tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076234753927748722024-03-05T00:19:25.658-05:00NEO Trail Club NewsN.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.comBlogger503125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-87034879607521304922014-11-30T17:43:00.001-05:002014-11-30T17:43:24.447-05:00URINEO 2014NEO Trail will be again hosting their Festival of Running, Saturday, December 20, at the Log Cabin, Mill Creek Park Youngstown.<br />
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You can run whatever you like-this is a Fat Ass. The idea is to wind back to the Log Cabin about 1 pm to enjoy some food and refreshment provided by the NEO Trail Club.<br />
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General starting time for URINEO will be 8 am from the Log Cabin. Other groups may be starting with an earlier start time. If you want to run earlier, with a group, please ask either Jim- runharrisrun@gmail.com or Kimba kimba90@gmail, or on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/957228224306466/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming">Facebook site</a>, and we will try to hook you up with an early group.<br />
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N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-66422449055986679922014-11-16T15:58:00.002-05:002014-11-16T15:58:49.163-05:00Slim Pickins 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
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This weekend was our 8th annual Slim Pickins weekend. For the history of Slim Pickins, I recouped that on <a href="http://ultratrailchick.com/2014/11/slim-pickins-time/">Friday.</a> This was the farthest NEO Trail had traveled for a weekend SP run. This occurred since we had been thrown out¹ of <a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/linnrun/">Linn Run</a>, our original destination. The Professor then said he would like to visit Great Seal State Park, which is the park where the <a href="http://www.50sforyomomma.com/not-yo-momma-s-100">“Not Yo Momma’s” 100 Mile Race</a> takes place in Ohio.</div>
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Rich and Kimba got 7 miles on the trails
at Great Seal Park on Friday, to do a bit of a recon before the others
arrived the next day. It was a bit of a challenge to follow the stellar
cartographers that ODNR employs to make maps for state parks in Ohio.</div>
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Really, the map was not much better than this.<br />
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We did have a nice cozy cabin, over at <a href="http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/sciototrail">Scioto Trail State Park</a>, about fifteen miles away:<br />
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For the last few years, NEO Trail has been trying to get a cabin or a
hotel suite where all can gather after the run, break bread, chat, and
other “fairly normal” activities that we are known for.<br />
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None of the NEO Trailers had ever been to Great Seal State Park,
which made it a bit difficult to try and describe anything about it. In
fact, where we parked and started was where we thought the 100 mile race
started. We were in the wrong place! Tim Smith, from Middleton, parked
in the correct spot but still managed to find us down trail.<br />
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The Polish Surplus had just arrived in the midwest, or heartland, or
whatever you want to call the Buckeye State. It was a warm 15 degree at
the start of Slim Pickins.<br />
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We then ran over to conquer Sugarloaf Mountain.<br />
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Whew! That was a good climb up Sugarloaf!<br />
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Top of Sugarloaf<br />
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The guys ponder a cairn. We were doing our best to follow Rob
Carroll, the RD of the “Yo Momma’s” Race along with the ODNR map.
henceforth known as the “sucky map”. There was much stopping and
starting, not listening to the Professor’s navigation tips, and playing
on rocks. We did run into Rob Carroll, who helped show us where we were
on the map.<br />
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When we got to our water cache, where Aid Station Two is for the YM
race, it was much more runnable, and hence we did much more running.<br />
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It was soon figured out, with all our screwing around, and
compensating for the slowest runner’s pace (Kimba’s) it wasn’t going to
look like a second complete loop was going to happen. Kimba stopped
after one loop and drove The King, The Prof, and Slim over to the
farthest point south to run some more miles. Tim went on to climb
Sugarloaf Mountain and head home. It was nice to share trail with a new
runner-thanks Tim!<br />
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The Yo Momma’s course: this is a tough loop. We knew it would be
hilly, but there are a bunch of ups and downs and several big tough
climbs and descents. With the course being multiple loops, this is
indeed a challenging race. We agreed this race was much harder than
Mohican or Burning River.<br />
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There was also a run on Sunday morning. We woke up to first snow! We
again tried to follow a ODNR map, which didn’t quite pan out, but we
spotted the fire tower anyways.<br />
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We ended running almost five miles on Sunday back to the cabin, a
good way to shake out the kinks and muscles for the long drives home.<br />
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The best part about Slim Pickins is saying “see you in a couple of
weeks” as URINEO, our club Fat Ass at Mill Creek Park, is December 20.
