01 August 2011
Registration for the 6th Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon opened at 8:00 am this morning. It closed before 8:04 am after selling out in less than four minutes. 3 minutes and 58 seconds to be exact. The Monkey course is one of the most challenging road marathons in the United States. It includes 3,700 feet […]
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01 August 2011
Blister in the Sun marathon race director Josh Hite, a distant marathonian cousin of Monkey Trent (which might explain a lot), was conquering so many marathons at sub 3-hour blistering times that he decided to create his own marathon to challenge himself. This would have been ok if he hadn’t decided to invite several of […]
29 July 2011
The big salmon swims wearily back and forth in a pool no bigger than a pickup truck bed, curving a body long as my arm to make the turnarounds. He is all alone, and it is the end of the line. He has come back home, to the place where he started, finishing a journey […]
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26 July 2011
The Race Last Annual Vol State Road Race. 314 miles – go as you please. It begins by riding the ferry in Hickman Kt across the Mississippi and depart in Missouri. We run 100 meters in Missouri and recross the Mississippi on the ferry. Then the race begins covering about 10 mile across the corner […]
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26 July 2011
Some of you have been asking what shoes I used during The Last Annual Vol State 500K. Well, here is a detailed answer to that very simple question: I started in a pretty new pair of Newton Gravity running shoes that I’ve used successfully for several marathons and smaller ultra marathons. After 40 miles I had […]
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25 July 2011
Here is a look at the full results from the 2011 ‘Last Annual Vol State 500K Foot Race’ that covered 314 miles through 5 states and the hot-oven that is the state of Tennessee. 73-year old Don Winkley, the Hemmingway of multi-day road racing, won the esteemed title of ‘King of the Road’ finishing the […]
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25 July 2011
73-year old Don Winkley waddled his way to wining the 2011 Last Annual Vol State 500K with a time of 5 days, 14 hours, 21 min and 32 sec. The first uncrewed runner to finish the line was Naresh Kumar from India. 2011 Last Annual Vol State 500K Results (C=Crewed) Don Winkley – 134:21:32 (C) […]
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23 July 2011
8:18:57:45 & 8:18:58:42 Erika followed by Lynnor The fightin’ mathenys!!! 8:07:27:00 July 22, 2011 John price’s 5th finish…. C Mike Langille Epic job. 8:06:40:29 July 22, 2011 Sal coll is done C Another race up sand mountain So as Paul came in to the finish, we got a call from John price. “hey, who’s behind […]
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21 July 2011
From: Carl Laniak Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:34 AM Subject: 7:00:55:04 To: Vol State List , The ULTRA List Naresh wins unaided category. He crushed the opposition! Carl From: Carl Laniak Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:16 AM Subject: Casualties continue vol-state 18 To: Vol State List , The ULTRA List Naresh: […]
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20 July 2011
Winning TIme- First Runner to Finish in record time. It is a delicate balance for the runners: try to not kill yourself to finish but pace yourself fast enough to finish, and pretend it’s not a race. Keep telling themselves that it is enough to finish. Careful out there everyone! “It’s enough just to be […]
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