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Post by richcheese on Apr 6, 2008 12:40:40 GMT -5
I'm just back from Umstead. Not back to Atlanta, but at least back to a computer. Brief notes (more to come later): Matt Silva, 5th place overall - his first 100 miler! Saw 10 - 12 GUTS folks, most running, some supporting. I paced two different non-GUTS people. One to a 50 mile finish and another to a 100 mile finish. Thank goodness neither one wanted to run too much. Time on feet, 9 1/2 hours. No official results at this time. Check here later: umstead100.org/Photos and more details to follow.
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Post by colonel on Apr 6, 2008 15:52:28 GMT -5
Wow!! Great job Matt!! Kudos!
Rich ... 9 1/2 hours! You deserve a "Wow!" too! I'm sure those runners appreciated your excellent support!
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Post by Sally on Apr 6, 2008 18:01:58 GMT -5
Very cool Matt!!! I knew you would finish.....5th place is awesome!
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Post by slwrunner on Apr 6, 2008 18:47:15 GMT -5
Fifth is that the best you could do...........J/K ;D
Great job!!
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Post by richcheese on Apr 7, 2008 20:45:31 GMT -5
More pacing details: At Umstead, after 5 laps, or 6:00 p.m. (whichever comes first) pacers are allowed. If a entrant didn't bring their own pacer, there were pacers waiting at the pacer desk. Pacers waited in the "pacing pool" to be matched with entrants. With lots of rain in the forecast, pacers were in high demand. First pace assignment: 116 19:51:02 Turrentine, Luanne 58 VA F THE last 50 mile finisher. You just can't beat hanging in there, rarely stopping and always moving until you're done. Luanne got some mild ribbing for being on course with an umbrella. (Yes, it's possible to stand out, even in an ultra crowd.) We never got any lightening, so the umbrella was never an issue. Besides no one was drier. Second pace assignment: 90 28:48:12 Belilgne, Admas 54 NY F Admas had run most of her first 50 miles and then progressively slowed down. She had walked most, perhaps all, of her 7th lap while battling stomach issues. I was given a baggie of potato chips and instructions to administer one every half a mile. After the first few, she decided that the chips were too oily. (Perhaps part of her stomach problem.) We tried a few other items as we went. Nothing seemed appealing, so most of her last lap was done on liquids alone. At the very first, I was worried about finishing within the cutoff, but after the first mile or so, we started making plans for a sub 29:00 finish. With higher spirits as we cleared her last aid station, she even brought out some limited downhill running. Admas went home with a shiny new Umstead pendant...
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Post by janice on Apr 7, 2008 21:44:50 GMT -5
Wow, awesome job Matt!! i can't wait to hear more details
good job richcheese on your pacing efforts. you got in quite a lot of running too. i hope you and Max had a good trip
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Post by richcheese on Apr 8, 2008 0:18:45 GMT -5
Photos: picasaweb.google.com/470068/2008Umstead100MileEnduranceRun?authkey=NdTc2aFy6PgAnd selected (preliminary) results: 2008 Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run Preliminary Order at 50.00 Miles -- 50 mile finishers Pos Elapsed Time Name Age ST Sex 1 7:02:40 Kirk, Matt 27 NC M 2 7:46:09 Eckert, Jim 37 ME M 3 8:02:42 Shelfer, Drew 33 NC M 4 8:08:30 Johncock, Bill 43 NC M 5 8:15:18 Pastore, Mike 52 SC M 6 8:15:50 McDermott, Jack 39 FL M 27 10:25:23 Prescott, Walt 54 GA M 28 10:26:42 Turrentine, William 59 VA M 35 10:37:58 Barker, Al 62 GA M 36 10:38:56 Velazco, Andy 60 GA M 47 11:17:29 Vogel, Lane 31 GA M 53 11:25:07 Vogel, Jennifer 26 GA F 63 11:50:49 Edwards, Andrew 36 AL M 92 13:11:05 Mustari, Michael 59 GA M 105 14:11:07 Davis, Winston 57 GA M 116 19:51:02 Turrentine, Luanne 58 VA F 2008 Umstead 100 Mile Preliminary Runner Order -- Finishers Pos Elapsed Time Name Age ST Sex 1 15:53:09 Arbona, Serge 43 MD M 2 16:21:10 Donaldson, Jamie 33 CO F (* New Course Record for Females) 3 17:05:03 Rose, Dan 31 DC M 4 19:18:37 Burns, William F 38 NC M 5 19:19:27 Silva, Matt 31 GA M 21 22:31:43 Ludwig, Scott 53 GA M 39 23:50:44 Lowery, Chris 46 GA M 58 26:35:40 Krolewicz, Ray 53 SC M 77 28:07:58 Donnelly, Susan 45 TN F 78 28:07:59 Apple, Rob 46 TN M 90 28:48:12 Belilgne, Admas 54 NY F 101 29:37:38 Rentz, Anne 55 GA F
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Post by lucinda on Apr 8, 2008 18:29:53 GMT -5
Matt,
That is really amazing. Congrats!
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Post by atlantatrailsdave on Apr 8, 2008 19:54:00 GMT -5
very impressive...CONGRATULATIONS!
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Post by richcheese on Apr 10, 2008 10:57:20 GMT -5
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Post by colonel on Apr 10, 2008 13:49:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the link! and another big WOW! on Matt's preformance. From Mile 50 on, he was steadily moving up the leaderboard! Heck, if the race had been a couple of laps longer he would have won the thing!