Another good time had by all!<br />
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¹ <i>we weren’t actually kicked out of Linn Run. We had
reservations, but the park decided to close the cabins down for cleaning
and renovation.</i>N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-70764678829163506502014-01-11T21:09:00.002-05:002014-01-12T14:56:01.708-05:002014 YUT-C Registration is OPEN!Once again, registration is via snail mail only. Please download, print, and complete <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9l15ez-R8GuH022sG07bFLTgwclklQdMqa3sNi3S4k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this form</a> and mail to the address on the form.<br />
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September 13, 2014 is the date for the 10th Annual running of the Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic 50K & 25K. Registration fees staying low yet again at $40 for the 50K (paid before Aug. 17) and $35 for the 25K. 125 spots for the 50K and 40 for the 25K will be available.Nick Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17022389019731592376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-45391110044351941472013-10-08T06:33:00.001-04:002013-10-08T06:33:09.745-04:00Weekend RacingLuckily no NEO Trailers were signed up to run Grindstone this weekend..<br />
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<b>Rock N Roll Cleveland Half Marathon</b><br />
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This was an inaugural Rock N Roll Series event for Cleveland.<br />
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<img class="cover secondary" height="320" src="http://cdn.running.competitor.com/files/2013/10/DSC_3424-279x421.jpg" style="max-height: 100%;" width="212" /> Elizabeth Sosan ran a 2.14, and Des Cowie ran a 2.19! Nice job, ladies!<br />
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Oil Creek was also this weekend<br />
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Allison Holko 9.24<br />
Gail Connor 12.59 <br />
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Kelli Rushton finished her<b> first 100K</b> in 16.13!!<br />
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Mark Anson 30.29<br />
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N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-40221399446454820192013-10-06T16:57:00.000-04:002013-10-06T16:57:13.668-04:00The BearIt looked like very interesting weather for The Bear 100 race.<br />
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The BEAR 100 is a point to point course that starts in Logan, UT and finishes at
Fish Haven, ID at Bear Lake. The first climb is the longest, with many more long
climbs to follow with varying difficulties of descent. Some descents are smooth
downhill while others are rocky. Late September was picked for the time of the run
because of the beauty of the fall colors at that time. You will see brilliant red
maples and quaking aspens turning yellow which provides for a stunning contrast
among the rocks and cliffs. <br />
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Bill Losey earned his Black Bear Buckle, finishing in 35 hours, 18 minutes.N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-57081937722201820772013-09-30T07:02:00.000-04:002013-09-30T07:02:31.804-04:00Racing Results24 Hour North Coast<br />
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Congrats to Cyrus Taylor and Roy Heger who ran around in a circle for a very long time on September 21 and 22<br />
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Cyrus ran 62.15106 miles<br />
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Roy ran 76.5629 miles<br />
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Akron Marathon<br />
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Lots of Neo Trailers out for the 11th annual marathon.<br />
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Tara Schweitzer ran in relay with her two sisters. It was her sister Lisa's first face!<br />
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Marjie and Nick Billock ran the 1/2 marathon, finishing in 1.56.02, which was a 6 minute PR for her-Congrats!<br />
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Elizabeth Sosan also ran the 1/2 marathon, finishing in 2.08.01 <br />
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Marathoners:<br />
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Dan Bellinger took first in his age group, with a 4.16.15<br />
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LT completed his tenth Akron Marathon, leading the 3.40 pace group, finishing in 3.39.41<br />
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Dave Peterman and TJ Hawk completed their 11th Akron Marathon<br />
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Dave ran 3.15.36<br />
TJ ran 3.39.30<br />
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More finishers:<br />
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Tim Knapp 4.36.45<br />
Michael Kazar 5.16.42N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-77137338141271504652013-09-17T22:05:00.001-04:002013-09-17T22:05:55.697-04:00Run Rabbit Run<br />
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Congratulations to Rich Vrboncic, who finished the Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile Race in 34.18!!!<br />
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<br />N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-3292205980632505562013-09-13T07:25:00.000-04:002013-09-13T07:25:00.563-04:00Midwest Slam<span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">The
inaugural running of the MIDWEST GRAND SLAM OF ULTRARUNNING in 2012 was
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U.S. beginning the quest to complete four of the Midwest's showcase 100
mile trail races over the course of about three months:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0000bf;">• </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.mohican100.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=96" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000bf;">Mohican Trail 100 Mile Run</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0000bf;">• </span><a href="http://www.burningriver100.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000bf;">Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0000bf;">• </span></span><a href="http://www.runwoodstock.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000bf;">Hallucination 100 Mile Run</span></a></span></span><br />
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Dave Peterman ran the Hallucination 100 in 20.25, coming in 4th place in the race. </div>
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Dave will be available post YUTC to sign autographs.</div>
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N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-17776568021456086372013-09-12T07:51:00.000-04:002013-09-12T07:51:03.236-04:00Moron athonFinally an ultra that calls it as it is.. a moron athon.<br />
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This was a 24 hour event in Shanghai.<br />
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It was set up as 24 hours for relay runners, but there were 18 runners who elected to go solo. Congrats to ex-pat Jetfuelburner Mike Keller for completing 50 miles in 11.49.15<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">At 9am September 7, 2013 the 3rd annual Moron'athon will
begin. </span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Moron'athon is <em><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the first 24 hour ultra marathon relay</span></em>
held in Shanghai. Teams of 4-6 runners/walkers take turns completing
5k laps over a 24 hour period. The Moronathon is a non-profit event
organized by local runners for the community. </span></span></span></span><br />
N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-84920002231606513122013-09-11T20:06:00.000-04:002013-09-11T20:06:19.127-04:00YUTC this Saturday<div style="text-align: center;">
Race Director is going crazy trying to stay on top of the details.</div>
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Don't miss the party at the Log Cabin in Mill Creek Park.</div>
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Everything is coming together, despite the stress.</div>
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Looking forward to cool weather and lots of trail.</div>
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See you all soon.</div>
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5 Neotrailers made the trek to Virginia for the Ring Labor day weekend. Not bowing to the 50% attrition rate all finished. Cam led the way with Slim battling stomach issues a bit further back. The King started at a crawl and finished at a dead sprint over the last half of the course. Kimba posted another stellar finish and Coach swept the course. Allison came down and did a super job bouncing from aid station to aid station throughout the event. Great time was had by all! Hope to see more Neotrailers down at the Ring next year. Coach's race report tacked on to give an idea of how it went.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Here's my race report from Ring 2013. First some history. Ring 2012 finished with me cramped up and staggering into Edinburgh at mile 48. Here's what I now know. I could have finished but through a combination of being too much of a wimp and a lack of knowledge I quit. Learned a lot this year and here's how it went.<br /><br /> Neotrail contingent of Allison, Cam, Kimba, King, Slim and Coach spent Friday night at Portabella. Got my prerace briefing from Cam. Went something like this: "Stay behind Kimba" Not exactly "Win one for the Gipper" but whatever works and it seemed to, even if not exactly as planned.<br /><br /> Fueling plan was Perpetuem supplemented with salt pills and endurolytes and very little solid food. This needs tweaked. More to follow.<br /><br /> Foot care was pretty much throw a pair of trail shoes in drop bag and throw them on before Kerns. Start in road shoes. No fancy socks, no tape and no lube. Felt guilty watching everyone taping and working on their feet. So how did my plan work. Outstanding! No blisters at all! No out of the ordinary soreness. Blaming blistering at MMT 2012 on shoes and running downhills too hard. No gaiters either. Very happy!<br /><br /> Chaffing. Nipples figured out long ago with big ass, wide band aids. Early summer has been killing me, especially on the end of my pee-pee. Seen plenty of others wearing compression shorts and bought a pair about a month ago. Put a little Vaseline on before Ring and did nothing else for rest of the day. Absolutely no chaffing. Feel like I hit the lotto.<br /><br /> On to the run. Stay behind Kimba. That's what I did. Stayed behind for 71 miles and finished. Here's the highs and lows of how it happened.<br /><br /> Kathleen, the freak of nature from the planet Krypton, ran a double ring with a reverse ring Friday and regular ring Saturday. She wanted to meet Kimba so said hello as she ran by us on an uphill. Unbelievable! Kathleen crushed a double ring!<br /><br /> Guy in a kilt, with what appeared to be a bagpipe inflating under the front of it, ran into us and was astounded to meet Kimba. Shouted "Hey, you're the girl I see whenever I Google MMT". Think Kimba was tickled and he definitely was. <br /><br /> Ran in front of Kimba at Duncan hollow. Gnats were so thick that my hand was operating like a windshield wiper. Every pass caught a full handful of nastiness. They were in every exposed body orifice. Hard walking and running to get out of them. Waited for Kimba at the top where they weren't quite as bad but never lost them until Waterfall.<br /><br /> Waterfall no issue at all. Took our time and just steadily climbed. Hit the switchbacks and had a little cheering section of 20 somethings. That was awesome! Not sure where they came from. Started catching people and at Crisman Hollow there was carnage. One guy was sitting in a chair shivering uncontrollably. 