of Black and Silver but not much Nightlife.Coming soon to a store near you.King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-51247747151266946242010-03-22T09:57:00.000-07:002010-03-22T10:11:14.072-07:00And the winner is ...I ran the 100 miles in 18:37. I couldn't have asked for a nicer day and I was done before it started to rain.There were a few last minute guesses on Facebook that I didn't get a chance to add to the list but they weren't close enough to matter.The closest guess was Scotty with his 18:30. Congrats! I'll post a race report later this week.King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-77946275183063279542010-03-15T13:23:00.000-07:002010-03-15T14:31:36.506-07:00LED Light GiveawayI'm giving away a new Coast LED Handheld light model 7007 the Power Tac. This is a very bright 3 AAA battery light.Coast is a fine Portland company that sells some pretty good lights at a fair price. And no they didn't pay me to say that.To win it, post a reply here before Saturday with your name and your guess on how I'll do at the Pacific Rim One Day Run, a 24 Hour Endurance race in Longview, King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-84372379448619308742010-03-10T15:58:00.000-08:002010-03-10T16:19:31.361-08:00Brooks DNAHere's a funny video for you Lost fans out there. http://www.brooksdna.com/ Next week I'm giving away a Coast LED light. They're a good local (Portland) company with a good product and even better customer service. I've been using their lights for 3 years now. I had a light switch go out and since they don't have a replace switch they just sent me a whole new light.King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-31128940669051199562010-02-01T22:36:00.000-08:002010-02-01T22:38:26.426-08:0098, 99, ....Wow is it February already? January just flew by.In January I started training again. I ran about 240% of what I ran in December. I ran Marathon/Ultra Marathons #98 and #99. I “ran” 26 times and took 8 days off. I’m injury free so far. Maybe I can double my mileage again next month.The last few months of 2009 I took it real easy. September through December my mileage was 86, 69, 143, and 107.King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-65873364034531201662009-12-17T10:51:00.000-08:002009-12-21T10:36:39.768-08:00Brooks Cascadia 5 Shoe ReviewI just slipped on the Brand New 2010 Brooks Cascadia 5's. I will be running a hard hilly 50k on Sunday and will post my opinions about the shoe ASAP after that. The shoe is said to have a better feel than the Cascadia 4 did with only the uppers being changed. They feel good to me sitting here at my desk. Ha! Last year I ran a Marathon in the Cascadia 4's right out of the box. It's was a nice day King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-90438778752603690302009-11-14T14:13:00.000-08:002009-11-14T20:39:20.627-08:002 month UpdateI know it's been a while but I needed a break. Since Aug 29th I've run a marathon, 2 50k's (both were a little long) and an accidental 1/2 marathon. I addition to those 4 "workouts" I've run an additional 16 times, but most of those workouts were only 2-3.5 miles. Hopefully I can get my motivation back and start putting in more miles.Michelle's Grande Ass Marathon 9-6. This was just a week after King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-65134191972734500192009-08-30T20:35:00.000-07:002009-08-31T10:57:53.089-07:00Cascade Crest summary and giveaway winnerFinished that's always a goal. PR also almost always a goalTime goal of 21:15. I didn't make this one. I had a nearly perfect run through mile 81. From there the wheels totally fell off. I was sick, I was basically asleep walking and jogging the trail and since I couldn't eat or drink I had zero energy to move down the trail. The good news is the the extra 1:30 in the last ~17 miles didn't King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-45485567944057212462009-08-20T15:28:00.000-07:002009-08-27T20:44:07.750-07:00Brooks Hat GiveawayI'm giving away a new Brooks Hat (black with colored accents) to the person that comes the closest to guessing my Finishing time at Cascade Crest 100 miler.This is an easy contest. *Just guess my finishing time at Cascade Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run as a comment to this post. *Last day to enter your guess is Friday August 28Th. My birthday encase you forgot ;*)*Limit! Only one guess per personKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-12560200094508385952009-08-12T22:31:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:45:16.990-07:00Uphill ChallengeAfter reading about the Uphill Challenge and watching the video a couple times, I decided to do my own Uphill Challenge at home. I figured shooting for 1.5 miles would be a good goal in the middle of a training week.I set the treadmill to 10% and 6 mph and set the timer for 15 minutes. After about 5 minutes I figured I could go a bit faster so I went to 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, and finally 7 mph. I King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-27991508352675864912009-08-10T09:42:00.000-07:002009-08-10T11:00:47.953-07:00Whisky Dick TriathlonI participated in my first ever triathlon this weekend. Well sort of... it was a relay team and I sprinted the 10k running leg.It was a new and exciting experience for me. It's so different from the laid back ultras I'm used to running. The athletes are so serious about the race. There were a lot of bikes there that are worth more than my car.The craziest and most amazing part is the transition King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-80658865584839225682009-08-04T15:27:00.001-07:002009-08-04T15:30:15.805-07:00CCC trainingThis is just a quick training note from this weekend. I spent the whole weekend away running parts of the CCC 100 course. Big