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Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail Race Finishers Belt Buckle 2011

2011 Rocky Raccoon Finisher’s Belt Buckle

Here is the Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail Race finisher’s belt buckle from the 2011 race that took place in Huntsville, Texas.

The race is really well put on and has superb aid stations throughout the 20-mile loop.

Rocky Raccoon Race Website

2011 Rocky Raccoon Results

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Rocky Raccoon Ultra Marathon 100 Mile Race Logo

2011 Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail Run Results

An elite field showed up in Huntsville, Texas this Saturday for the 2011 Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail Race that included Scott Jurek, Anton Krupicka, Karl Meltzer, Liza Howard, Zach Gingerich and a young pup by the name of Ian Sharman, who not only won the race but set a course record by 32 minutes with a time of 12:44:33.

Liza Howard was the first female finisher with a blazing time of 15:33:09

Here is a look at the top finishers from 2011RR100:

100mi
1 12:44:33* Ian Sharman 30 CA
2 13:18:52 Anton Krupicka 27 CO
3 13:26:19 Hal Koerner 35 OR
4 14:27:20 Karl Meltzer 44 UT
5 15:33:09 Liza Howard F 39 TX
6 15:58:38 Brad Reed 27 MA
7 15:59:35 Paul Hopwood 47 HI
8 16:34:46 Michael Arnstein 34 NY
9 16:53:31 Mike Wolfe 33 MT
10 17:25:55 Luis Guerrero 47 Mexico
11 17:30:09 Michael Alfred 29 CA
12 17:34:49 James Brennan 32 VA
13 17:34:49 Harvey Lewis III 34 OH
14 17:37:15 Richard Kwiatkowski 45 VA
15 18:09:55 Ryan Loehding 38 TX
16 18:10:47 Peter Vrolijk 52 TX
17 18:26:05 Adam Wilcox 29 NH
18 18:35:09 Brad Birkel 32 MA
19 18:45:26 Mark Matyazic 46 CA
20 19:24:43 Mosi Smith 28 MD
21 19:30:04 Hiroki Ishikawa 35 Japan
22 19:33:51 Matt Zmolek 30 TX
23 19:49:00 David Boudreau 39 NH
24 19:49:14 Lorenzo Sanchez 33 TX
25 20:10:55 Scott Loughney 40 OR
26 20:36:42 Matthew Prineas 46 MD
27 20:39:49 Pat Malaviarachchi 36 TX
28 20:39:49 Jeffrey Urbanski 25 DC
29 20:40:49 Julio Cesar Angel Andrade 44 Mexico
30 20:43:51 Jeff Holdaway 52 VA
31 20:46:49 Matt Crownover 38 TX
32 20:59:40 David Murphy 38 MO
33 21:00:23 Mark McCaslin 41 MI
34 21:22:10 Davy Crockett 52 UT
35 21:24:23 Matthew Grund 34 GA
36 21:30:10 Danny Ponder 52 OK
37 21:30:24 Andrew Pena Jr 49 TX
38 21:31:58 Phil Nimmo 47 TX
39 21:40:24 C.B. Fralich 38 OR
40 21:49:34 Ted Philip 45 MA
41 21:53:21 Edward Daly 44 MS