90 degress outside. Yikes!<br /><br /> Turn for the worse. At Moreland I ate a few bites of a sandwich and my stomach knotted up. To that time I had eaten a popsicle, small triangle of quesadilla and one pierogi. Lots of water and Perp with the salt and endurolytes. I think too much fluids and Perp. From Moreland to Woodstock was miserable. Coming off Short I told Kimba I was going to sit for a while and get my shit together. She was concerned how Slim would take it if she left me and when I told her not to worry she was off. Sat for a while but still felt like crap so got moving. Heard someone coming fast so stepped aside. The King blew by me at 5k pace. By the time I realized who it was he was gone into the darkness. Staggered into Edinburgh feeling like crap and wimpy. Sat in a chair and tried to sleep. Beautiful lady who smelled like heaven chatted me up and offered food and fluids. Even offered to pace me rest of the way. Turned her down because figured I'd be crawling. WTH! Think I'm really slipping. Got offered numerous rides out and aid station thought I was done. I quit there last year and was going to crawl to Woodstock if need be. Shelly and Diane getting ready to leave so I hopped on the back of them. Interesting strategy. When they climbed they would sit and take a break every so often. I was way on board with that strategy. Stayed with them until about 2 miles out of Woodstock where I turned into a staggering, whining mess. Hadn't eaten or drunk anything since Moreland. Washing my mouth out with water every so often, Made up my mind I was quitting and staggered into aid station.<br /><br /> Allison was at Woodstock. Very cool to see someone I knew. She's too nice to say but I must have looked like hell. Sat in the chair and I was done. Figured Allison would drive me out. She got me a half cup of chicken broth and ice water in my bottles. Drank the broth and sat there felling sorry for myself. Heard that Shelly and Diane were leaving and hopped out, hopped out might be a bit strong, of the chair and headed down the trail. Started using the mantra. "Don't be a pussy, Don't be a pussy" Felt miserable but my mood was better. Halfway to Powell my stomach unknotted and started grumbling. It was awesome. By the time we got to Powell I felt a hundred percent better and was starving. Had some fantastic oatmeal. Chatted with the aid station folks. Met Caroline and she took a picture of this handsome guy. Her words. Think "Hot" may have been in there but not sure. Shelly was suffering so took her a while to get going. Enjoyed the fire and oatmeal and Bur stopped in. We were the caboose of finishers so they could shut down.<br /><br /> Made the hike up to Signal Knob and the scramble down. It sucks just like everyone except Cam says but it's also the end so not too bad. The girls wanted to hold hands and skip into the parking lot. Held hands but didn't skip. Women. Finished as a threesome and had a great time. Great food at the finish and after suffering and slowing down I was pretty much recovered. Grilled cheese with bacon was out of this world. Got a "71" sticker and cool "Pee'd on the electric fence" pin and invited to reverse ring. Slim thinks that's a given. Fricker is probably right.</span></div>
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Cam Baker, Kimba Love*Ottobre, and Jim Harris are all regulars on the Ring Trail.</div>
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To say he was an ultra marathon runner would be a complete understatement. It would be hard to list all of John's running accomplishments.</div>
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If you didn't knowJohnny D, it would be hard to try and describe him and his repuatation.<br />
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[At
this sad time, we are nevertheless going to try and keep this
particular Wednesday positive. And my thanks to Allan Holtz for
"nominating" today's hero--before any of us heard the news--but now that
we've all heard it, I just know I would be honoring him anyway. How
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My old buddy, hero, champion, and friend to us all, John
DeWalt, passed away just this past Sunday. He shall dearly be missed…
by countless numbers of runners, ultrarunners, and good people
everywhere who love legends. I myself had known John--affectionately
dubbed "Johnny D"--for many years. My memories all flash at once. </div>
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For
example, during those Barkley years when Frozen Head State Park would
not hold camping reservations in advance, I took it upon myself to get
there early in order to "reserve" (i.e., pay for on-site) the necessary
campsites so that the race could proceed normally several days later.
Invariably, John DeWalt's large white truck-like van would already be
there in Site #7 (next to the bathhouse) but, of course, he himself
wouldn't. No, he'd be "out there" running, hiking, scouting,
practicing… and usually all day long. When I would finally see him,
either he or I would then pay for Site #12 (Barkley "headquarters"). At
least one morning I remember waking up in time to be able to join him,
and others, in just such a "practice session." And he killed me dead.
He was, what, around 70 years old (?)--nearly 20 years my senior--and I
could NOT keep up with him!!! So, here's the "advantage" of practice
over the actual race: During practice John would **stop** (sometimes
even sit!) to confer over the route-finding, but during the race he'd be
GONE! I'd never see him from after the start until he would get back
to the Yellow Gate and (finally!) stop.</div>
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Others recently have
reminded me of his vegetarianism ("How can you eat your friends?" he'd
ask, referring to meat) and his ratty ball cap and his ZILLION Hardrock
finishes and his age records at the Barkley and also (great story!)
