12 July 2015
The amazing Scott Jurek has broken the Appalachian Trail FKT/Speed Record that was previously held by Jennifer Pharr Davis. It took Jurek 46 days 8 hours 20 minutes to reach Mount Katahdin to complete the 2,189 mile distance that has over 515,000 feet of elevation change. It came down to the wire as Jurek was […]
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11 July 2015
Day 4: The Vol State 500K Live Blog/Standings (2015): Carnage Road 72 Hour Vol State 500K Standings 7:30am Sunday, July 12th (68 Runners, 12 DNFs) Greg Armstrong – 244 miles Johan Steene – 234 miles John Fegyveresi – 204 miles Jeremy Ebel – 188 miles Steven Smith – 188 miles Lisa Van Wolde – 185 miles (F) Marylou Corino – 185 miles […]
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11 July 2015
Day 3: The Vol State 500K Live Blog/Standings (2015) The heat is starting to knock out or severely effect everyone as King Greg Armstrong slowed considerably during the night along with the rest of his pack leading court. Armstrong had 179 miles after the first 48 hours as Day 3 started. Johan Steene had closed […]
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10 July 2015
The Day 2 Vol State 500K coverage starts with a look at the 24 hour standings as everyone checked in at 7:30am this morning. Defending King Greg Armstrong tacked on 52 miles during the second 12 hour stretch for a total of 120 miles after 24 hours. Brian Pickett’s ‘Charge’ died as he DNF’d at […]
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09 July 2015
The 2015 Last Annual Vol State 500K kicked off earlier this morning in Hickman, Kentucky. The Mississippi River was too high from all the heavy rains the area has taken on lately so the ferry was not running across the river. So instead of starting on the banks of Missouri and running onto the ferry, […]
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08 July 2015
Kevin Doyle just marched 645-miles, dressed up as a Star Wars Stormtrooper, from San Francisco to the Comic-Con Convention in San Diego. His reason for doing so will warm your heart and moisten your eyes. Doyle, a 57-year-old illustrator and photographer from Minnesota, and his wife, Eileen, were huge Star Wars fans. The couple met through […]
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03 July 2015
Since I am sitting here following the Western States Endurance Run 100 progress (where several RIF members, including RIF #1 and founder Joshua Holmes, are laying down the miles and getting close to the finish line), now is as good of a time as any to tally up the Extreme Racer points for the year through […]
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10 June 2015
The RIF Super Loser Series RIF #1 Joshua Holmes has asked me to set up a new series of blog posts featuring those of us who have struggled through weight loss and how running has helped achieve our goals. We would like to feature club members who have been successful at losing weight through lifestyle […]
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31 May 2015
Harriette Thompson is now the oldest woman to ever run at marathon after she completed the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon this morning at the age of 92-years old. She finished with a time of 7 hours 24 minutes. Thompson has run the San Diego Marathon 16x and ran a 7:07 last year to set the […]
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26 May 2015
RIF #333 Deo Jaravata and RIF #1 Joshua Holmes at Nanny Goat Happy Memorial Day weekend! I hope everyone had a great, safe time grilling, playing on the water, and of course, running. This club and all the incredible people in it are a constant inspiration and amazement me, especially watching how the Extreme Racer standings […]
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