Posted on 11 April 2011.
Here are few random photos I took during the 39th annual Andrew Jackson Marathon that took place on April 9, 2011 in Jackson, Tennessee.
It was an unseasonably hot day as temperatures started in the high 70’s and reached about 90 degrees for some of the finishers.
The AJM also hosts a half marathon and 5K during the same time.
The 26.2 mile race takes place on gentle rolling hills in the beautiful western Tennessee countryside.
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Posted on 09 April 2011.
The lonely miles stretch through the long night. It is nearing midnight, and I’ve been running seventeen hours; I have seven more to go if I’m going to turn in a respectable time for a 100-mile distance. Around three dozen of us are strung out along dirt roads on this out-and-back course across the Kansas prairie.
So widely spaced are we, no runner’s light is visible to the front or back. Vehicles and houses are rare. I run alone, as I like to do. No human turns me from what I want to see and hear, or alters the thoughts I think.
The running has affected my sight. I can distinguish shapes but details are quite blurry—the Heartland 100-cum-American Impressionism.
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Posted on 08 April 2011.
This past week I had the opportunity to attend a conference in Chicago, which of course raised the very significant question of where I might be able to run. In 2008, I ran the Chicago Marathon with my “running wife” Brad.
As an aside, I did not come up with the term “running wife.” Frankly, I am not sure who coined the term, but it is what it is. For whatever reason, the term was repugnant to me at first. But over the course of four or so years running together, including somewhere in the vicinity of 8,500 miles, I simply got over it. That’s a lot of miles together, with a lot of conversation. At a pace of 7:30 per mile, that is 63,750 (+/-) minutes. And as you might imagine, being guys, we did eventually run out of things to discuss…o.k., not really, but there are a lot more quiet miles than four years ago. So, back to the story since I am completely baffled as to why I felt the need to share this little anecdote.
We trained all summer in the intense heat and humidty of West Tennessee for the Chicago race. I mean heat that was terrible. We did speed work, long runs, runs in the rain. You dream it, we did it, for one singular goal – to get a BQ. (If you are wondering, BQ means Boston Qualifier). And Brad did. He ran a perfect race and earned the chance to run Boston. And the conditions were tough on race day, hot, humid. This was not the year that the race was cancelled mid-event, but the following year. I won’t belabour the point. I ran terribly. At mile 20 or so, I stopped to ask a medical attendant where the next medical tent was. The response was something to the effect of “about a mile and half from here.” I remember saying “surely I can make it that far.” Beyond that, I have no memory of miles 20 through 25. I remember the last mile vaguely. And I remember my first ever massage following the race (FYI, never get a massage for the first time after a marathon, whew boy did I ever cry). But despite my dissappointment, I got to celebrate with my wife (my real wife) and my running-wife (and his real wife, does that make four wives? This story just took a weird turn). Anywho…Sometimes we are hesitant to attempt to reach a goal with someone else. There is the fear that one person won’t acheive and if not, can we really celebrate our accomplishment? Yes you can. (Obama-flare). We had more fun celebrating Brad’s victory than you could imagine (probably a little too much fun actually). The great people of St. Jude just kept giving us beer – which is a nice reward for being the first two St. Jude Finishers that year.
So, this week, what did I do? I ran the part of the course I don’t remember, of course! Wouldn’t you? Chinatown by the way is not fun in the cold and rain, at least not like I heard it was that day in 2008.
So my question is this: Have you ever done something or not done something because you were afraid what somebody else thought? Of course, the answer for both people reading this is “yes.” But why? Why do we do this for running? I mean for real. There are always people faster than us. Ryan Hall, one of my running heroes, has folks faster than he is (2:06 PR marathon). But he runs for a different reason. Google him and you will learn why. There is something about running together, the shared experience, that transcends the an individual’s failure in an event. At least, that’s my opinion today.
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Posted on 04 April 2011.
Comedian/Actor Drew Carey, currently the host of The Price is Right and Drew Carey’s Improv-A-Ganza, will run the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon according to Runner’s World CRO Bart Yasso Facebook update.
UPDATE: SEE HOW FAST DREW RAN HIS FIRST HALF MARATHON
The Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon takes place on May 15th in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
It is likely not so random that Carey has chosen to run the Marine Corps race. Drew was in the U.S. Marine Reserves for six years starting in 1980.
After a health scare Carey become serious about his diet and exercise. He has since lost nearly 100 pounds. He will look to inspire others to do the same when he runs his first half marathon in May.
Drew tweted via his Twitter (@DrewFromTV) back on March 14th that he was planning to run the Marine Corps Half Marathon.
