My friend Travis is running his first 100 mile race this weekend at McNaughton Trail in Pekin. Travis has been seriously running for only a couple of years. He started with a 5K and has since moved up quickly, running his first 50 miler last year.
To learn more about Travis, visit his blog here. He has also produced three podcasts about ultrarunning and what it takes to prepare for an ultra run.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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I think that Glade spritzer you put in Travis' drink damaged his sense of reason. Running 100 miles is crazy stupid. How long does he expect it will take him?
That is definitely crazy stupid. I followed Travis's blog for awhile, looks like he's changed URLs. I'll have to start reading again to why anyone would want accomplish such a daunting race.
BFS-
He is hoping to complete the race in 24 hours. It starts at noon on Saturday, so he'll be running throughout the night. I can't even imagine such a thing.
Shoo-
Yeah, he changed his url a while ago. Then he added the podcast page, as well.
Thanks for the plug John! Unfortunately I had to drop at 50 miles due to a foot injury, but I'll be back to try 100 again sometime in 2008.
BFS - "crazy stupid" is a bit harsh. I mean you not only took part of a Saturday to clean out a 6year old keyboard, but you also wrote about it. I think it's fair to say we might have differing opinions on what makes for a good weekend and that's fine people collect stamps too and I think that's pretty awful. to each their own.
Shoo- Becuase it's daunting, that's one reason. There's some mystery there that is exciting to find out. I know I can run 5, 10, 26.2, even 50. 100 is a new ball game where footwear, diet, sleep deprivation and other factors make it quite a chess match.
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