42 21:53:27 Andrew Harding 50 MI
43 21:53:48 Michael Hettinger 36 TX
44 22:01:50 Jeff Woody 47 TN
45 22:04:05 Jeff Arms 35 AK
46 22:09:10 Raymond Churgovich 45 CO
47 22:23:02 Steve Corbin 48 TX
48 22:24:55 Mike Poland 44 CO
49 22:34:39 Brian Recore 35 CA
50 22:36:31 Brenda Carawan F 34 VA
51 22:37:06 Jim Philip 43 FL
52 22:50:25 Daniel Barnett 47 UT
53 22:56:32 Dan Jordan 53 TX
54 23:10:00 Austin Barbisch 42 TX
55 23:16:09 Terri Pfeil F 44 CO
56 23:18:34 Sam Landry 50 LA
57 23:27:50 Iain Hughes 47 OH
58 23:32:23 Brian Medley 36 CA
59 23:32:24 Lisa DeYoung F 43 NC
60 23:33:31 Justin Andrews 34 NC
61 23:33:38 Mark Klein 27 CA
62 23:33:38 Erik Hanley 29 TX
63 23:34:12 Ted Hering 34 MO
64 23:34:14 Julie Grant F 26 TX
65 23:34:52 Brittany Klimowicz F 25 NY
66 23:42:31 Robert Nunez 40 TX
67 23:42:41 Anabel Pearson F 40 TX
68 23:44:53 Claude Hicks Jr. 51 TX
69 23:45:27 Andy Ralph 44 TX
70 23:47:46 Brian Pilgrim 44 NM
71 23:48:00 Lane Gremillion 37 LA
72 23:51:40 Bill Ford 48 OK
73 23:51:40 Kathy Hoover F 50 OK
74 23:54:03 Glen Delman 45 CO
75 23:54:21 Matthew Watts 54 CO
76 23:55:04 Dave Dawson 44 CO
77 23:55:06 Bobby Keogh 61 NM
78 24:05:06 Julie Hagen F 42 CO
79 24:11:35 Johnny Adams 49 MO
80 24:41:19 David Green 47 FL
81 24:48:36 Stan Beutler 53 UT
82 24:51:52 Philip Wiley 49 CO
83 24:54:20 Ingrid Hillhouse F 38 TX
84 25:07:29 Kevin Radel 51 WI
85 25:10:12 Larisa Dannis F 23 NH
86 25:10:12 Robert Lalus 36 NH
87 25:10:33 Bronson Kelly 38 UT
88 25:13:52 Scott Olmer 39 CO
89 25:16:12 Suzie Spangler F 40 MD
90 25:27:43 Tom DeKornfeld 57 MD
91 25:28:45 John Powers 47 TX
92 25:30:57 John Wallin 50 UT
93 25:31:03 Brent Bell 53 UT
94 25:42:35 Daniel Welch 26 NV
95 25:43:16 Katie Oglesby F 39 CO
96 25:44:49 Barbara Gahbauer F 35 CO
97 25:51:09 Michael McKenna 40 IL
98 25:52:18 Justin Wilkins 31 TX
99 25:53:11 Andrew Readinger 27 TX
100 25:56:18 Federico Alberto Vasquez Mendez 45 Guatemala
101 25:56:22 German Collazos 52 TX
102 26:02:43 Leslie Jacobi F 29 IL
103 26:04:40 Karen Felicidario F 45 TX
104 26:07:51 Brett Blankner 37 TX
105 26:13:48 Elaine Stypula F 45 MI
106 26:14:23 Richard Reaves 40 TX
107 26:21:16 Andi Ramer F 37 CA
108 26:26:53 Woolery Back 33 GA
109 26:27:51 Harold Lance 53 TX
110 26:33:22 Deanna Doohaluk F 35 IL
111 26:34:14 Les Ellsworth 56 TX
112 26:37:28 Beth Simpson-Hall F 52 WI
113 26:37:31 Mike Smith 53 IN
114 26:37:31 Casey Lopez 34 WI
115 26:40:51 James Austin 60 MI
116 26:42:49 Gary Beaty 40 TX
117 26:42:50 Brian Hart 44 OH