Random Drew Carey Fact: He was born with six toes on his right foot.
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Posted on 04 April 2011.
The 2011 Lavaman Triathlon took place on April 3, 2011 in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
The finisher’s medal is colorful, unique, and keeps with Hawaiian tradition.
The triathlon was won by Erich Wegscheider with at total time of 1:53:31, followed by John Flanagan 1:56:28, and Jens Beck took third in 1:57:20.
Bree Wee was the first female finisher, finishing in 2:04:28. Shannon Donley followed in second 2:10:19. Rani Tanimoto finished third with a time of 2:13:02.
Lavaman Waikoloa Triathlon Website
[photo: Rebecca McKee]
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Posted on 03 April 2011.
Congrats to John Dennis and Carol O’Hear for winning the 2011 Umstead 100 Mile Ultra Marathon.
Dennis finished the 100 mile course in 14:07:2. O’Hear was the first woman across with a time of 18:00:0.
Results from the 2011 Umstead 100 Ultra Marathon in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Pos Elapsed Time Name Age ST Sex 1 14:07:21 Dennis, John 30 PA M 2 14:33:59 Arbona, Serge 46 MD M 3 14:47:16 Redpath, Glen 45 NY M 4 14:53:21 Smithberger, Jay A 41 OH M 5 15:38:37 Ayers Jr, Bob 50 VT M 6 16:12:38 Shellhamer, Troy 30 KY M 7 16:45:02 Banas, Vladimir 41 NC M 8 17:02:22 Peterson, Garth D 48 GA M 9 17:30:52 Bedard, Dan 30 NC M 10 17:45:28 Fisher, Chris 36 CO M 11 18:00:07 O'Hear, Carol 36 MA F 12 18:06:18 Coury, Jamil 26 AZ M 13 18:12:36 Peek, Tyler 45 NC M 14 18:22:44 Jorgensen, Will 51 TN M 15 18:29:05 Overbaugh, Jason 34 GA M 16 18:29:54 Henderson, Timothy 41 NY M 17 18:33:36 Kumeda, Andy 43 CA M 18 18:41:39 Ramsay, John 27 TN M 19 18:47:23 Carver, Dave Ernest 49 ON M 20 18:53:48 Goldring, Peter 26 ENG M 21 19:10:17 Price, Shannon 33 VA M 22 19:13:11 Burns, William F 41 NC M 23 19:23:41 Blackford, Darris 47 OH M 24 19:24:11 Blackford, Starshine E 35 OH F 25 19:29:43 Portera, Anthony 40 NY M 26 19:32:25 Coury, Nick 23 AZ M 27 19:45:27 French, Rob 52 NC M 28 20:16:26 Ginsburg, Jeri 52 CA F 29 20:18:38 Gelber, Eric 44 NY M 30 20:19:21 Schlereth, Joe 61 NC M 31 20:19:37 Hall, Alexander 30 VA M 32 20:35:39 Pastore, Mike 55 SC M 33 20:38:42 McCurdy, Beth 41 GA F 34 21:02:29 Leftwich, Debbie 57 AZ F 35 21:06:17 Randolph, Chad 45 NC M 36 21:17:35 Eitrheim, David 53 WI M 37 21:33:05 Pieroni, Stephen M 39 NC M 38 21:49:51 Fromm, Anita Marie 39 CO F 39 21:57:30 Patton, Michael 29 OH M 40 21:58:26 Lemke, Terri 50 OH F 41 22:03:31 Banks, Darryl 44 NC M 42 22:19:44 Hall, Larry 57 IL M 43 22:19:57 Holden, Judy 49 NC F 44 22:23:47 Smythe, Matt 30 VA M 45 22:30:56 Szoch, Chris 27 VA M 46 22:35:40 Yanek, Cheryl 31 NY F 47 22:39:07 McGonnell, Jeff 50 NC M 48 22:39:31 Stocker, Emmy 52 CT F 49 22:41:59 Arnold, Lisa 41 NC F 50 22:44:04 Murray, Jay 49 NC M 51 22:46:22 Prescott, Walt 57 GA M 52 22:51:26 Tartick, Karen 49 NC F 53 22:57:32 Dummar, Frederick C 42 NC M 54 22:58:20 Corbett, Catra 46 CA F 55 22:59:12 Mathison, Charles 38 GA M 56 23:04:53 Lowery, Chris 49 GA M 57 23:07:13 Armstrong, Jonathan 43 GA M 57 23:07:13 Hodell, JR, Thomas 45 GA M 59 23:09:06 Farneski, Ronald V 52 NJ M 60 23:11:37 Pifer, Ryan James 23 NC M 61 23:11:47 Idlibi, Mohammed 32 NC M 62 23:12:48 Glazner, Allen 56 NC M 63 23:18:34 Talbott, Shawn 43 UT M 64 23:25:08 Henderson, Chad 36 SC M 65 23:27:35 Simpson-Hall, Beth 52 IL F 66 23:27:52 Smith, Mike J 53 IN M 67 23:29:28 Drost, Jeffrey 42 IL M 68 23:47:43 Kepple, Rich 38 NC M 69 23:56:05 Pasquale, Dana 33 NC F 70 23:56:18 Martula, Dave 66 MA M 71 23:57:01 Roche, Joe 55 OH M 72 24:02:35 Powers, John 48 TX M 73 24:12:12 Aurilio, Antonia 36 VA F 74 24:35:50 Gray, Rick A 50 TN M 75 24:52:04 Tao, Ying C 26 MA F 76 24:52:44 Spencer Jr, Jack 40 NV M 77 25:03:51 Aistars, Juli 52 IL F 78 25:05:29 Saxon, Randy M 50 MS M 79 25:10:28 Munoz, Ric 53 CA M 80 25:20:36 Lieb, Daniel 36 NC M 81 25:24:06 Shelton, Debbie 48 IN F 82 25:36:08 Wolf, Kathy 37 OH F 83 25:38:09 Massie, Tammy 39 MD F 84 25:49:34 Murolo, Fred 54 CT M 85 25:54:53 Vaughan, Douglas A 52 IN M 86 25:58:01 Grochowski, Chris 50 NC M 87 25:58:45 McKnight, Richard 42 AZ M 88 26:04:02 Grant, Susan 44 NJ F 89 26:13:48 Sondermann, John W 57 VA M 90 26:17:26 Warriner, Rebecca 35 NC F 91 26:20:19 Davis, III, Frederick F 63 OH M 92 26:25:07 Melton, Sandra K 55 FL F 93 26:25:42 Curran, Finian M 41 NC M 94 26:36:59 Hansen, Rebecca L 49 FL F 95 26:50:12 Sullivan, Jim 59 FL M 96 27:03:00 Marsh, John C 36 MD M 97 27:04:11 Shipley, Callie 30 NC F 98 27:05:43 Gentry, Bill 49 VA M 99 27:07:32 Krolewicz, Ray 56 SC M 100 27:11:06 Reitzig, James W 36 NY M 101 27:20:33 Demoney, Ellen 51 CO F 102 27:23:57 Nguyen, Yen 48 TX F 103 27:27:22 Calabria, Robert 70 NC M 104 27:29:54 Weiss, Tim 52 NC M 105 27:32:52 West, Charles 42 NC M 106 27:35:52 Harrison, James 53 VA M 107 27:40:43 Tanksley, Bruce 51 TN M 108 27:40:51 Triumph, Thomas C 53 FL M 109 27:41:29 Pieroni, Dan 70 NC M 110 27:42:55 Scott, Sharon Green 50 VA F 111 27:44:34 Murphy, James M 42 NC M 112 27:45:47 Hale, Leslie 58 TX F 113 27:46:57 Swendsen, Vincent 48 NC M 114 27:49:56 Wargo, Robert 53 PA M 115 27:51:24 Grinde, Ingrid E 55 VA F 116 27:52:22 Stinson, Jenny 51 ID F 116 27:52:22 Filipowski, Joan 56 IN F 118 27:53:14 Keller, Mike 37 OH M 119 28:01:40 Glassberg, Abby 51 MD F 120 28:03:20 Arbona, Serge England 46 CT M 120 28:03:20 Gargiulo, JR, Edward J 39 CT M 122 28:09:57 Vaessin, Harald 55 OH M 123 28:13:13 Shepherd, Stephanie Britt 36 NC F 124 28:19:44 Mutes, Holly 55 ID F 124 28:19:44 Snyder, Mary 60 ID F 126 28:23:05 Ray, Ashby 38 NC M 127 28:25:39 Lefferts, Peter C 55 FL M 128 28:32:41 Clausen, Chris D 52 NY M 129 28:35:59 Morton, Alex 61 NC M 130 28:44:40 Mason, Louise 58 IL F 131 28:46:52 Marsh, Ed 64 NC M 132 28:53:49 Gerowitz, Mat 35 NY M 133 29:00:06 Kitchen, Jim 46 NC M 134 29:10:34 Rozanski, Susan 57 IL F 135 29:13:39 McGruder, James T 62 KY M 136 29:17:24 Brokaw, Lindsey M 26 OH F 137 29:19:23 Kramer, Karen E 52 OH F 138 29:29:12 Murphy, Meredith 32 PA F 139 29:34:22 Dicus, Jennifer 34 NV F 139 29:34:22 Valdez, Mary 32 NC F 141 29:41:35 O'Brien, Wendy 40 FL F 142 29:44:55 Milne, Cheri 40 SC F 143 29:45:41 Clinard, Valerie 35 NC F 144 29:53:24 Sergeant, Kimberley Ann 52 TX FUmstead 100 Ultra Marathon Race Website
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Posted on 03 April 2011.
Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2011 Oak Barrel Half Marathon in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
The race was won by George Heeschen (story/results).
Oak Barrel Half Marathon Website
[photo: Scott Stader]
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Posted on 02 April 2011.
Here are the results from the 4th annual H&M 5K Relay for Life Run that took place on April 2, 2011. The race had 69 finishers.
The overall male winner was Charles Reagan in 18:17, the master winner was Steve Champine in 19:00, the grand master winner was Ted Nelson in 21:52.
Male Age Groups Winners:
10 to 14: Adam Dunlap-19:35, Will Buehler-21:24, Joshua Tabor-25:03.
15 to 19: Clayton Dyustra-21:16, Shelton Sanders-23:10.
20 to 24: Don Gorside-25:39.
25 to 29: Graham Salonus-24:42, Andrew Simmons-26:02, Barrett Gay-28:48.
30 to 34: Joshua Holmes-20:44, David Greenway-25:19, Lonie Dement-32:00, Anthony Meek-45:13.
35 to 39: Rusty Butcher-21:14, Jason Brambuss-26:31.
40 to 44: Matt Wallace-21:49, James Krenis-22:09, Rowland Fisher-22:15, Mitch Miller-24:33, Jay Wardlow-28:58.
45 to 49: Terry Taylor-22:33, David Oglesby-24:31, Scott Tabor-27:02.
50 to 54: Todd Cotton-22:51, Lester Nicholson-??? , Chris Wheeler-25:27.
55 to 59: Rusty Reviere-23:22, David Kelly-24:36.
60 & UP: Jim Warmbrod-27:15, Woody Williams-43:26, Dave Randall-47:56, Gene Walker 48:13 age 79.
The overall female winner was Samantha Jelinek in 22:53. The master winner was Cheryl Tabor in 29:01, the grand master winner was Cindy Kahler in 37:11.
Female Age Groups Winners:
0 to 9: Savannah Tabor-57:09.
15 to 19: Allison Bankston-57:48, Anna Feather-57:49.
20 to 24: Megan Bailey-27:52, Katie Veach-27:53, Mary Jones-57:50, Haley Feather-58:00.
25 to 29: Nichole Goel-25:18, Danna Jones-41:40, Amanda Roye-58:05, Katie Childress-58:06.
30 to 34: Carrie Gay-27:20, Myra Krenis-28:22, Graci Helton-28:31, Stephanie Stallings-31:10, Michelle Dement-35:12.
35 to 39: Angela Box-27:35, Christy Butcher-30:41, Rose Priddy-41:40, Marcy Laxston-42:21, Colleen Bayliss-45:23.
40 to 44: Lori Brown-43:15.
45 to 49: Sue Hanson-31:05, Beth Ellis-42:25, Renee Bankston-57:43, Rita Jones-57:45.
50 to 54: Kathy Slaughter-37:55.
55 to 59: Jodie Parrish-42:35.
60 & Up: Pat Coffey-58:10.
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H&M Relay for Life 5K Top 25 Finishers
Race Director: Jeff Fugate
Posted on 02 April 2011.
Huntsville native George Heeschen won the Oak Barrel Half-Marathon in Lynchburg, Tennessee on Saturday with a time of 1:17:22.
Second male went to John Thorpe (1:20:00) and third to Eric Charette (1:20:06).
Anne Myers, of McMinnville, was the female champ, finishing the 13.1 mile race in 1:34:36.
Shada Walls grabbed second (1:37:00) and Emily Rutherford (1:39:29) finished out the female stand.
Top 10 Finisher’s Oak Barrel Half Marathon
Link to Full Oak Barrel Half-Marathon Race Results
The Oak Barrel Half-Marathon is presented by Jack Daniels No. 7.
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Posted on 01 April 2011.
Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2011 Greenway Marathon that took place in Nashville, Tennessee on March 27, 2011.
The race was won by Chris Herren (2:33:39).
Solid bling for just $20 bucks from a small marathon.
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