tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304591432011-08-05T13:51:57.435-07:00Husband (wife Jennifer), Father of 3 (Nicolette, Jessica, Arthur), Ultra RunnerKing Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120608784266769876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30459143.post-83972801029369101532010-06-03T19:13:00.001-07:002010-06-04T09:52:52.639-07:00

OK 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.

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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.

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I'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,

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Here'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.

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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.

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I 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

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I 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

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Finished 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

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I'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 person

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After 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

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I 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

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This 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 we

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Saturday, 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.

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This 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

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I 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,

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Update: 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 I had

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This 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

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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

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I'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

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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

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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 a

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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?

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"Brooks® Launches Irreverent Campaign to Spread Joy of Running"Check out the running superfans website. These guys are pretty funny.

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YRCM 3:15, 3 minute PR.With two weeks to go I figured the Yakima River Canyon Marathon would be a good tune up and last long run. There are many similarities that I thought would be good for me to experience before I flew back east.First traveling and staying in a strange bed. I almost always travel to my races on the morning of. After 80 marathons/ultras in the past 45 months I've only not

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My fitness level and hill training were not up to pair with my planned pace to reach the finish in around 5 hours. Or maybe I'm just not that fast.I made it to the top (where A/S 3 is normally located) right on schedule but then gave up 20 minutes on the top loop by taking it too easy trying not to burn myself up (like I have in previous years). The road down was more work than I had planned

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Despite the cold wet weather we all had a great time at our 1st St. Patrick's Day Dash. The 3 kids did great in their race, especially Nicolette. She exceeded what I thought she could do, but I'll let Jenn blog about that for reasons you already know.As the dollar sized snow flakes fell, I stood undercover waiting as long as I could before stripping off my pants and jacket. Finally with about 5

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I thought I was running on Tiger Mt. but after I saw this I had to rethink that.It was really cool seeing these prints in the snow. If I had been by myself I think the reaction would have been a little different. It was snowing so I could tell the cat was less than a minute ahead of us.I had a great run this morning it was a ~15 mile out and back to East Tiger for a total of 7 peaks. It was a

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It was raining pretty good this morning on the way up to Tiger Mt. but by the time I made it to the trail head it had stopped and there were even a few tiny speckles of blue in the sky. I met up with Tony and Joe and Shawna and Shawn and shared the trail with them for an hour and a half. They went on to do 12 Summits, or at least that was the plan when I turned around. I did 12 Summits last

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Trying using your favorite search engine and type in Dane Biggest Loser Marathon and judge for yourself.I guess no sport is immune to his kind of thing but it really makes me mad. I truly believe anybody can finish a marathon, even the 280+ pound Dane from the biggest loser. How can you cheat if the only thing there is to win is your personal fulfillment or increased self worth? You can't because

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I was looking back at last year and the year before and noticed I don't really workout that much.Here's what I found.In 2007 I "worked out" 164 times on 134 different days that leaves me with 231 "rest" days. I feel like a couch potato!2007 RacesMarathon's... PR 3:48 @ Seafair, ran 3 marathons all year50k's ... PR 4:45 Flat Ass, ran 850m's ... PR 8:31 Mt Si., ran 212hr I did 64.9 miles in great

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I received an email ...Dear Arthur J. Martineau,This is to notify you that your entry into the 113th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20, 2009 has been accepted, provided that the information you submitted is accurate.You can verify your acceptance into the field by searching the 113th Boston Marathon "Entrants" database on the B.A.A. web site, www.baa.org/2009/cf/Public/EntryLists.cfm.

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Why an intentional bonk?I had a few reasons. My running partner Shela always slows down on the second loop. I ran hard last weekend and wanted to take it easy this week. I wanted to make my body remember how to feed off itself. I wanted to practice seeing the signs so I could prevent it. And I wanted to practice coming out of it and running through it.I ran the first loop without any calories or

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UPDATE: I just got passed by 3 people! The volunteers at the finish told me I finished 6th and possibly the first master but the results were just posted. Turns out I finished 9th, and the 2nd old guy. I don't know the guy who beat me (Robert Fortner) but I Googled him and he finished the Seattle marathon in 2:55 so I can't feel too bad about that. The Finish rate this year was 65%. It

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I just ran a 3:29 marathon in my new Cascadia 4's. I'm talking bran spanking new, right out a the box. They worked great. The tread is very aggressive and the shoe was plenty soft enough for the sidewalk, dirt road, and frozen snow and ice course. My pace was between 7:00 m/m and 8:30 m/m. I tried running flat footed and heal-toe, both felt comfortable. I now have a cool reverse picture of the

