When I pulled together the information for my demographics post, it was primarily to see who would be able to finish. I had some ideas about who would be better able to finish this race and I have to say I’m a little surprised at how wrong I was on several many all of them.…
2017 Eastern States 100 Race Report
Easier doesn’t mean easy. The cooler temperatures just about doubled the finisher rate (59% vs. 34%), however it didn’t feel that much easier that last year. The website has an overly detailed course description, however it does a poor job of adequately explaining how difficult the trails are (i.e. there are exactly 3 runnable sections…
Eastern States Buckle(s)
Added a second ES100 buckle to my collection last weekend – total time 33:29:31.
2017 Eastern States 100 Preview
I’m in the front row of a roller coaster heading up the first climb. This isn’t one of those newfangled metal constructions though, but an old school one. I can hear the wood creaking as we gain altitude and . . . yes, I think the track is even swaying a bit in the breeze. …
2017 ES100 Participant Demographics
So who’s running Eastern States this year? I was curious what type of person would sign up for the race so pulled together the below numbers. Huge honkin’ disclaimer: these numbers were pulled from Ultrasignup and while they are very accurate for US races, they don’t have a lot on international races. Also, some runners…
My 100-Miler Ranks
I’ve done six different 100s over the past couple years. No race is exactly the same and since everyone looks for something different when choosing races, I thought I would give you my ranks in various categories. Disclaimer: These are my own personal opinions based on how I remember them over the past 2 years. …
Eastern States Maintaining Update
I’ve called my last two training cycles “maintaining” cycles for the reason that I didn’t feel what I was doing was actually training. In training, you steadily add stress and training load to your body in the hopes that you get stronger before you reach the point of injuring yourself. Each of my last two cycles…
2017 Eastern States 100 Training Plan
I’m 59 days out from ES100 so I guess it’s time I came up with a training plan. The good news is that Old Dominion proved that I’m in the best 100 mile shape of my life. Granted, I’ve only been doing these for a little over 2 years now (boy, 2015 C&O 100 seems…
Eastern States 100: Odds and Ends
You would think I a 3100 word race report would be enough to cover all the details of a race. Normally, it would however there were many things that I ended up leaving out. In no particular order: Race organization. I can’t say enough about how well run this race was. The aid stations were…
Eastern States 100 Mile Race Report
Hard. So hard. I don’t have the eloquence to properly describe the difficulty of this race. Yes, there was a lot of vertical gain/loss over the 102.9 miles. Yes, it was hot (90s) and humid. And yes, the trails were highly technical even for Rocksylvania. The latter is what really took me by surprise. I…