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Joe Fejes won the 2013 Last Annual Vol State 500K and set a new course record of 3 days8 hours and 16 minutes.

Alan Abbs set a new uncrewed record of 4 days 11 hours 31 minutes and 27 seconds.

2013 Last Annual Vol State 500K Results (C=crewed)

1. Joe Fejes – 80:10:16 (C)
2. Alan Abbs – 107:31:27
3. Sung Ho Choi – 109:39:52 (C)
4. John Fegyveresi – 112:19:01
5. Sal Coll – 125:52:42
6. Brad Compton – 140:00:47
7. Jim Ball – 141:00:20
8. Joshua Holmes – 143:17:07 (C)
9. Richard Westbrook – 148:56:16
10. Joel Gat – 153:08:35
11. Ray Krolewicz – 154:38:53
12. John Price – 159:36:26
13. Jeffrey Kasal – 166:03:21
14. Tim Purol – 166:03:22
15. Roy Tamez – 168:42:51 (C)
16. Sherry Meador – 170:42:52
17. John Adams – 173:30:36
18. Charlie Taylor – 173:31:03
19. Joseph Nance – 177:56:26 (C)
20. Diane Bolton – 182:13:05 (C)
21. Scott Krouse – 184:01:53
22. Jeff McGonnell – 185:32:38
23. Psyche Wimberly – 191:14:59
24. Becky Lockard – 194:09:55
25. David Wingard – 196:48:43
26. Dallas Smith – 197:34:11
27. Jeff Venable – 199:26:06 (C)
28. Marcia Rasmussen – 218:26:29
29. Jan Walker – 226:11:42
30. Paul Heckert – 227:29:54
31. Joe Kowalski – 231:08:12
32. Diane Taylor – 234:44:23
33. Brian Curro – 239:08:40

Congrats to all of these finishers and to Laz and Carl for putting on a great race once again.

Timothy Olson held off Rob Krar and Mike Morton to win the 2013 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race on Saturday night in California.

Olson finished the historic 100, the Boston Marathon of 100’s, in 15:17:27.

It was a repeat win for Olson who won the race last year as well.

Rob Krar finished in second place in 15:22:05 and Mike Morton, who is the defending Badwater 135 champion, finished in third place in 15:45:21

The top overall female was Pam Smith who finished 9th overall with a time of 18:37:21. Roughly 44 minutes ahead of second place female finisher, Nikki Kimball in 19:21:43. Third place female went to Amy Sproston in 19:25:11

Western States Sub-20 Hour Finishers – 2013

1. Timothy Olson – 15:17:27
2. Rob Krar – 15:22:05
3. Mike Morton – 15:45:21
4. Ian Sharman – 16:20:25
5. Dylan Bowman – 16:32:18
6. Nick Clark – 16:56:23
7. Jesse Haynes – 17:44:36
8. Paul Terranova – 17:56:29
9. Pam Smith – 18:37:21 (Female)
10. Yassine Diboun – 18:44:02
11. Karl Meltzer – 18:51:55
12. Scott Wolfe – 18:55:51
13. Brandon Stapanowich – 19:10:52
14. Nikki Kimball – 19:21:43 (Female)
15. Adrian Lazar Adler – 19:24:44
16. Amy Sproston – 19:25:11 (Female)
17. Andy Jones-Wilkins – 19:25:47
18. Meghan Arbogast – 19:30:50 (Female)
19. Brian Miller – 19:36:33
20. Dan Barger – 19:43:28
21. Erik Skaden – 19:49:15
22. Rory Bosio – 19:52:09 (Female)

Congrats to all who ran and finished Western States. It’s an amazing and historic race that is tough to get into and just as tough to finish.

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Ethipian Lelisa Desisa won the 117th Boston Marathon minutes ago with a late kick to beat Micah Kogo and Gebre Gebremariam with a finishing time of 2:10:22.

