Carpenter “gets it right” this time and hands Ulli Steidl his first Ultra loss!  Now they are 1-1 against each other.  Perhaps $20,000 next year to settle the score.  Having the top 4 within 10 minutes makes this easily the best race of the Year! And don’t forget Kami Semick for putting herself on top once again.  She ran stellar, very smart passing me at about 15 miles and running away from a charging Susannah.   I wish I could have stayed closer to the two of them to watch…but I was fried.   Full results here There is no doubt, this race is the one to watch for 2008.  The $30,000 purse brings us the fastest and deepest fields.  Both the men’s and women’s races should come down to the wire….although I’m thinking the men’s race is already over…if no late entries show up…there may be a few.  Hit this link for further info [...]

Next up is the North Face 50, after looking at the most recent entry list, these odds are gonna be good!  Both the men’s and women’s race will be spectacular.  Ain’t it true that money talks and bullshit walks? $10,000 to win, $4000 for second and $1000 for third sums up the reason top competition shows up for this one.  I’ll post my odds on Friday. And even though I can’t offer prize money….yet, the Speedgoat 50k applications will be available here only…online on December 1st.  Put this brutal run on your July 18 “things to do list”.  At JFK: It looks like the top runners are:  Mark Lundblad Paul Dewitt Matt Lavine Pete Breckinridge Lundblad wins it in 6:07!  Connie Gardner runs relatively unchallenged in 7:15! I posted the top 10 in the comments section.  Nice run Ian!! I can’t even look at the women as I don’t even [...]

First, let’s take a look back at the Appalachian Trail Speed Hike. While I was negotiating the nasty rocks in Pennsylvania, I came upon the Whereskarl RV to refuel.  I can’t remember exactly where in PA, but it was somewhere in the long green tunnel. Billy Simpson was feeding another thru-hiker with some trail magic.  His name was Brian Doble.  He was hanging with Billy, chowing down and talking about the AT.  Brian started at Springer Mountain down in Georgia, I figured he was heading to Kathadin and just got lucky to score some feed from us, (we gave away lots of trail magic to thru-hikers).  I mentioned to Billy how it would be nice to have poles for a while as my chest was very sore from a crash I had earlier ( I crashed on my sternum and was unable to run at that point).  Brian handed me his super [...]