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#29: in which piglet is entirely surrounded by water
i won outright! it rained and it rained and it rained: nonstop; sometimes a drizzle and sometimes a downpour. i had barely enough gear, which i am trying to dry somewhat before flying home. i finished in a little over 18 hours, which i predicted i could do in miserable weather if i knew i…
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#29 tomorrow! and looking back at rainy #28.
ouch! after a dry and sunny september and october, i was not hardened enough for the drenching cold rain of the salt creek 24 in late october. i completed 100 miles in just under 24 hours. i ran the 100 in around 18 hours and spent 6 hours at various points drying out inside a…
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gear update: thank you swain’s general store
with 4 more hats, 2 more excellent pairs of gloves, and 2 brand new waterproof running coats (and new coats seem to work much better than even used once or twice coats), i feel better prepared for an extreme drenching. 6 hats 4 pairs of waterproof thermal gloves 3 pairs of fleece mittens 5 rain…
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atmospheric river run tomorrow
here should be link for live results for the salt creek 24 hour race tomorrow (saturday 25 october): https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/143963/IndividualResult/2025#U32885705 my bib# is 22. because the course is a 1.4 mile loop, you should get updates frequently. my goal is a new 24 hour pr of 122 miles, which is i think 88 loops (my polar…
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100 miler #27: ultra fest, 20 sept 2025
never apologize, never explain proclaimed gertrude stein according to my father; chat gpt says stein never said this. that said, i think i had a stomach bug before and during the race, which slowed me down tremendously. my whole system felt better 2 days after the race, and my legs, which had taken a slower…
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tracking link and artistic vision for ultra fest 100 miler saturday 21 september 2025
here is a tracking link for live results for the race tomorrow: https://chronokeep.com/results/ultra-fest information is sparse. this may tell you my times and place as i pass through aid stations. or it may only tell you my results when i complete the 100 miles, hopefully before 10pm pst. the race starts at 6am saturday. i…
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looking ahead to 27 to 29 and back to 100 miler #25
i thrill to have 3 long challenges in the near future: #27 9/20. ultra fest 100 miler on same runnable trail as my june yeti 100. further east. no tunnel. no 21 mile gradual downhill followed by a 21 mile gradual uphill. goal a: sub 16. or a new pr sub 16:18 or 16:41. more…
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100 miler #26: yeti 100 washington
16:41:33 2 hours 10 minutes than last year. faster 100 miler in an official race. 2nd fastest 100 mile effort ever, fastest effort since 2021. 4th place (some other faster runners). this was the sort of result i feel i’ve been capable of but fallen short of in my finishes since april 2024, all of…
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tracking link for friday race and thanks for another article
i run the yeti 100 mile washington state edition on friday beginning at 7am at the hyak trailhead at snoqualmie pass. below is a link of sorts to keep tabs on my progress: https://my.raceresult.com/345832/participants i think that if you follow the link you don’t get to see dots moving on a map but instead get…
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