1. Lelisa Desisa (ETHIOPIA) – 2:10:22
2. Micah Kogo (KENYA) – 2:10:27
3. Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETHIOPIA) – 2:10:28
4. Jason Hartmann (USA) – 2:12:12
5. Wesley Korir (KENYA) – 2:12:30
6. Markos Geneti (ETHIOPIA) – 2:12:44
7. Dickson Chumba (KENYA) – 2:14:08
8. Jeffrey Hunt (AUSTRALIA) – 2:14:28
9. Daniel Tapia (USA) – 2:14:30
10. Craig Leon (USA) – 2:14:38

Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo came from behind, making up a large gap behind Columbia’s Caballero, to win the 2013 Boston Marathon for the women. It is her second Boston Marathon win. The first coming back in 2006.

1. Rita Jeptoo (KENYA) – 2:26:24
2. Meseret Hailu (ETHIOPIA) – 2:26:58
3. Sharon Cherop (KENYA) – 2:27:01
4. Shalane Flanagan (USA) – 2:27:08
5. Tirfi Tsegaye (ETHIOPIA) – 2:28:09
6. Kara Goucher (USA) – 2:28:11
7. Madai Perez (MEXICO) – 2:28:59
8. Diane Nukuri-Johnson (BDI)- 2:29:54
9. Ana Dulce Felix – (PORTUGAL) – 2:30:05
10. Sabrina Mockenhaupt (DEU) – 2:30:09

Below are the results for the 2013 Jackson Jackass 50K that took place on February 9, 2013 at Kam-Dam Falls in Jackson, Tennessee.

Jackass 2 Results

1. Arthur Priddy (Jackson, TN) – 4:39:14 (1st Male)
2. Brad Box (Jackson, TN) – 4:48:22 (2nd Male)
3. Ashley Hook (Memphis, TN) – 5:10:10 (3rd Male)
4. Billy Cannon (Milan, TN) – 5:11:30
5. Anthony Ohrey (Henderson, TN) – 5:11:31
6. Jonathan Harrison (Henderson, TN) – 5:17:40
7. Joshua Holmes (Los Angeles, CA) –  5:22:20
8. Rob Philip (Saltillo, MS) – 5:31:31
9. Kenneth Mescall (Jackson, TN) – 5:40:11
10. Steven Reagan (Brownsville, TN) – 5:44:00
11. Nathan Judd (Finger, TN) – 5:51:30
12. Emily Conley (Lakeland, TN) – 5:53:03 (1st Female)
13. Wade Anderson (Readyville, TN) – 5:53:05
14. Nathan Bass (Madison, MS) – 5:54:54
15. Wayne McComb (Columbus, GA) – 5:55:30
16. Robin Robbins (Milan, TN) – 5:58:16
17. Julie Montgomery (Jackson, TN) – 6:08:49 (2nd Female)
18. Jeff Fugate (Jackson, TN) – 6:21:27
19. Jonathan Bobbitt (Jackson, TN) – 6:22:57
20. Terry Bishop (Jackson, TN) – 6:23:20
21. Mark Watson (Medina, TN) – 6:29:12
22. Leah Harrison (Henderson, TN) – 6:29:54 (3rd Female)
23. Jennifer Whitley (Murfreesboro, TN) – 6:35:24
24. Gene Pierce (Amory, MS) – 6:35:58
25. Melanie Kayal (Jackson, TN) – 6:37:14
26. Kevin Brandon (Dickson, TN) – 6:55:47
27. David Oglesby (Jackson, TN) – 7:26:46

• Chris Estes (Murfreesboro, TN) – DNF
• Kevin Leathers (Germantown, TN) – DNF
• Kam Otey (Amory, MS) – DNF
• Daniel Escue (Dickson, TN) – DNF

Big thanks to Clark Bilbrey for doing all of the timekeeping and scoring as well as to Richard Sparks (Sparks Timing Services) for the use of his race clock.

Georgia native Joe Fejes, who has had an amazing year of races, concluded 2012 with the best performance ever in the 23-year history of the Across The Years 72-Hour race.  The race takes place in Phoenix, Arizona and as the title hints at it starts in 2012 and finishes early in 2013.