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The snow on Tiger is melting away quickly. But for now, it's still deep and slushy. The wind has knocked most all the snow down off the the trees but unfortunately it also blew 7 or 8 small trees down across the trail. I cleared a few but I didn't bring my trail saw so the bigger ones will have to wait. This is the second bridge on the DA loop. It's passable and safe as long as you don't need to

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Not wanting to be responsible for 60 people up on the mountain in these snowy conditions the RD cancelled the Dumb Ass 50k this year, just to weed out those who have a shred of common sense. Somehow I didn't get the email, no really. Maybe he knew I'd run it anyway, maybe it was a joke on me, but there was no way I wasn't going to be up there running it. Even if I had to run it by myself. After

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Oh my god, it was cold in Spokane this weekend. At the start of the race it was just above ZERO with the wind chill.Two of my fellow Brooks team mates and I headed out of town after lunch on Friday, the pass wasn't too bad but there were over a dozen people in the ditch and when we passed Easton the WSP or DOT had just closed I-90 West bound for about two hours so they could clear the carnage of

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This weekend I did something that I haven't done in, oh about, 24 years. (insert your dirty joke here) I ran in a Cross County meet. It was a two loop, flat course with a bunch of hairpin turns at Lake Sammamish State Park. I don't do any speed work so it was truly a 3.1 mile sprint. They said course was kind of sloppy and muddy and slow but compared to some ultras like Bridle Trails it was

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Only 200 miles?Brooks is donating 5 cents for every view to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center up to $25k. Warning this catchy tune might be stuck in your head for a few days.

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4:25, 1st master, 3rd overall.~3000 feet elevation gain and loss, official distance according to the RD was 32.2 miles.I was pleasantly surprised with my conditioning today. After 2 months of virtually no hill workouts I really expected to die after a few miles of blazing up the side of the mountain. I didn't and actually ended up getting a 20 minute 50k PR.I also had an unexpected experiment

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I went out the door early Saturday Morning in hopes of getting in a quad busting workout on the mountain. I got there before the gate opened but luckily a minute or so after I started up the road, up came a car. I did a U-turn and drove up to the trailhead. It only took about a 1/2 mile to realize that I was in for some serious pain. Running on trials uses your core exponentially more than

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I decided to run the Marathon on Friday night after doing 2 miles on the treadmill at race pace. I didn’t really hurt that much more to breathe running than just sitting on the couch. Sometimes you just gotta say “What the F… Joel”I woke up well before by 3 am alarm. This is the weekend that my cool alarm clock changes the time to daylight saving for me. Too bad there’s no way to turn that

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Last year I ran Plain 2 weeks after running a perfect race at Cascade Crest. I did some bonus miles right at the end so I wanted to come back and do better.This year the 2 races were 3 weeks apart instead of only 2. I figured with the extra week and some real 100 miler training (see 70m/week instead of 35) I could do much better maybe in the 26:30 to 27 hour range. After Cascade I was injury free

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update: Glenn's picutres are posted at the end.#1. SuccessMy first goal in a race of this magnitude is to just travel from the Start to the Finish under my own power. A subset of which would be to not get injured. I had some sharp pain in my lower calf area while climbing up Keechelus Ridge. I guess it would be my Soleus or some other minor flexor muscle above my Achilles. From then on I ran/

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It was another successful CCC100 for RD extraordinaire Charlie Crissman. I turned in a good improvement over last year. Here are the results.A few photo's from the finish.

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It's tapering time at the Martineau Tribe.This past weekend I ran my last double workout of the season. Saturday I ran the Cougar Mt. 13.1 miler. And on Sunday I ran part of the 2ND loop of the Plain 100 course, about 38 miles.Saturday's race went well. I started off fast as to not get stuck in the dreaded Congo line (that back-up of runners that stretches from here to Africa). I pushed hard the

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UPDATE:The slide is roughly here, 47.304378, -121.174479 according to S.P.O.T.Saturday I did some trail work on Silver Creek, I had to see it firsthand. The avalanche debris is truly amazing. I don't think any picture could do it justice. I would have taken a video but I didn't want Charlie or Justin to fall off any logs. They are both already hurt, one with a kankle and the other bum shoulder.We

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9:38:39, 11:34/mile.68th overall out of 238 starters, 202 finishers.54th M.13th in M 40-49.40:12 improvement over last year.I didn't have a game plan going into the race. This is very unusual for me but I've been preoccupied with other more important issues in my life. I expected to do a lot better than last year because my weekly mileage since April is about 25 miles per week more than last year

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Here are some pictures from last weekend and White River.The view from Goat Peak. Fire damage near Cole Butte I saw this guy having a snack on some grass and I was glad it wasn't me he was craving! Rainier from near Cole Butte. Shela listening for a snack at Tim's A/S. Glenn's picture from Corral Pass.And this is after I was feeling good again. I must have looked like death 30 minutes earlier!