about how he once was arrested inside a restaurant--asking only for
water--and jailed and sued and what-not. Apparently no one--police
especially--could believe John was only doing his usual 30-mile long run
and had gotten a little dehydrated--tipsy perhaps--and fell over a few
things (or spilled things) at the restaurant counter while only trying
to replenish enough to continue his run. Steve Pero reminds us that
John spilled what he had all over the fancy electronic cash register,
and THAT's when the trouble began….</div>
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So today (and in my mind, from now on) we honor John DeWalt as The Most Interesting Man In The World.</div>
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His obituary:</div>
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<<a href="http://www.thompson-miller.com/obituaries/dewalt_john/dewalt_john.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thompson-miller.<wbr></wbr>com/obituaries/dewalt_john/<wbr></wbr>dewalt_john.htm</a>></div>
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(Thanks to Mike Dobies for posting this.)</div>
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His running resumé :</div>
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<<a href="http://ultrasignup.com/results_participant.aspx?fname=John&lname=Dewalt&age=77" target="_blank">http://ultrasignup.com/<wbr></wbr>results_participant.aspx?<wbr></wbr>fname=John&lname=Dewalt&age=77</a><wbr></wbr>></div>
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(Go ahead and count his Hardrock 100 finishes!)</div>
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His Barkley lore is well documented here:</div>
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<<a href="http://www.mattmahoney.net/barkley/" target="_blank">http://www.mattmahoney.net/<wbr></wbr>barkley/</a>></div>
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(See 2009 for, I believe, his last running there.)</div>
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A whole bunch of his terrific pictures (some moving!):</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Here's a video of him grabbing his page at Book 1 of the Barkley for 2009:</span></div>
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<<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjcbur/4449008606/in/set-72157623659366452" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<wbr></wbr>mjcbur/4449008606/in/set-<wbr></wbr>72157623659366452</a>></div>
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(Thanks to Mike Bur for this, and the next two.)</div>
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Here he's at the famed Barkley "Yellow Gate":</div>
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<<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjcbur/4449414592/in/set-72157623659366452" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<wbr></wbr>mjcbur/4449414592/in/set-<wbr></wbr>72157623659366452</a>></div>
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And here John stands forever among The Giants of Ultrarunning:</div>
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<<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjcbur/113854395/in/set-72057594084383719" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<wbr></wbr>mjcbur/113854395/in/set-<wbr></wbr>72057594084383719</a>></div>
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(Left to right: John DeWalt, Dennis Herr, and David Horton.)</div>
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Here's an exceptionally inspiring shot of John's never-give-up 2009 Hardrock 100 finish:</div>
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<<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/HardrockEnduranceRun/Hardrock2009#5359234927201538482" target="_blank">https://picasaweb.google.com/<wbr></wbr>HardrockEnduranceRun/<wbr></wbr>Hardrock2009#<wbr></wbr>5359234927201538482</a>></div>
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And this happens to be my own personal fave ('cuz I took it!):</div>
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<<a href="http://www.runrace.net/runreports.php?id=188&tab=a3&image=9541" target="_blank">http://www.runrace.net/<wbr></wbr>runreports.php?id=188&tab=a3&<wbr></wbr>image=9541</a>></div>
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And, of course, he's all over the place in here:</div>
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<<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Out-There-Marathons-Toughest/dp/145054701X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376513546&sr=1-1&keywords=Frozen+Ed+Furtaw" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Tales-<wbr></wbr>Out-There-Marathons-Toughest/<wbr></wbr>dp/145054701X/ref=sr_1_1?s=<wbr></wbr>books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376513546&<wbr></wbr>sr=1-1&keywords=Frozen+Ed+<wbr></wbr>Furtaw</a>></div>
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rest in peace, Johnny D. May you continue to "practice run"
enough--now that it counts--to REALLY find the best route up and over
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a world-famous "impossible" footrace known for its "digitally-prepared"
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He could live for months on vitamins alone, and often run just as long without them--or sleep.</div>
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There never was a nicer guy. George Bush the First got that "kinder, gentler" idea from him.</div>
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On Sunday the 14th, the originator of the idea for the Hot MHM got his laps to become just the 3rd finisher</div>
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Todd finished in a time of 9:17.</div>
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Coach Hanks always honest race report:
Quick recap on yesterday’s Hot Monkey. Started a few minutes after sunrise. It was hot, never even checked what the high was but know it was over 80. Saw 2 bucks, a doe and 3 fawns and they stayed in the area throughout the day. 3 fawns still around during lap 29. Creeper old dude wearing cammo that was stalking me. He kept walking around the section to the road and would be hiding in the trees or sitting on logs. Scared the poop out of me a couple times. Ran 1st and 11th lap naked for a little twist. Maybe he saw me. Smooth sailing through 20+. Slim and the boys showed up at 21 with a Mt. Dew frozen which was awesome. Got tough from 22 on. Slim and the boys hung on a picnic table and watched the disaster unfold. Think they left around 27. Cousin Tim unexpectedly showed up during lap 28 and kept me company on 29. Started in a puddle of sweat and finished in a puddle of drool. Plan was to run 29 naked but Tim was there and wasn’t a whole lot of running at that point so seemed pointless. Not sure how many others will join in on this stupid event. Glad it’s over.