thanks to Jeff and Mike for putting this event together.Early on Saturday I drove up to Snoqualmie Pass and then about 22 of us carpooled to Tacoma Pass. Some opted to start 10 miles down the trail at Stampede pass. After an hour drive, most on very dusty fire roads weKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-25696972776493533812009-07-25T22:24:00.000-07:002009-07-30T11:48:09.314-07:00White River 50Saturday, July 25 was the White River 50 mile race down in Greenwater, Wa in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. I wasn't as hot as they said it was going to be, but the humidity was high and so were the DNF's. Times were slower this year for most people.My legs haven't been very fresh lately from all the heavy training so I figured it was a good time to push them from the start and see how they reacted. King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-59616158133116002172009-07-12T19:50:00.000-07:002009-07-21T15:28:20.266-07:00Grey Rock and Goat PeakThis weekend I ran Grey Rock 50k just outside of Yakima in 5:16 and took 3rd in the over 40 group behind Miles Ohlrich and Jim Kerby and 6th overall. Yeah Miles just turned 40 a couple weeks ago and Jim's knee and fitness are back ...great. This race was a return to my roots. It was my first ultra and second marathon or longer race way back in 2005 ... 86 marathons and/or ultras later I shaved 2 King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-15977756007814148112009-06-29T08:59:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:59:40.999-07:00R&R Seattle - 12 Summits doubleI ran the R&R Seattle Marathon on Saturday and 12 Summits, about 34 miles, on Sunday.Rock and RollMy plan was to just run how I felt. I didn't know very much about the course. I checked the elevation the morning of the race to see where the hills were. The only roads I knew I would be running on were the I-90 Bridge and Hwy 99 on the new St. Patties Day Dash course.I was in the first corral, King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-75708100461231463022009-06-11T21:42:00.000-07:002009-06-27T20:52:18.314-07:00Shoe Review: Brooks LaunchUpdate: I just ran the R&R Seattle Marathon in 3:12 (a 3 minute PR) in the Launch. They performed exactly as they did in my last race, the Lake Youngs Ultra, described below.I put the Brooks "Launch" on Friday night and I didn't want to take them off. This is a very comfortable and soft shoe. I did some heavy lifting, loading up the trailer for the Lake Youngs Ultra. Being the Race Director IKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-82642765372594918052009-06-01T14:45:00.000-07:002009-06-05T10:00:03.824-07:00Brooks ASR 6 trail shoe reviewThis shoe is the trail or “All Season” version of the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9.That's actually a light grey not white.They don’t just slap a lugged trail outsole on it, for traction, and call it a trail shoe. They also changed the uppers to better handle the rain, dirt and mud. The upper is made of a tighter weaved material to keep out the mud and there’s some Hydrophobic foam in the tongue and King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-32697611264222897372009-05-19T09:45:00.000-07:002009-05-19T21:29:25.671-07:00Running and Racing update ...TacomaI ran the Tacoma City Marathon as a pacer for the time of 3:40. Right off (mile 2) my group spilt in two. Half stayed with me and half went ahead to try and "bank" some time. At the half I was right at 1:50 but I only had one runner left. A mile later I was by myself. I passed a few of the "bankers" in the next five miles. I heard the same thing each time I pulled along side one of them to King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-64270656272241322922009-04-27T16:34:00.000-07:002009-04-28T09:22:52.584-07:00Capitol Peak 50I've never had a great day at this race. In 2006 it was my first 50 and I was really slow and it was a blizzard up there. I guess I did great just to finish in 12:36. In 2007 I spent the night before the race in the hospital with my Dad and didn't get any sleep so I decided to drop down to the 55k. I didn't really have my mind on the race and it took me 7:14. In 2008 I ran a nice PR at Mt. Si 50 King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-9886757031999380892009-04-22T13:56:00.000-07:002009-04-29T11:32:16.389-07:00The Boston Marathon, A 26.2 Mile Parade.The 113th running of the Boston Marathon.TravelIt’s been a while since I’ve traveled. Let’s just say the last time I flew in an airplane I didn’t have to take my shoes off. I was a little stressed about what I could take and what I couldn’t. I wasn’t going to check my race stuff and that’s pretty much all I was bringing. I arrived at the airport at the required 2 hours early and about 4 minutes King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-5635438295882848882009-04-21T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-21T10:36:38.481-07:00Boston, A 26.2 Mile Parade.I ran a good race and I'm happy with my results but I'm constantly looking for ways to do things better.Here are some stats from my race.My 5k splits were:22:83, 5k22:24, 45:02 10k22:16, 1:07:18 15k22:22, 1:29:40 20k22:41, 1:52:21 25k23:48, 2:16:09 30k24:34, 2:40:43 35k23:41, 3:04:24 40kFinishing Time was 3:15:27I finished in 3711Th place. My number was 7678. I passed a lot of runners.I'll post aKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-82767845481702701802009-04-15T06:34:00.000-07:002009-04-15T08:53:06.039-07:00Is it Monday Yet?As of right now the weather forecasters say;50% chance of rain, 50 for the high and 42 for the low.or40% chance of rain with a temperature range from 40 - 50 degrees.or20% chance of rain with temperatures ranging from 44 - 51.hmmm, whom shall I trust?King Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.com2