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This past weekend instead of serving ourselves up as Cougar or Bear bait on the snowed in Plain course, we went down to Greenwater and ran the white river course 1.5 times.I started out with dead legs Saturday morning and got slower from there. We took a wrong turn and started heading up "toward" ranger creek one trail too early. After 1 1/2 miles and about 550 feet of climbing the trail ended

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We tried again, in vain, to run the last 1/3 of the CCC course. The final straw, just too much snow to follow the trail.Here are the highlights:We started off before dawn and made it to Mineral creek in 2:01. That includes a 7 minute "Tc pit stop" (see video below) and the 10 minutes it took to cross Mineral Creek.We took it easy to No Name Ridge with only 4-5 snow fields to cross we made it

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This was the 4th year of the Seafair Marathon and the 4th version.2005 1st ever Marathon, I ran a 3:59:50, Great course, run down to and along Lake Sammamish.2006 26th Marathon/Ultra, 3:57:39, a little tougher course, up and around Bridle Trails.2007 47th M/U, 3:48:22, 3 min. PR mostly the same course as last year.2008 67th M/U, 3:27:44, 21 min. PR, Toughest course yet, 1600 ft of gain and HOT!I

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A day in the life of a running race directorMy day started early. I loaded that last two boxes and cooler into the trailer and then got myself ready to go. The weather was a little cool so I'm really glad Jenn didn't let me leave for the race in just shorts. Brrr! Friday's rain had stalled a little, it came during the night, so it wasn't raining but the ground was wet and it was colder than I had

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Wow time has flown past since my last post.The Lake Youngs Ultra was a huge success. Two new course records were set.Brett Winegar at 2:58:39 for the men and Monica Ochs at 3:40:03 for the women.I managed to squeeze in 3 loops at 1:10,1:14, and 1:24. The last loop as the sweep, I was starting to tighten up but I didn't have to stop and walk any of it. It's a good thing the trail wasn't

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Grab a cup of coffee and a cookie, this is a long post for a long race.I packed enough food and clothes for 3 days, 2 pairs of Brooks Cascadias, and my 1 size too big Brooks Glycerin's just in case my feet got too big. You just never know what's going to happen 50 or 60 miles into one of these races. And since this was a self supported run I wouldn't be able to just stroll up to an A/S and grab

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Just a quick update with results.My time was 22:33:35 of which 48 minutes was spent being bused around the tunnel which was closed.Tim Lofton came in second in right around 24 hours.Shawn Lawson , the Race Director, came in 3rd in 24:20.And DFL was Ray G. at around 29 hours.Tc did about 90 miles total.Scott Railton did around 75 milesJane Herzog made it to just over 100k.More details later.

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Update:Page 56 of April's Ultra Running magazine listed the new rules. I have 2 copies and I still missed it.Every year you are not draw in the lottery you get an extra chance (ticket) for the next year.You have 1 month to apply.No Buddy System.No two, three, or ninety-nine time loser rule.All entries online.I still wonder how many applicants and DNF's they could eliminate by simply stating, This

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It was 96 degrees out of the course today. No wind and the humidity was very high.Top 6 finisher's:1. Alex Swensen 68.1 miles, age 43, last year 79.242. Tim Stroh 65.94 miles, age 45, last year 70.263. Van Phan 64.17 miles, age 36, last year 65.614. Arthur Martineau 62.73 miles, age 40, last year 64.895. Ryan McKnight 60.57 miles, age 35, didn't run last year6 Sam Thompson 60.57 miles, age 27,

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Have you seen this new gadget? It's the S.P.O.T. "SPOT" Satellite Personal Tracker.I saw this at REI, and it looks pretty cool. They have a great marketing campaign. I'm looking for a real world, real person review and field test. Preferably by someone here in the always cloudy heavily forested Northwest US, or even Western Canada, not some writer sitting in the parking lot of his office building