N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-74038156979966769652013-07-14T07:47:00.001-04:002013-07-14T07:47:46.631-04:00Hardrock FinishCongratulations to Bob Combs on another Hardrock Finish! Bob finished in 43.19!!!<br />
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Several NEO Trailers headed north to Pymatuning Lake for the Dan Dunlap Memorial 5K.</div>
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Kimba, Slim, and Baby Hanks were on hand to represent and get a little asphalt pounding in.</div>
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Matt not only won his age group, but was first Master as well.<br />
Kimba manned up and won her age group, while Slim was the slacker and only managed 2nd place in his age group.</div>
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Complete Results are <a href="http://gopherarun.com/results/2013-dan-dunlap-memorial-pv-laker-5k.html">here</a>.</div>
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It was very nice to chat with Dan's twin brother Tom.</div>
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This is a nice little country event, raced on limited traffic roads in the campgrounds on the western shore of the lake.</div>
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Pizza, watermelon, bananas, orange slices, and a random drawing with lots of giveaways after the run.</div>
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This 5K has all you could ask for in an event, even a giant walleye in the parking lot.</div>
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Hardrock started this morning.</div>
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Bob Combs is enjoying the thin Mountain Air.</div>
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Lots of others that the NEO Trail staff know out there running;</div>
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Kimba's Coach, Brad Koenig, Kevin Martin, Steve & Deb Pero...</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Going on
Guts</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mohican 50
Mile Race Report</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(Ultrarunner)
Gale A. Connor</span></b></div>
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When I signed up for this race, many months ago, I never
dreamed that I would be undergoing radiation treatments for a recurrence of
breast cancer come race day. A few weeks prior, I had gotten permission from
the race director to have a pacer. I was nervous about the side effects of the
radiation and not sure how it would affect me during the race. I had gone up to
Oil Creek for a training run a couple of weeks before the race and started
having dizzy spells on the trail. I was alone and it was very frightening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of younger runners came by and
observed me sitting on a rock, not looking very well. They walked the almost
five miles back to the trailhead with me and I became fast friends with the
Mark and his awesome dog, Rocky.</div>
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I had all but stopped training due to the demands that
the radiation was putting on my time and body. At this point I didn’t even know
if I could do the distance. I knew that we had power hiked most of the race the
year before, so I was counting on that to get me through. Five days before the
race, I got word that my pacers (husband and wife) couldn’t make it. You see,
she has bone cancer herself and was having issues; Her husband had to go out of
town for work. I posted on Facebook that I needed a pacer, desperately. Mark,
my Oil Creek rescuer, didn’t hesitate. He said that he was my man. Now, mind
you, he does like 7 minute miles, so I was worried that he would be bored to
death, but happily accepted.</div>
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The morning of the race, I was putting on my on my heart
rate monitor in the hotel. It is really old and I thought something was wrong
with it because it was reading so high. It suddenly occurred to me that maybe
that’s why I was having dizzy spells; that my heart rate was artificially
raised due to the radiation. I told Mark about it at the start line and he
promised that we would keep a close eye on it. As it turned out, there was to
be very little running, just to keep it under 140. At first I was able to run a
little, downhill, but soon running was out of the question. I was also having
issues with food. From the start I just plain didn’t feel like eating. Poor
Mark was almost force feeding me the entire race. Afterwards, he said that I
either had food in my hand or in my mouth (I was putting it in my cheek) for
all but about two miles of the race.</div>
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Things were going pretty well even though my heart rate
was high and I had no appetite. We just resolved ourselves that this was going
to be a controlled power hike. Mark is a newer trail runner and was marveling
at the beautiful single tracks that we were on. He also brought along Rocky,
the ultra dog. Rocky was having a ball even though he wasn’t running. I was
enjoying the distraction and Rocky was doing so well. Mark and I talked about
so many things and it was nice to get a different perspective on life,
relationships, training – we just talked and talked. Heck, he talks as much as
I do, which is pretty hard to do! The time and miles were passing fairly quickly.</div>
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Once we got down into the “Enchanted Valley” I started
worrying about Rocky getting up the “Root Climb”; a hand over hand climb,
straight out of the valley, up a one story tangle of tree roots. I never should
have worried, he got up it easier than the two of us. Had I thought about it, I
would have recorded it on my phone; it was spectacular!</div>
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I got to about mile nineteen and something frightening
happened. By this time, some of the faster marathoners were passing us. That
was a nice distraction, especially when I knew them. Suddenly, without warning,
I turned to the side of the trail and violently projectile vomited, three
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, vomiting while on the trail
is nothing new or unusual for any of us, but the volume was. That told me that
I wasn’t processing my calories or hydration properly. That was probably why I
had no appetite and was struggling just to eat. I also put quite a show on for
a group of marathoners coming up behind me. Mark said that he hadn’t seen
something that spectacular since “keggers in college”!</div>
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I was about 23 or 24 miles into it and I was really
starting to suffer. The heat was rising and due to the unseasonably cold
spring, it was really beating me up (along with the myriad of other issues). I
was also starting to have serious big toenail issues on both feet. I had gotten
very quiet and Mark asked what I was thinking. I said “I don’t want to finish”.