Fejes won the event in setting the all-time course record by putting down 329.64 miles during the 72-hour event.  Last year he ran 280.30 during ATY.  It was only the third time that a runner had surpassed the 300 mile mark during the event.

Second place finisher, Eoin Keith, also surpassed the 300 mark become the fourth runner ever to do so with a total of 300.24 miles.

Third place went to (RIF #121) Ed ‘The Jester” Ettinghausen with 263.4 miles.

First place female went to Vikena Yutz, who set an all-time record for the women, with 254.05 miles. She shattered the previous mark by 4 miles.

Second place female went to Charlotte Vasarhelyi with 250.9 miles. Third place female went to Jennifer Bradley with 204.71 miles.

2012 Across The Years 72-Hour Results

1. Joe Fejes – 329.64 miles
2. Eoin Keith – 300.24 miles
3. Ed Ettinghausen – 263.4 miles
4. Vikena Yutz – 254.05 miles (F)
5. Charlotte Yasarhelyi – 250.9 miles (F)
6. George Biondic – 247.75 miles
7. Anthony Culpepper – 216.26 miles
8. Shashanka Karlen – 207.86 miles
9. Jennifer Bradley – 204.71 miles (F)
10. Mark Dorian – 201.56 miles
11. Ryan Weidert – 200.51 miles
12. Ed Compton – 200.51 miles
13. Phil Nimmo – 200.51 miles

The Across The Years 48-Hour race was won by Volodymyr Balatskyy with 207.86 miles. Second place male went to John Geesler with 167.97 miles and third to Davy Crockett with 135.43 miles.

Top female for the ATY 48-Hour was Shawna Wentlandt with 137.52 miles. Second place female was Jill Hudson with 131.23 miles. Third place female with to Tammy Massie with 129.13 miles.

2012 Across The Years 48-Hour Results

The great Ian Sharman won the Across The Years 24-Hour race with 109.18 miles. Second place went to Jesse Sjoberg with 106.03. Third place male was Brian Recore with 102.88 miles.

The ATY 24-Hour female winner was Debbie Leftwich with 106.03 miles. Susan Kramer came in second place with 101.83 miles.  Third place went to June Gessner with 100.78 miles.

2012 Across The Years 24-Hour Results

Congrats to all of the runners who put down miles at Across The Years!

Jonathan Harrison won the inaugural Trail of Fears: The Day After the End of the World Elimination Race late Saturday night after outdueling Illinois native Travis Redden in one of the most exciting race finishes of 2012.

Runners started with 60 minutes to finish the 4.3 mile trail loop. If runners didn’t make it back to the start/finish in that time then they were eliminated. The race restarted every hour. If runners tapped out or didn’t make it back to the start for the restart then they were eliminated as well.

After four hours, a minute was subtracted from the clock per hour until stabilizing at 55 min/loop. It remained at 55 min until lap 14 when it was reduced to 53 minutes then 51 minutes for lap 15 and 50 minutes for lap 16.

Third place went to Mississippi native Rob Philip after he was eliminated after 13 loops as he barely missed making it back to complete his 14th loop.

That left just Harrison and Redden for loop 15. Redden smoked the loop as he had done the last handful of loops coming in with 3:43 remaining on the 51-minute clock.  Harrison, perhaps the most cerebral runner of the day came in with just 40 seconds remaining.

It was then announced for lap 16 that the clock would be reduced by 1-minute down to just 50 minutes. As both runners headed back to the start line, Redden stated that he thought he was done and was going to call it after 15 amazing loops.  Since Travis had beat Jonathan on the prior lap then this meant that Jonathan had to complete the 16th loop in less than 50 minutes for the win while Travis waited at race headquarters along with everyone else.  If Jonathan failed to do it in less than 50 minutes then Travis would be the winner of the race and the coveted Mayan Calendar belt buckle.