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Short version: 1:33:18 of sprinting at my red-line, 6Th place in my age group, 33rd of 952 over all.Long version:The day didn't start as I had planned. I woke up late and had to rush out the door, herding my 3 kids, still in their PJ's, into the van and off to their Aunt's house. Luckily I put all their clothes shoes and snacks in the van the night before. When I get my sisters house I have them

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There are a few things I take with me on almost every run whether on trails or the road. Here's my opinion of these things I "can't live without". I highly recommend all of them.Brooks gearCascadia, Glyercin, Cascadia, BurnI've been running pretty much exclusively in brook's shoes since the beginning of 2008. I've had their shoes before, like the original Cascadias's, but they didn't knock my

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I made 2 big mistakes on Saturday. Hopefully I can learn from them and not make them again.The First big mistake came at mile 15. Some how, due to a combination of errors, I ended up with a bladder full of super concentrated drink that I was only able to consume 5-6 sips of over the distance of 6 miles at which time I was able to dilute it. First off, I think I had more "strong" drink left in the

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I was fortunate enough to get out and play in the snow on both Saturday and Sunday.Saturday Shela and I headed out to Tiger for a couple of loops around (UP) the Mt. Well the gate guy was late and after waiting a few minutes, until 6:05 (he should have been there at dawn which was 5:38) I just headed up the road the extra 1/2 mile to the trailhead. You'd think I was going to die having go the

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The weather was perfect for the Mt. Si races this year. The weather man stuck to his guns and didn't update the forecast but I figured it wasn't really going to be cold and wet considering it was 80 degrees at my house the day before. And sure enough when I arrived at the start (in the dark) I could see stars in the sky. Luckily, I put some sunscreen on my nose or I'd be looking like Rudolf today

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It's amazing how different trails look and how hard they are to follow (stay on) when covered in 3-4 feet of snow. There are no snow bridges in the summer!My pacer and I went up to the pass to get some hill training in. I love to run in the snow so I figured I'd get up in it before it all melted away.We went to Easton and started running around dawn. We ran on fire roads for a few miles then went

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Que the theme to Rocky...Coming this Saturday to a snowy Mt. near you.It's YaktraxVersus$2 worth of regular old sheet metal screws. I only used 17 screws per shoe, but I might bump that up to 20 or 23.I copied this idea from http://www.skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm. We'll see which one does better in our NW snow.Here are some pictures from my visit to Greenlake during Dizzy Days. I took the kids

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Short version:5:42, 12 min. PR, Bonked in the middle, muddy.Longer ...After getting up in the middle of the night, we show up an hour early to the starting line and the dang lot is already full. We found a spot at a nearby school and walked over to the start. Luckily we didn't forget anything because there wouldn't have been time to go back and get it. It'll be interesting to see what this race

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It's always a great time at this race. You get to ride on a Ferry and go to the San Juan Islands. And we had perfect weather.I started at a pace that I expected to be able to keep for both loops (about 6 hours) but couldn't because of an unexpected extra 1100 feet of climbing per loop. Here's the profile of the course from my watch.I could have (should have) slowed down halfway up the first climb

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On Saturday I ran a DumbAss loop backwards so I could take it easy on my bum ankle. Jenn and the kids headed out on T3 and I was hoping to meet them at the top or at least on my way back down. The trail started out muddy then as I climbed I started to hit a few snow patched here and there. Then it really started to get fun, as I went higher I was in a zone that I'll call frozen slush. The snow

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The return of Tim Lofton's Lord Hill Ultra was met with perfect weather and a trail full of happy runners. We couldn't have asked for better weather in the beginning of February. The trails were in great shape with only a dozen or so mud holes. I carpooled with Shawn and Van. Based on our previous times (6:31, 6:57, and my 7:18) I would be bringing up the rear. I hate making people wait for me

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I was hopping for snow when I woke up but it didn't make it this far south. After dropping the kids at granny's Jenn and I headed to the trailhead to start our lap together at 6 am. There was supposed to be a few others starting at that same time but I guess they started even earlier. We got off to a pretty slow start. We had a couple stops in the first mile to remove rocks from Jenn's shoes and

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UPDATE:I finished 7th out of about 130 runners that started, 100 made it to 17 miles, 25 made it to 25 miles, and only 15 of us made the whole 35 miles. WOW!Due to too much snow, the Capitol Peak Mega Fat Ass course was changed to a double lollipop (or figure 8) course done twice. This meant less climbing and less snow and a lot more mud. It could have been a much easier and faster course but