He decided to try to chat me up to get my mind off of my misery. At one point
he said, “you’re not going on training, you’re not going on fuel, you are going
on guts”. No truer words had been spoken. Soon we got to the campground and a
group of my friend’s had a spot right next to the trail so they could cheer
everyone on. I saw my good friend Mark Pancake. He started walking with me,
while they fed my pacer a beer and his Rocky some water. Mark Pancake put his
arm around me and walked down the trail with me. I rested my head on his
shoulder, and with tears nearly welling up in my eyes, I told him that I wanted
to quit. He said “nonsense, you will do this”. He sent me on my way and Mark
and Rocky caught up to me. I was feeling very dejected, hot, and miserable.
Shortly we got on a road section that I knew would take us to the start/finish
line. I really wanted to quit, but I didn’t want to, as well. I wanted to show
people that someone going through what I was going through, could do this. All
of a sudden, I saw my boyfriend, Ed walking our way carrying an ice cold bottle
of Gatorade. When he handed it to me, I busted out in tears. I think I scared
poor Mark to death. </div>
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We got to the mile 27 aid station and I decided I better
see the podiatrist. As expected, both toenails were trashed. One had a huge blood
blister under one of the nails and just a regular blister under the other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had to lance and drain the one with the
blood blister. Once bandaged, and the shoe put back on, I could barely walk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted so badly to quit right then and
there, but a fire started burning inside of me. I now knew that I wasn’t going
to finish, but I knew that I had to prove to myself that despite all of the issues
I was having, that I had the courage to walk out of that aid station and start
the next loop. I asked my boyfriend if he was going to be at The Gorge, which
was the next aid station, five miles away. He hadn’t been planning on it but I
asked him to be there. I don’t know if Mark knew that it was the beginning of
the end, but he had stopped hounding me about eating. All I could think about
was sitting down, that’s never a good sign.</div>
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As we approached the Gorge at mile 32, I could see my
good friend, Dan Bellinger, from Cleveland. I was smiling as I cruised in. I
loudly announced that I was dropping. I was in very good spirits and didn’t
look much like someone who was ready to drop! I really wanted to quit on a high
note. My toes were trashed and I knew the upcoming hills would be murder. I
also knew that on the back half of the course, it’s harder to drop due to no
crew access. I just felt it was time. Not one person tried to talk me into
continuing. I took that as a sign as well. Could I have gone further? Yes.
Should I? That was questionable. Some may have questioned whether I should have
started in the first place. </div>
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In retrospect, I’m glad I did this race. It was good to
feel “normal”. I believe I did the right things; getting a pacer, using the
HRM, having my boyfriend at the aid stations that he was allowed, letting
others know what was going on. I’m bummed that I didn’t finish and get that
medal, but when I dropped I was still on an 18 hour pace, which would have been
a PR of 49 minutes from the previous year! I had fun and I felt like I
accomplished an amazing feat!</div>
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Only those who risk going too far can possibly know how
far they can go. TS Eliot</div>
N.E. Ohio Trail Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171292917637741733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507623475392774872.post-63187484463929011402013-07-07T21:38:00.000-04:002013-07-07T21:38:07.020-04:00HOT MonkeyThe HOT Monkey Hills Marathon now has two finishers.<br />
If you have no idea what that means, then continue reading...<br />
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Way back in the day, Mike Dobies ran at Mill Creek Park and after a tour of the Monkey Hills, he thought that running them in back to back loops would be great Hardrock Training.<br />
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He also commented that a marathon on those hills sounded just stupid enough to get everyone's attention.<br />
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He shared this idea with a handful of the NEO Trailers present, and we all thought it was a stupid idea.<br />
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Every once in a while someone would bring up the idea of attempting a Monkey Hills Marathon, but no one ever had that much ambition.<br />
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Then one year leading up <a href="http://www.neotrail.org/urineo.htm">URINEO</a>, Mike said that he was coming down to run the <a href="http://www.neotrail.org/MHM.html">MHM</a>.<br />
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That got a few people excited, and the plans were laid for the first ever <a href="http://www.neotrail.org/MHM.html">MHM</a>.<br />
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Mike ended up no showing for the attempt, and Jim Harris, Brian Musick, and Jeff Musick didn't know any better and started anyway.<br />
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At the end of the day Jim Harris was the only one able to pull off a finish.<br />
It took him 7:40 for 29 laps on the course.<br />
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Since then many others have stepped up to see if they were able to pull it off.<br />
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The rules for the <a href="http://www.neotrail.org/MHM.html">MHM</a> are that you have to run it on the day of <a href="http://www.neotrail.org/urineo.htm">URINEO</a> or the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.<br />
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Not everyone thought that was fair, and after a little creative thinking Todd Hanks came up with the idea of the Hot Monkey.<br />
