Devon Crosby-Helms killed it for the women, breaking Ann Lundlbad’s record by a scant 21 seconds!!! She must have been thinking about that for the last 10 miles!   1 Gregory Crowther    36   1/212  M SEATTLE      5:50:13  7:01    2 Michael Arnstein    32   2/212  M NEW YORK      5:50:58  7:02    3 Matt Woods          30   3/212  M FALLS CHUR    5:54:10  7:05    4 Hal Koerner         33   4/212  M ASHLAND       6:05:02  7:19    5 Chad Ricklefs       42   1/298  M BOULDER       6:06:51  7:21    6 Matthew Lavine      35   5/212  M CRYSTAL LA   6:08:17  7:22    7 Oz Pearlman         37   6/212  M NEW YORK     6:09:39  7:24    8 Ben Ingram          32   7/212  M BALTIMORE    6:21:45  7:39    9 Jon Lawler          46   2/298  M KNOXVILLE     6:24:20  7:42   10 Devon Crosby-Helms  27   1/37   F SAUSALITO     6:29:21  7:48   11 Scott Jurek         36   8/212  M SEATTLE       6:31:12  7:50   12 Josh Brimhall       34   9/212  M HENDERSON     6:32:13  7:51   13 Andrew Mason        37  10/212  M HAGERSTOWN    6:34:36  7:54  [...]

Well, the plan was to run the North Face 50 in San Francisco.  Due to a weak webpage and updated runners list,  I didn’t get the invitation or money in, in time.  So I bagged it.  I don’t feel I am qualified to compete for the $$ anyway, so I decided I’d go run another 100 miles to get rid of this nagging periformis issue I’ve been having.   The one thing I’ll be missing is chasing the front of the women’s race in the Marin Headlands…..not to mention the original plan was to go visit some good friends in Ashland before the race.  That’ll have to wait for another road trip. So another 100?  Why not?  I feel fine, other than the periformis.  The periformis hurt before the Pinhoti 100 two weeks ago, only to go numb by mile 40. It stayed numb until the following Wednesday. Funny how running a [...]

If ULF CLERWALL is out there, please email me again as my email back to you was spammed.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Now go run! Wasatch 100 odds coming Sunday, stay tuned for a look at this year’s stellar field.  It may be the race for “Speedgoat of the Year” !!!!! Congratst to Krissy Moehl for winning the UTMB for the 2nd time.  One more time for the hat trick for her!  Kilian Jornet, showed who’s the best in Europe garnering his second win in as many tries in  Chamonix.  Keep watching the race here.  Scott Jurek should be next to finish at 17th. He has the monkey off his back now in getting the UTMB done.  Now it’s my turn in the future to get the monkey off of my back! ERIK SKAGGS UPDATE:  Erik is no longer horizonal!  He’s out of the hospital.  Check info at Roguevalleyrunners.com.  For those who [...]