Jemez and Massannutten.both races turn out to be burners!
At the Jemez 50
Kyle Skaggs once again showed us his speed, eclipsing his own course record by a scant minute and change, not to mention the course was about a mile longer than last year.8:08 was the time.Another stellar performance with many more to come! I slipped in for second place only 1 minute per mile behind at 8:58. Local favorite and course designer Nate Mcdowell finished 3rd at 9:13.
Susan Brozik stayed out front all day running 11:30, Lori Cooper was just out of sight 13 minutes back at 11:43, Christina Sheehan ran third…evenly spaced out at 11:58.
Full results: http://www.highaltitudeathletics.org/jmtr/results50mi2008.pdf
The closest race was in Virgina at Massannutten
Todd Walker looked over his shoulder all day, trying to find out how close Kieth Knipling really was. It had to be a stressful day for Mr. Walker. Kieth Knipling played the same role last year when I stayed out in front. Todd’s time was 20:58, Kieth finished at 21:07, and newcomer Adam Cassaday was hoping they both would have bonked, but ended up third at 21:37…great run for Adam!
Amy Sproston took home the win comfortably as expected at 26:08, almost three hours ahead of Laurel Valley at 29:04, and Ruth Ann Helfrick slipping under 30 hours at 29:35.
Full results: http://www.vhtrc.com/mmt/2008/results.htm
Time to check out whereskarl.com in a few days as I have some more video coming, more AT details, my recent updates on how training for the AT is going, and a few more great races, before the Western States Track Meet at Squaw Valley, California..
Off to Vegas this weekend for the Red Bull Cola Launch, I think I’ll do a little Heat Training, and go suffer at Red Rocks.