So the clock started and Jonathan took off into the dark wilderness to try to win his first race of any distance ever. His personal long coming into the Trail of Fears was 40.5 miles a month before. If he finished loop 16 then he’d have run 68.8 miles for the day.

So everyone waited and made guesses on the outcome of the race as Jonathan ran with more adrenaline than he could probably harness. He controlled his own fate and the outcome of a very exciting day.

As you already know from the headline and intro, Jonathan Harrison dug deep and came across the finish line for the 16th time on the day with about 65 seconds remaning and the win.

His wife Leah and friend Nathan Judd were there to hug and congratulate him on his amazing day, personal long, and win.

Last Woman Standing went to Julie Montgomery with 8 loops (34.3 miles) which was a new personal long for her as well. Second place female was Jennifer Whitley (6 loops) and third place went to Alicia Eno (4 loops).

*= runners that completed 1 additional loop (4.3 miles) but not before the clock ran out, eliminating them from the race.

More info, photos, updates from the race can be found on the Trail Of Fears: The Day After the End of the World Facebook Page

Flagstaff’s Gary Krugger had his best marathon on December 9th at the Tucson Marathon where he set a PR in 2:32:02 while winning the race.

He dug deep, puking as he was crossing the finish line, to catch then leader Derek Delancey in the last 1/2 mile to garner the win by 12 seconds. Delancey went on to claim a close second in 2:32:14.  Third place male went to John Artley in 2:39:22.

Krugger, RIF #206 of Run It Fast – The Club, had thought his days of PRing by such a huge amount (6 minutes at Tucson) were over

“I thought my days of dropping a 5+min PR were over once I cracked the 3hr mark with one, but my last few have been huge. From 2:48:34, to 2:43:08, 2:38:02, now 2:32:02.”

He is now eying a sub 2:30 time next year, “Yeah, Tucson is such a fast course though. It’s hard to judge what it equates to, but I’m plenty close enough that I can make it happen next year”

Gary went on to describe the Tucson course as, “fast and painful!”

Top 5 Tucson Marathon Male Finishers

The winning female was Englewood, Colorado native Heather Utrata with a very impressive 2:41:36.

She easily beat out Julie Brekke who finished under 3-hours in 2:57:34. Third place female went to Mesa’s Amy Sessions with a time of 3:01:40.

Top 5 Tucson Marathon Female Finishers

View Full List of 2012 Tucson Marathon Finisher Results

Congrats to Gary and Heather on their victories and to everyone that took part and completed the 2012 Tucson Marathon and Half Marathon.

Indiana native Justin Gillete won the St. Jude Memphis Marathon on December 1, 2012 in Memphis, Tennessee with a time of 2:35:13.

Justin is member RIF #153 of Run It Fast – The Club, and we had a chance to ask him about his preparation leading up to and victory in Memphis:

“Memphis has always been on my list of races that I would like to experience winning because the race is for a great cause. Since I am a more popular runner than some, I always feel that winning a race that is for such a good cause gives that race a little more publicity.

I entered the marathon several months ago, and briefly considered withdrawing as I had to miss 11 days running in the 3 weeks prior to the marathon due to poison ivy and an injury while cutting wood.

Overall I didnt run as fast as normal but that doesnt diminish the value of winning such a great event.

Prior to the race starting I was not allowed into the elite athlete pre race suite, I used that as motivation during the race.”

It was the 55th marathon win in Justin’s running career. Truly an amazing accomplishment.

Gillette was able to hold off Cookeville’s (TN) Brian Shelton who finished close behind in 2:37:43.  Third place went to Greg Lemmon, from Cincinnati, with a time of 2:39:16. It should be noted that Matthew Thomas, from Alexandria, Virginia, was a very close 4th place in 2:39:24.

What an exciting and close field of runners that finished atop the field down in Memphis.

On the women’s side the win went to Angie Zinkus, from Eads, Tennessee, who finished with a time of 2:55:39. Her finish was fast enough to be 16th overall.

