Self anointed title
Put your 2013 races in here.
Jan
12/01 - Purdey - Country to Capital 45 mi, London, UK.
12/01 - WrigleyGirl - Bandera 100k Bandera, TX. On her birthday. Woop.
xx/01 - HoosierDaddy - Phoenix RnR Marathon
Feb
02/02 - Purdey - Thames Path 50 mi, UK.
02/02 - JohnnyDx - Thames Path 50 mi, UK.
02/02 - bhearn - Rocky Raccoon 100
09/02 - TeaOlive - Delirium 24 Hour Bluffton, SC
09/02 - Perfesser -Delirium 24 Hour Bluffton, SC
??/02 - HoosierDaddy - Moab Red Hot 55k
Mar
02/03 - WrigleyGirl - Carl Touchstone Memorial 50k Laurel, MS
23/03 - WrigleyGirl - New Jersey Ultra Festival 100k Augusta, NJ
Apr
06/04 - TeaOlive - Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run Raleigh, NC
13/04 - RichardC - Zumbro 50 Mile
15/04 - joldfather - Boston Marathon
27/04 - Purdey - Crawley 12hr track race - Crawley, UK
28/04 - joldfather - Big Sur Marathon
??/04 - HoosierDaddy - Zane Grey 50m
May
18/05 - RichardC - Superior 50K
??/05 - Flatfooter - Ice Age 50
25-26/05 - Purdey - Grand Union Canal Race 145 mi, Birmingham to London, UK
25-26/05 - WrigleyGirl - Grand Union Canal Race 145 mile Birmingham to London, UK (To get to spend time with Purdey)
05/25-27 - fatozzig - Western States 3-Day Training Run
Jun
01/06 - RichardC - Kettle 100K
Jul
July - fatozzig - Mt. Hood 50
Aug
12/08 - Purdey - Salisbury Trail 50k - Wiltshire, UK.
Sep
06/09 - RichardC - Sawtooth 100M
date tbc - Purdey - Sri Chinmoy 24hr track race - London, UK
Sept - fatozzig - Headlands 50
14/09 - WrigleyGirl - Bismarck Marathon Bismark, ND
Oct
26/10 - WrigleyGirl - 24 the Hard Way Oklahoma City, OK
Nov
Dec
29/12 - RichardC - Tuscobia 75M
old woman w/hobby
2/9 TeaOlive Delirium 24 Hour Endurance Run Bluffton, SC
4/6 TeaOlive Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run Raleigh, NC
steph
You Mercans use a funny format - so 2/9 means 9th of Feb doesn't it? Or does it mean 2nd of Sep?
Oops sorry bout that.
Yes, Feb. 9 and April 6
Purdy is excited about 2013 ...
I have made no decisions about 2013 ...
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Yep. The series of races leads to another attempt at 24hrs in Sep 2013.
Or just run the Grand Union Canal race in < 24 hours ...
That is basically why my 2013 is in flux. I am giving the 24 one last shot in December 2012. If I make the US Team, I will follow one path for 2013. If I do not, I will follow another path.
Either way I will put my name in the Lottery for Western States
The other races I really want to do: Big Horn 100 (Some day), Superior 100, Kettle Moraine 100, Zumbro 100M, Mad City 100k. But the 24 is a mean slave master and does not like to share with 100s.
The King of Beasts
Big Horn 100
I dont have a good reason but that race is on my list - but probably not for 2013
Not sure about 2013 but I know I want to take a crack at my marathon PR.
"As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, And I've learned much from both of their styles." ~ Jimmy Buffett
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."”
Should get that bitch over early, so you can focus on longer stuff ... I have you penciled in for Superior 100 as you again say FU to Leadville.
Maybe Houston in January - Get the PR done ...
I am not sure what draws me to Big Horn? It looks real nice ....
I dont have a good reason but that race is on my list - but probably not for 2013 Not sure about 2013 but I know I want to take a crack at my marathon PR.
Kalsarikännit
1/12 Bandera 100k Bandera, TX (They are holding my very, very, very favorite race on my birthday! What a present!)
3/2 Carl Touchstone Memorial 50k Laurel, MS
3/23 New Jersey Ultra Festival 100k Augusta, NJ (I finally get to drink with race for Hasher Rick. We should make it a RA party.)
5/25 Grand Union Canal Race 145 mile Birmingham to London, UK (See what I will do to get to spend time with Purdey?)
9/14 (or 21?) Bismarck Marathon Bismark, ND (Gonna try to run a fast marathon. Dummy.)
10/26 24 the Hard Way Oklahoma City, OK
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
I'd really like to do Ice Age 50 again, maybe take a shot at sub 7. That's usually the 2nd Saturday in May. This is my top race priority for next year.
I also have promised myself I will do my first 100 next year, but if I want to race Ice Age all out, it rules out racing 100 at least 2 months before and probably 1 month after. So still gotta decide what to do for this...
Maybe Ice Breakers Marathon in January, just to try for a sub 3 for the year.
Course record is 25:37 by Pat Robbins who ran well for GB in the recent World 24hr Champs - sub 24 would be a truly world class performance... And it certainly won't come from me!!!!
MTA: Just checked some old results and I beat Pat Robbins in a trail 50k in 2010 (Purdey 3:39 vs Robbins 4:12 - not that that means anything at all as he was probably just using it as a training run, and I was racing it - and it is not a good indicator of how fast you can run 145 miles......)
http://www.salisburyfirestation.info/download/54321%202010/Salisbury%2054321%20Trails%20Results.pdf
Rocky Racoon, Huntsville TX, 40 mi (pacing my friend through her first 100mi)
Imminent Catastrophe
Feb 9/10 Delirium Ultra 24 Hour Bluffton, SC (see ya TeaOlive)
Apr 15 Boston Marathon
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
√ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015
Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016
Western States 100 June 2016
April 15 - Boston Marathon
April 28 - Big Sur Marathon