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3 Days of Syllamo - Stage Race Report (Read 377 times)
jlynnbob
...for Bernie
 posted: 4/18/2008 at 4:03 PM
Here is a report from a three day stage race I completed in Northern Arkansas last month. Short story, finished 50K stage on Friday, 50 Mile stage on Saturday, 20K stage on Sunday. Ran well, food/hydration was spot on, smiled almost the entire weekend. Slept in my truck each night witnessing the fury of electrical storms and thunder, rain and some hail. Race peeps were incredible, race course was phenominal!

Report WITH Pics for JK
"I was now a baby-burping, farting, too cold, too hot, not hungry-stripped to my core, a simple, frail consciousness." - R Claridge during '08 Leadville 100
Bonkin
Reboot
 posted: 4/30/2008 at 3:27 AM
Lynn,

That is the best race report, EVER!

Great job on the race. I'm going to pencil this one in for next year.
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Bloody Nipple
 posted: 4/30/2008 at 9:13 PM
3 days of ultra craziness? Dead And, you're not the only ultra nut who did this! Surprised

Thanks for sharing your report and giving me a Hi5 at Grasslands.
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mizSterious262
posted: 4/30/2008 at 10:56 PM
Really enjoyed your race report, and those beautiful photographs.

Congratulations!
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rvelich
Will it hold up in '09?
 posted: 5/1/2008 at 7:37 PM
Nice, Lynn! I really enjoy reading your reports, my friend. I can only imagine (right now) completing such a race, but I am intrigued. Well done on both the race and the report.

Your camping style harkens me back to my father and my early days of salmon fishing trips on Lake Michigan. He had a pair of bunk beds he had made in the back of his '78 Suburban which were quite comfy, some screen velcroed to the windows to allow for mosquito-less ventilation, and cooking on the tailgate on a Coleman stove. I don't recommend frozen Banquet fried chicken cooked in foil on a Coleman stove though. It made me ill. Great memories. Thanks.
Rick
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JakeKnight
posted: 5/2/2008 at 9:37 PM
Okay, comments and questions:

* Great report, great race!

* Where exactly is it? Arkansas isn't all that far from here, and I'm hungry to start joining you. That one sounds like a blast. I'm a little bummed about missing my first ultra this weekend (ahem), even though its probably a good thing for my poor legs. Reading your report, running vicariously through you, makes it a little better.

* As much as I like the pictures ... it wouldn't kill you to take a couple of your face, you know.

* What kind of camera do you use? Trent has a little one that works well, and I want something like it. Something small enough to stick in a very small pocket, good enough to take good pics, and tough enough to be dropped a few dozen times.

* Did I already say great report?

Wink

Thanks, Lynn.
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jlynnbob
...for Bernie
 posted: 5/2/2008 at 10:48 PM
Quote from JakeKnight on 5/2/2008 at 9:37 PM:
Okay, comments and questions:

* Great report, great race!

* Where exactly is it? Arkansas isn't all that far from here, and I'm hungry to start joining you. That one sounds like a blast. I'm a little bummed about missing my first ultra this weekend (ahem), even though its probably a good thing for my poor legs. Reading your report, running vicariously through you, makes it a little better.

* As much as I like the pictures ... it wouldn't kill you to take a couple of your face, you know.

* What kind of camera do you use? Trent has a little one that works well, and I want something like it. Something small enough to stick in a very small pocket, good enough to take good pics, and tough enough to be dropped a few dozen times.

* Did I already say great report?

Wink

Thanks, Lynn.



Where? Just to the left of this arrow, bout a hunnerd miles north of Little Rock. One guy said it was less than 2 hours from Memphis. There are some good races in Ark, Feb in the area where this 3 day race was held, March for this 3 day race, April for a 50K/50 Mile just outside of Little Rock and a hunnerd in Oct just outside of Little Rock.

My face?


Camera? See above, just below my "face"... It's been dropped, sweated on, rained on, etc. Sometimes it stops working, but has always come around to my way of thinking after a while... Casio Exilim

Thanks for the good words,
Lynn
"I was now a baby-burping, farting, too cold, too hot, not hungry-stripped to my core, a simple, frail consciousness." - R Claridge during '08 Leadville 100
JakeKnight
posted: 5/2/2008 at 11:04 PM
Nice map. Thanks. That can't be 4 hours from here. Meet you there next March? Do you ever repeat these things, or is it always onto the next newest thing?

And, uh, nice face.
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Sandi Sue
Our mantra here in AK
 posted: 5/2/2008 at 11:12 PM
Great Race Report JLynn. I have a question though. How do you build up your stamina to do such long haul runs? I looked at your running log and other than the races, I don't see you running over the top mileage. What's your strategy? Just wondering.
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