Second place female went to Laura Blaylock, from New Orleans, in 3:02:21 with third place female going to Floridian Carrie Pustilnik (3:08:15).

Full List of 2012 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Results

You can follow Justin Gillette on Twitter @gilletterunning

[image by Cindy Rickert via Justin Gillette]

The inaugural Black Diamond 40 Miler + Relay took place on Black Friday – November 23, 2012 in Jackson, Tennessee.  The race took runners from Jackson to Milan to Humboldt and back to the finish in Jackson over the course of 40.50 miles.

Jonathan Harrison left the field two miles into the race and set a blistering pace as the rest of the field couldn’t keep up.  One of the more amazing things about Harrison’s run is that it was his first time to go beyond a 50K.  He even set a PR marathon split along the way.

He led the entire race until around mile 29 when Joshua Holmes caught up to him in Humboldt.  The two continued to push each other from Humboldt, down Windy City Road, back to the finish at All Saints Anglican Church.

Holmes finished in 6:22:48 with Harrison coming in a close second in 6:31:27.

Brad Box ran strong throughout the day and finished in third place with a time of 6:42:18.

On the women’s side the win went to Jennifer Whitley in 7:27:57 with Diane Bolton, like Harrison running for the first time beyond a 50K, coming in second place with a time of 7:37:19.

Mikki Trujillo, running her first 40 Miler, came in third place in 8:14:53.

Black Diamond 40 Miler Results

1. Joshua Holmes (Jackson, TN) – 6:22:48 (9:27/pace)
2. Jonathan Harrison (Henderson, TN) – 6:31:27 (9:39)
3. Brad Box (Jackson, TN) – 6:42:18 (9:56)
4. Danny Staggs (Livingston, TN) – 7:01:35 (10:24)
5. Anthony Ohrey (Henderson, TN) – 7:23:29 (10:57)
6. Jennifer Whitley (Murfreesboro, TN) – 7:27:57 (11:03) – 1st Female
7. Diane Bolton (Nashville, TN) – 7:37:19 (11:17)
8. James Krenis (Jackson, TN) – 8:07:53 (12:02)
9. Mike Youngblood (Shelbyville, TN) – 8:14:44 (12:13)
10. Mikki Trujillo (Cookeville, TN) – 8:14:53 (12:13)
11. Winston Trice (Hayes, VA) – 8:23:54 (12:26)
12. David Oglesby (Jackson, TN) – 8:53:03 (13:09)
13. Billy Cannon (Milan, TN) – 9:00:25 (13:20)
14. Heather Shoemaker (Alpharetta, GA) – 9:34:14 (14:10)
15. Scott Stader (Jackson, TN) – 9:34:14 (14:10)

Congrats to Harrison, Box, Staggs, Ohrey, Bolton, Trujillo, Trice, Oglesby, and Cannon who all set Personal Longs!

The Black Diamond Relay was competitive as the Just A Blur team anchored by a blistering final leg by Steven Reagan came from behind to beat the Diamond-Dolls by nearly six minutes.

Third place relay team went to -Y Racing which broke 6 hours as well.

Black Diamond 40 Miler Relay Results

1. Just A Blur (Steven Reagan, Marj Mitchell, Mark Finton, Michael Banks) – 5:36:09 (8:18/pace)
2. Diamond-Dolls (Kristen Doyle, Angie Box, Leanne Dibrell, Nick Butter) – 5:42:04 (8:26)
3. -Y Racing (Julie Montgomery, Lyndi Strange, Erin Gray, Melanie Kayal) – 5:51:14 (8:40)
4. Fit4@5  (David Johnson, Stephanie Johnson, Scott Gatlin, Julanne Stone) – 6:11:14 (9:10)
5. Run It For Fun (Jim Warmbrod, Ed Woodside, Amy West, Zach Hagen) – 6:23:12 (9:27)
6. Thanksgiving Leftovers (Daniel Escue, Joey Kennedy) – 7:06:08 (10:31)