Sunmart 50K: Done!
Lots to say, but I'm too tired to say much at all!
I finished in what I believe will show a chip time of 7 hours, 15 minutes and 55 seconds. (I was hoping to slip under seven (7) hours, but it wasn't to be.)
And you know what? I could really care less.
I walked all of the uphills and ran steady for much of the level and downhill portions ... all the way to mile 28, where I power-walked things to the last mile, started to run again and was joined in the last quarter of a mile by my daughter, Waverly. (Which on a big race for me or her is a very emotional experience. That's "guy talk" for saying that I usually tear up or cry. I did when I saw her waiting for me ... even though Rick Cook told me ahead of time that she was waiting at the end of the trail.)
It was really a special experience in a year of running ups and downs. Why? Because I handicapped myself by running 16.4 miles on Wednesday and Thursday and having to fly home from Seattle - after driving down from Vancouver - in a middle seat on a 4-hour flight.
I'll blog more about it later, because there were so many people involved that I don't want to upset anyone and miss them.
One note that I had to add! Granted that he only ran 139.68 miles in 24 hours three weeks ago in Grapevine, Texas during the Ultracentric Run, I did finish ahead of 58-year-old Sheybogan, Wisconsin ultrarunning legend Roy Pirrung - and currently on the cover of GeezerJock magazine. Pirrung finished the 50K in 7:26:12. Seriously, I would have to imagine that Pirrung came up injured, but still decided to finish.
For those interested, I talked to Edwin Quarles tonight who is in Dallas to run the White Rock Marathon tomorrow morning and he was blessed with an excellent visit with his Mom in Lufkin. (Certainly keep all of the competitors in Dallas and Houston - at the 30K - in your prayers, but especially Edwin.)
I finished in what I believe will show a chip time of 7 hours, 15 minutes and 55 seconds. (I was hoping to slip under seven (7) hours, but it wasn't to be.)
And you know what? I could really care less.
I walked all of the uphills and ran steady for much of the level and downhill portions ... all the way to mile 28, where I power-walked things to the last mile, started to run again and was joined in the last quarter of a mile by my daughter, Waverly. (Which on a big race for me or her is a very emotional experience. That's "guy talk" for saying that I usually tear up or cry. I did when I saw her waiting for me ... even though Rick Cook told me ahead of time that she was waiting at the end of the trail.)
It was really a special experience in a year of running ups and downs. Why? Because I handicapped myself by running 16.4 miles on Wednesday and Thursday and having to fly home from Seattle - after driving down from Vancouver - in a middle seat on a 4-hour flight.
I'll blog more about it later, because there were so many people involved that I don't want to upset anyone and miss them.
One note that I had to add! Granted that he only ran 139.68 miles in 24 hours three weeks ago in Grapevine, Texas during the Ultracentric Run, I did finish ahead of 58-year-old Sheybogan, Wisconsin ultrarunning legend Roy Pirrung - and currently on the cover of GeezerJock magazine. Pirrung finished the 50K in 7:26:12. Seriously, I would have to imagine that Pirrung came up injured, but still decided to finish.
For those interested, I talked to Edwin Quarles tonight who is in Dallas to run the White Rock Marathon tomorrow morning and he was blessed with an excellent visit with his Mom in Lufkin. (Certainly keep all of the competitors in Dallas and Houston - at the 30K - in your prayers, but especially Edwin.)
posted by WalkSports.com | 3:04 AM
3 Comments:
congrats on the race and thanks for the phone call.
50k Sunmart. Great accomplishment Jon. And thanks, as always, for your race reporting.
Congrats you ULTRAmarathoner you!!! Way to go!
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