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The stipulations for a HOT Monkey are that the temperature has to reach 80 degrees on the day that you run, and you can only run between sunrise and sunset.<br />
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Not surprising that a NEO Trailer can take a stupid idea and dumb it down even further.<br />
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Yesterday at 6:08 AM four starters toed the line and started running their laps.<br />
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Tim Knapp had a 10:30 AM cut-off and was mainly looking for some 100 mile training.<br />
Tim got in 13 laps for a total of 12.3 miles.<br />
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Heath Harris was able to finish in 7:21:29, to not only be the first finisher of a Hot Monkey, but also set the all time MHM course record.<br />
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Jim Harris got his Hot Monkey finish in a time of 8:41, for his third official finish on the MHM course.<br />
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Frank Horvath made a valiant effort, but was not up to the task, and stopped in his 25th lap when he stood at the top of Pinball Ridge and decided that he didn't want to go down that hill.<br />
Frank gets credit for 24 laps in a time of 10:00 flat, completing 22.8 miles.<br />
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The picture above of Rich fondling his monkey, is right after he spanked it.<br />
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No need for long drawn out race report. Pretty much ran 4-1/2 good loops followed by crappy, suffering until loop 7. Perked up with some company from a Pittsburgh college student originally from Spokane, Washington. Walked loop 8 and called it a day. Hot day!<br />
Plan was to try straight maltodextrin mixed with water as fuel on advice from some savvy trail masters. Car was after the aid station and through some poor planning never tried it. Hit aid station after loop 2 and there were doughnuts everywhere. It was glorious! Decision time. Malto or doughnuts. Savvy trail masters or Homer Simpson. Didn't Homer run a Nuclear power plant? Went with Homer and doughnuts. Stomach issues all day but probably more due to the heat than doughnuts.<br />
Interesting sidebar. On loop 2, as I passed through a picnic area, a big group was having self defense training. Come back through over an hour later and they are still going at it. Now though, they are hiding behind trees in this picnic area. One student is going through the gauntlet as banditos jump from behind the trees and fake attack. I must have watched for ten minutes. NEOTRAIL needs to offer this training! Many times I have run through the woods wondering if lurking behind the next tree is a masked ninja waiting to attack and steal my handheld. Awesome sight!<br />
Post race cookout and beer looked great but couldn't eat. Gary Sexton and Suzanne Weightman were there to chat with.<br />
Post-post race headed to IKEA to pick up a desk. I never realized Pittsburgh was such a culturally diverse city. There must be every nationality known to man in IKEA. There are Swedish people shopping in the Swedish furniture store in Pittsburgh. Ate Swedish meatball dinner, which was awesome.<br />
Post-post-post race, as in next day. Buddy has free tickets to Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson in fricking Pittsburgh. Back I go. Partied like a rock star. Manson was awesome, Alice was Alice. Pre and post concert party with Alice drummer and guitar player. What a night! Home at 2am Monday morning and up for work at 4:30am. If weekend fun is inversely proportional to how one feels Monday morning then I had an epic weekend.<br />
In summary, try out Hell Hath No Hurry next year. Cool little event on some trails you've probably never seen. Enjoy what Pittsburgh has to offer. Get home before 2am and don't drink too much if workday starts a couple hours later.<br />
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<b>Bighorn Mountain </b>Bill Losey finished the tough 100 mile race in 33.18. This is held in Sheridan, Wyoming.<br />
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<b>Highlands Sky</b><br />
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Congratulations to Nick Billock, for finishing the beautiful and tough Highlands Sky Race in West Virginia, finishing in 10.25<br /><br />
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<b>The Towpath Ten Ten</b><br />
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Matt Hanks finished first in his age group for the 10 mile race, running a 1.04.08<br />
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Cyrus and his bride of 25 years, Elizabeth, celebrated their 25 wedding anniversary by running the Mohican Marathon together, finishing in 113.42 <br />
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From Cyrus: "<span class="userContent">Me (a few months ago): What would you like to
do for our 25th anniversary? Elizabeth: "do a marathon together. A mile
for each year with a pinch to grow on." A few hours ago, just after
dark: Mohican marathon done! <b> Elizabeth's first marathon. Her first
trail race. Indeed her first race</b>! And my garmin suggests it is her
first ultramarathon (we went off course a bit at one point)"</span><br />
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Shannon Fisher finished in 5,47 <br />
Des Cowie finished the marathon in 6.18<br />
Tim Simenc in 6.27<br />
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<b>50 Mile</b><br />
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Tara Schwietzer finished the 50 mile race in 13.30<br />
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Mark gets points for wearing his YUTC shirt!!!<br />
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Dave Peterman was 10th overall, in 22.22<br />
Paul Lefelhocz time was 28.12<br />
Roy Heger completed Mo again in 28.46<br />
Mark Anson finished his first Mohican 100 in 30.28<br />
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