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This year was the first year that weather was not an issue at Bridle Trials. It was raining hard over night so I thought it would be another year of sloshing through puddles that were over 2 feet deep.I borrowed a portable AM radio from Shawn so I could listen to the Seahawks get their tails kicked. I guess I should have just concentrated on my running. It would have been a lot more fun Not

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Short version: Flat and wet and fast. 50K pr of 4:45 (unofficial) This was a great training run for something.I haven't run on the hard stuff since my iUWR marathon. The Foot seems to be nearly 90%. I tried to run light on my feet and it cost me because I was using muscles I don't normally use.The family dropped me off about 20 minutes before the start (we live under a mile away). I gave the

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Today was the first of what is sure to become an Annual or even Semi-Annual Epic "Fun" Run on Tiger Mt. I can't wait until the summer edition (stupid Western). I'm sure it'll be stretched to a 50 miler or maybe a 12 hour. Wahoo!When I first heard of the Dumb Ass I knew I'd like it but I also knew I wasn't in any shape to make 2-3 loops let alone 5. So I ran it a few times and dragged Shawn , Tc,

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UPDATE:I copied this from the ws100 site. "There were about 1,350 applications received this year. The complete list is HERE. There are 357 slots available this year, 166 of which have been filled by "automatics," such as top ten male and female finishers in last year's Race, Two-Time Losers, etc. That leaves 191 slots to be filled via the Lottery Drawing and about 1,190 names to draw from. The

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You gotta love that first snow fall of the year! 1:34, 2:47, 1:30, 1:42(cw), 1:25, 1:30, 1:20, 1:21, 1:21

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If you love to run trails in Washington, PLEASESupport the WTA Go here for details on how to buy your very own WTA Race Calender Check out April!!! It's Shela's turn for her 15 minutes of Fame.

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As most of you have gathered, I've taken my racing schedule down a notch or three. I'm back to recovery and base building. No more really long runs for a while. Add in lots of biking and a few short runs on dirt. I must hurry up and learn some patience, come on...come on. This seems to be an annual pattern. My speed and abilities go up in the spring and summer but then by fall I'm back to limping

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After taking 3 weeks off I was still about to finish 26.2 miles. Slowly but I finished, my legs are pretty fresh today, but my foot... My foot is no better than it was 3 weeks ago. If I hold my watch up like this, it keeps go time.It was a nice day. No sun but we did missed the big downpours that some people got caught in.Next I'll try running on dirt to see if that feels any better.

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Obviously a good time was had by all. Even the two people I saw crash, Evil Knievel and the PBR delivery driver, didn't mind a little road rash. P.S. Me.

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I ran most of the first 50k of 20Th Century 100k this Saturday. I then walked about 8 miles to the next A/S hoping things would get better before I got there.I dropped at mile 40 because I didn't want to make the injury to my foot worse by pushing the last 20 miles to the finish, just to keep my DNF'less streak going.I started out the day in my regular road shoes. After about 6 miles I knew this

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OK So I'm on the cover of UltraRunning Magazine. It's pretty cool but I can't seem to get Dr. Hook out of my head.I will still talk to all the little people.I did buy the biggest tub of Vaseline at Costco I could find so my Huge head wouldn't get stuck in the bathroom door.You don't have to kiss my pinkie ring or bow at my post 100 mile feet.No the Photo wasn't doctored or airbrushed. If it was,

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I finished in 6:58 with Robin Blais who helped motivate me for the last 6 miles.I ran good for 9 miles then my banged up body started a revolt. I limped into the a/s in just under 3 and then crawled back to the finish.Dave Dutton put on another great race. There was plenty of good food at the Start, A/S, and Finish.I hadn’t really run since Plain. I did a couple 2 and 3 milers, easy, but that

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Well I finally made it out to a work party on Cougar. I've been trying to get out to one of SRC's work party's for over a year but my schedule never seemed to match up. I guess I just had to try a little harder.I went out to the trailhead a little early so I could get a 3 mile run in before we started. Everything seemed to be working well but I know I need a little more recovery after the

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According to my research there have been 5 finishers of both CCC and Plain in the same year.Washington SlamNameCCC TimePlain TimeTotal Time2007Arthur Martineau25:05:0031:51:0056:56:002006Darrell Jenson21:58:0032:15:0054:13:002006Chris Perry28:44:0034:46:0063:30:002005Chris Perry26:55:0033:54:0060:49:002002Tom Hayes22:59:0032:00:0054:59:002002Liz McGoff23:27:0032:00:0055:27:00

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Well I did it. I finished Plain plus about 3 bonus miles in 31:51.Thanks go to my "nascar" crew. Shawn, Rob, Steve, and Jay. They changed my wheels, gassed me up and restocked my pack in under 30 minutes.Plain is just plain tough. If you run smart and prepare yourself, you too can finish under the 36 hour cut-off. But you’re really going to have to want it.The highlights of the course are:More

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Hula hoop Sing?Juggle? Try not to cry like a baby in front of all our friends when you're overwhelmed with pain and joy and fatigue and pride and tiredness.