118 26:43:50 Stephen Sweezey 25 AK
119 26:47:53 Mark Beals 48 IN
120 26:51:20 Joey Smith 32 MS
121 26:51:20 Nathan Tadlock 31 MS
122 26:54:49 Brenda Bland F 51 WI
123 27:07:31 Miguel Valdez 35 TX
124 27:14:41 Martin Schneekloth 39 AL
125 27:14:43 Richard Trice 39 AL
126 27:16:01 Carlos Reyes 55 Guatemala
127 27:20:08 Brent Schmitter 33 WI
128 27:27:22 Kimberly Pilcher F 47 TX
129 27:29:34 Elise Harrington F 55 CO
130 27:31:07 Donald Cleveland 34 LA
131 27:34:02 Randy Saxon 50 MS
132 27:34:03 Michael Yarbrough 36 MS
133 27:35:25 Devon Kiernan 37 TX
134 27:38:59 Roland Gomez 29 TX
135 27:39:41 Sophia Wharton F 40 KS
136 27:39:51 David Allen 52 TX
137 27:50:41 Christine Criscuolo F 35 TX
138 27:52:57 Butch Allmon 55 TX
139 27:52:58 Max Roycroft 47 TX
140 27:53:48 Dennis Drey 59 NM
141 27:55:11 Francisco Moreno 49 TX
142 27:55:16 Edie Riedel F 40 LA
143 27:57:38 William Murphy 37 IL
144 27:58:13 Scott Harper 40 TX
145 27:59:48 Rolly Portelance 68 Canada
146 28:00:41 Jim Kronjaeger 52 TX
147 28:02:37 Chris Baldwin 37 AR
148 28:02:43 Chris Estes 38 TN
149 28:08:29 Edwin Cook 55 IL
150 28:11:39 Gerard Martinez 25 TX
151 28:19:22 Michael Hodges 32 CO
152 28:21:55 Jan Soderkvist 51 Sweden
153 28:25:40 Ken Childress 51 OK
154 28:27:40 Andrew Edwards 39 AL
155 28:27:51 Dan Burstein 50 GA
156 28:28:07 Melinda Monyak F 24 PA
157 28:28:08 Mike Monyak 52 PA
158 28:36:56 Axel Reissnecker 57 TX
159 28:40:00 Laurie Senty F 51 MN
160 28:40:01 Julie Calkins F 29 CA
161 28:45:07 Pamela Chapman F 55 TX
162 28:47:57 Parvaneh Moayedi F 46 TX
163 28:48:43 Leonard Martin 57 TN
164 28:50:49 Jerry Fleming 61 TX
165 28:56:33 Josh Whiting 36 UT
166 28:59:26 Allan Holtz 60 MN
167 29:01:26 Jean-Jacques d’Aquin 71 CO
168 29:04:06 Sherry Meador F 45 OK
169 29:09:17 Holly Goodwin Chittenden F 52 WA
170 29:09:17 Francesca Carmichael F 51 WA
171 29:09:41 Robert Calabria 69 NC
172 29:11:05 Brian Briggs 45 TX
173 29:18:22 Mary Ntefidou F 40 TX
174 29:20:37 Travis Owens 46 OK
175 29:27:19 Kay Scott F 41 TX
176 29:30:22 Bob Becker 65 FL
177 29:39:03 Suzanne Yashewski F 36 TX
178 29:40:22 Randy Spears 50 TX
179 29:40:22 Jim Hill 40 TX
180 29:40:54 Tim Collins 48 KS
181 29:41:32 Mary Lou White F 55 CT
182 29:41:39 Dennis Wilson 53 NE
183 29:42:01 Emmett Rahl 39 CA
184 29:45:01 Alan Peterson 53 TX
185 29:47:02 Misty Schuster F 33 MN
186 29:47:02 Joshua Holmes 32 TN
187 29:48:36 Beiyi Zheng F 47 CA
188 29:48:37 Daniel Wilson 53 CO
189 29:50:33 Dalton Pulsipher 33 TX
190 29:55:32 Greg Bargo 28 TX

