Prince of Fatness
And he is a masters runner.
Our own Dopple Bock ran roughly 154 miles in 24 hours and finished 12th overall. That's almost 6 4-hour marathons. IN A ROW. His last 5K was run in under 23 minutes!
Awesome.
Check out the thread started for him in the general forums. Click.
WAY TO GO DB!
Not at it at all.
His last two laps were the fastest two laps of the entire race. Amazing.
Another amazing fact is he logged over 900 miles in training for this during the month of March. That's over 30 miles every single day. I need a nap.
Congratulations Doople Bock/Flounder/Mike for your Team Bronze and 12th overall.
Bill
"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong
Another amazing fact is he logged over 900 miles in training for this during the month of March.
And then there is this. Note where this was run, for how long, and the comments. Whoa.
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Runners run
better to cut it short at 53.
oh wow.
I just pulled up the results first thing this a.m. and my jaw dropped when I saw he ended up 12th place and 2nd American behind Jurek! Amazing!!
any bets on who's going to offer him sponsorships?
I'm blown away!
Tammy
Wow!!!
TomS
Carolyn
I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.
A 53-mile LR . . . . . on a treadmill?????? Ho-lee crap!!!! Congratulations, DB!!!!
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Trail Runner Nation
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Bare Performance
Being a lowly, somewhat normal human being, I can't fathom putting in that kind of training mileage, or completing a race that long, especially with that kind of speed at the end. I think my body parts would start to crumble off in little pieces, littering the course until there was just a little pile of me left to be swept up after everyone else had gone by. But that's just me... DB is an amazing athlete, and I am happy to join everyone else here in congratulating him on an amazing and outstanding race!!
Jay
Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.
In some of the clips I watched his posture looked great, whereas every one else was slumped over.
Jaw-dropping performance.
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
MM #7877
Philippians 4:13.
MM#1869
"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."
Flounder wears a red cape and has a big S on his chest.
....I cannot argue with that statement...........Great Running......
..nothing takes the place of persistence.....