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GREAT PICTURES FROM GLENNShort Version:25:05, that's 5 Hours and 17 Minutes faster than last year. I've never pushed myself so far for so long.Long Version:First off I want to thank James Varner for helping at Tacoma and Stampede pass and for lending his Patagonia jacket for the climb up to the lookout. I think I would have froze to death right there. I also was lent a couple of bottle holders

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Well it's finally done and ready to be sold. If you know of anybody looking for a 4 bedroom 1900 sq. ft. house in Bellevue, please send them my way. It's been totally remodeled.Here's MLS listing #27153783. I even put in a great path for hill workouts.Thanks

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My legs my be going stir crazy but it was great to see the family again. I only ran once this week for a whopping 6 miles. I also did 32 miles (4 miles at a time) of commuting. The biking seems to work well on the cardio. Now it 's time to start packing for the big day.

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My running for the week was Saturday and Sunday ONLY. Good 100 miler training? Probably not! But it's all I can manage at this time.So the plan:Saturday 13 mile sprint (race) on Cougar Mt.Sunday 45-50 miles in Eastern Washington somewhere on the Plain course.Saturday: After a Long nights sleep (the first in a week) I was up early and ready to run.I signed in and chatted with a dozen or so people

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Last year I did the last 1/3 of CCC at the beginning of July. There was a lot of snow and it was really Hot. This year a month later, there was no snow and it was not very hot at all. The first time it kinda freaked me out on how hard just this part of the course was. And when I got to this point I would have run further than I every had. A year (13 months) later, I finished the 30 miles thinking

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It was a brisk cloudless July Morning. The sun had yet to show it's beautiful yellow face above the hilltops. Just kidding!My time, 10:18 tie for 67th place with Shawn Lawson. A 33 minute PR on the course. I felt that I was under trained for the race but I still had aggressive goals for the day. One of them was to be under 10 hours but it wasn't meant to be on this day. Maybe next year.My

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NightDay ******CAUTION******DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.I got suckered into running the 1st half of the "Epic Run" of Eric and Rob's 24 Summits. Actually I jumped at the chance of running 12 Summits at night. I figured it would be a another great chance to train myself to run at night and run tired. Well at the 9:15 pm start it was the end of a long day at the end of a long week at work. Tired...

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Short story: I did three training runs this weekend.1. About 3 hours of the start of the CCC100 course (12 miles).2. One lap at the Lake Youngs Fund Run (9.6 miles).3. The 2nd half the White River 50 miler (23 miles).44.6 miles, more than my usual week.1. We were out the door at 3:45 AM and at the start of CCC100 at about 5:00, just after it started to get light. We went out at an easy pace,

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I know what you're thinking, how could anybody PR on that hilly course. I have to give all the credit to KISW 80's weekend. At mile 14 I put in the earplugs for some motivation and really picked up the pace, relatively speaking.3:48:22 10th of 30 in age group90th of 250 male114th of 400 totalAfter getting the first real nights sleep in weeks, I was up at 4:45 to get myself and Jenn and Kids ready

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I guess my lack of running could or should be considered a taper for Seafair this weekend. My mind and body may not be rested but my running legs sure will be.I did manage to get in 7 1/3 miles down in Olympia on Sunday. I ran a great little loop around Summit Lake (that's just north of Capitol Peak). It has a ton of short but steep hills that, depending on your pace, can really but you into

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This post is for all those runners out there dreaming of running 12 Summits. Here's a turn by turn. Shela , Shawn and I ran it on Saturday.take a right on to the Bus trail.Take a left onto the nook trail.Take a right onto the Section Line.Take a left to stay on the Section Line.Go straight across west tiger RR grade.Congrats! You've made it to your 1st summit, Tiger #3. Only 11 more to go. Go

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I hope all you dad's out there had a great weekend. Mine was pretty good.Friday night after work and work I finally was able to squeeze in a run. It was just 7.1 miles out on the cedar river trail in front of my house but I was happy with the effort I was able to but in considering it was nearly midnight by the time I got started and I'm sick. It took me 1:02. Everything felt pretty good. I

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