Elites Scott Jurek and Zach Gingerich dropped out and did not finish RR100.

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My Crazy Zigzag Course

Flower Garden in Riverside Park

Sierra Cub members doing grunt work on New York’s Riverside Park. For free. That’s what it was. But one of them was a runner. He took off to Central Park, looking for a magic place.

Lee and Willard, two of my roommates at the hostel, know I’m going. They’ll hardly raise a panic if I don’t return, none of their worry.

“Screw it! He’s a grown man, he knew what he was doing,” they’ll say.

Willard is an educated bubba from Arkansas. He despises Republicans and defies anybody bossing him around. “Let me see your supervisor’s licenses,” he demands.

Read the full story by Dallas Smith by clicking HERE

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Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon Swag

The 10 Best Marathons in Tennessee

Here is a look at The 10 Best Marathons in Tennessee. The list is up for debate and based on some personal preferences and experiences. Feel free to drop a comment below with your thoughts on any of the marathons listed below or any that might have been omitted.

  1. Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon (race website)- If you have never run a marathon then don’t dare attempt this one as your cherry-thon.  It is by far the best in Tennessee and the most beautiful, but it is extremely challenging with nearly 10,000 feet of ascents and the same amount of descents in the beautiful Harpeth Hills near Nashville.  The best race swag you will ever receive at any race (this side of a belt buckle) is at the Monkey.  Race participants in 2010 received a long sleeve personalized tech shirt, a tie-dyed Monkey t-shirt, and a beautiful wooden Monkey finisher’s medal.  And yet the post-race food buffet was even better than the race and swag combined. But this race fills up fast, like really fast, like 32 minutes fast.
  2. St. Jude Marathon (race website)- The most meaningful marathon you can run in Tennessee and perhaps the United States. All of the proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Hospital that treats children with cancer regardless of ability to pay.  The race is in early December and the weather is usually cold but good running weather.  It starts right outside of Auto Zone Park and finishes inside the stadium, after rounding the outfield warning track.  During the 26.2 miles you hit almost every major Memphis landmark including the Pyramid, Fedex Forum, Sun Studios, the Memphis Zoo, along with running through the St. Jude campus early in the race with several of the patients outside cheering you on. They will inspire you to run further and faster.  The race is a must-do for any Tennessean and highly recommended for out-of-staters as well.
  3. Andrew Jackson Marathon (race website) – My hometown marathon so naturally it scores a bit higher with me than it probably would with others. The course is beautiful and rolling. Approximately 20 of the miles are out in the country, with the rest of the race in peaceful suburban neighborhoods with almost no traffic. It starts and finishes at Union University.  The field is usually small (less than 100), which I have come to enjoy, and most that run it have run it before at some point.  The AJM also includes a half marathon and 5K as well on race day. The finisher’s medal was actually a paper weight but aren’t all medals once they make it home?
  4. Rock Creek Scenic City Trail Marathon (race website)- The only trail marathon to make this list. It is truly a great and peaceful run out in the woods of Chattanooga.  If you love the outdoors and endurance running then you won’t want to miss this beautiful trail run from the Rock Creek people.
  5. Blister in the Sun Marathon (race website) – The toughest marathon in Tennessee due to three things: 1. heat, 2. repetition, and 3. hills.  The Blister lives up to it’s name as it takes place in early August which is a no-no for most Tennesseans to even run out to their car to grab their Marlboros.  Race day temps at the inaugural blister reached a blistering 89 degrees. The course at Cane Creek park in Cookeville consisted of 5 loops through a park before ascending a hellacious hill up and around Cane Creek elementary school.  The field in 2010 consisted of just 14 freaks, all with resumes that would easily have condemned the Bush administration if it had forced terrorists to attempt their feats.  Blister and Flying Monkey are by far the two toughest marathons in Tennessee.  The RD is a sub-3 hour freak so good luck beating him on his home course.
  6. Southern Plunge Marathon (race website) – The inaugural Plunge in 2010 was surprising in how many things they did extremely well right off of the bat.  The Race Director put together an impressive logo that was then placed on top-notch Zorrel tech shirts and finisher’s medals.  The course was tougher than expected.  I had been told there was a small hill at mile 2. Well that was correct. It was the smallest hill that day.  The course had several climbs and the second half was rather taxing to most of the runners.  There is a rumor already circulating that the course will be changed for the second edition of the Plunge in 2011.
  7. Knoxville Marathon (race website) – The best part of this marathon, especially for Tennessee Volunteer fans, is that you get to run the last 50 yard to the finish inside of Neyland Stadium.  The first half of the course is hilly, but it levels out a bit towards the end.  Nearly 700 people raced it last year.  The race t-shirt and medal were sub-par but that is nitpicking a bit.  There are better options to run a marathon in Tennessee, but if you are nearby Knoxville when this one is held you should check it out.
  8. Country Music Marathon (race website) – One of the biggest half marathons in the United States, as well as one of the most overrated marathons in America. It’s a Rock N’ Roll series event which means it will be very large and populated. Usually there is around 26,000 runners for the half and just 4-5,000 for the full.  The best part of this race is the first half, even with the thick stack of people, where you run down Broadway and up Music Row.  After the 26,000 half marathoners divert off for the half finish the course gets extremely boring, hilly at points, and runs through the most industrial parts of Music City.  If you want to run in extreme weather this might be the right marathon for you.  In 2009, the marathon had temperatures in the mid 80’s and last year 75% of marathoners got diverted to a shortened finish (around 22 miles) due to tornadoes in the area.
  9. Endorphin Marathon (race website) – One of the younger marathons on this list. It is located in Jackson, Tennessee and takes place around Labor Day each year.  The course is relatively flat and easy.  The field has grown each year and the swag is pretty impressive from what I’ve seen of it.  There is also a half marathon, 10K and 5K that takes place the same morning.  With a little bit more promotion and exposure this hidden gem of a marathon could become much larger and even rival Andrew Jackson.
  10. Rutledge Marathon (race website) – If you have ever wanted to finish a marathon on a working-farm then this is the race for you.  The race is rather small but the race director does a very good job of making everyone feel welcomed and appreciated for coming out.  Rutledge is in east Tennessee so the course is one rolling hill after another, but the hills are minor and help keep the legs fresh throughout the race.

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