Great job Matt!
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Post by Sally on Apr 10, 2008 14:55:41 GMT -5
Lets not forget about all the other GUTS members who ran and did awesome. Congrats to Anne Rentz on her first 100 finish!
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Post by mateoloco on Apr 11, 2008 9:43:03 GMT -5
First of all, congrats to all the GUTS people who were at Umstead. It was great to see familiar faces on the course.
What follows are some rambling, disjointed thoughts about my race at Umstead. The pervading feeling is disbelief and puzzlement.
To put the Umstead 100-mile race in perspective, look at my weekly mileage since Hellgate: 4, 0, 0, 27 (Fat Ass), 30, 0, 31 (Mist), 0, 15?, 20? (high estimates), 31 (Cheaha), 0, 30, 10, 33 (Oak Mtn), 0, 8. That’s a lot of zeroes and nothing over 33, and that’s only because the Oak Mtn. course is long. I started having major IT band issues in between Fat Ass and Mist and I still haven’t recovered.
I can’t explain it. I can’t even fathom it. I almost didn’t bother going, and I wouldn’t have if it weren’t for Donald Brown. I had been planning on only running 50, but thought there was an outside chance of going the full 100. I wanted to finish in under 24 hours, but didn’t really think I had much of a shot at that. I planned on walking, if not all, of the final 50, if I even got that far.
I’d say that the worst that I felt was between miles 18 and 28. I never really hit the wall or felt excessively fatigued. I kept waiting to bonk but I never did. Maybe it was the 18 ibuprofen I took during the 19 ½ hours. I definitely could have kept going at the end of the race. I was even thinking about pacing someone else after I finished. If I hadn’t have to have driven back the next day I may have. In fact, I did run one extra mile on the fourth loop. I turned left when I should have turned right. I was still on the course, but going in the wrong direction. Once I saw the mile 4 marker I turned around and retraced my steps. This explains why my lap 4 time is my slowest. Had I not made a wrong turn I would have finished fourth, and I proclaimed myself the 101 mile winner.
Here are my lap splits: 2:10, 2:19, 2:25, 2:37 (2:27 adjusted for wrong turn), 2:23, 2:29, 2:36, 2:20. My 51 mile split was 9:31 and I ran miles 51 to 101 in 9:48. I ran more of the course in my last lap than in any other lap, even running a few sub-10-minute miles (the 12.5 mile loop had mile markers). It got dark near the end of the sixth loop. But the course was such that running at night was only very slightly slower, mostly due to runners with lights running towards me (due to the nature of the course).
As I ran further, I began to reevaluate my goals. Halfway through the fourth loop, I realized that I was well under 24 hour pace (the race director recommended running 10-10:40 for the first half in order to break 24). I had planned to pick up a pacer at 50 miles but I was feeling so good I decided to postpone it a lap. I asked for one before loop six but was told that none would be there for 15 minutes, so I left without any disappointment. A few minutes into my loop a guy (Tommy Neeson) who had overheard me asking for a pacer ran up and said that he would pace me for the last three laps. His support and encouragement were invaluable.
I will try to put these thoughts together more coherently and write up a race report, but for now, this will have to do. Thanks for all the nice things people have already posted. I thought of many of you while I was out on the course.
Matt
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Post by colonel on Apr 11, 2008 13:24:52 GMT -5
Lets not forget about all the other GUTS members who ran ... Doesn't the GUTS Constitution state that the duties of the Vice President include casting the deciding vote to break a tie in the Senate; and to make sure that the membership is fully aware of all fellow members participating in 100 mile races? Well, better late than never .... Anne - I'm sorry that the VP did not get the word out sooner! Congrats on a great run! Matt - I'm looking forward to picking your brain for tips!
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Post by gitagoing on Apr 11, 2008 15:26:59 GMT -5
Colonel it's talent and work no tips or majic wands, keep looking for those coins and recycle objects and yard sale items on those distant training runs. If you collect enough you may be prepared for 100m on the Pinhoti hills. The proof will be Race day!!!! ;D Pray gitagoing gets it right. Cause I really want to spend a day and night in the woods with my running friends.
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Post by lucinda on Apr 15, 2008 4:33:54 GMT -5
I started having major IT band issues in between Fat Ass and Mist and I still haven’t recovered. Matt, What have you been doing to treat your ITB issue? I encountered my first ITB problem two weeks ago today. I've been seeing Josh Glass about it and apparently it's not really, really bad, but it does kick in for me after about 25 miles (even though I take Advil every half hour and use a compression strap during runs). I've been icing, stretching and foam rolling. How are you getting it under control, especially during long runs and races? Anyone else have ideas for me? Cheers, Lucinda
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Post by slwrunner on Apr 15, 2008 4:41:41 GMT -5
Hey Lucinda, I had some issues with my IT band awhile back. I would suggest doing some stretches and some basic strengthing exercises.... I did these standing on a chair with one leg at the edge and one leg off.
Strengthening the external hip rotators may also help reduce the risk of IT Band injuries. One simple exercise is performing sets of one-leg squats in front of a mirror. Make sure your pelvis does not drop on one side.
Good luck!!
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Post by mateoloco on Apr 15, 2008 18:47:53 GMT -5
I haven't really been doing anything consistently, which is why my mileage has fluctuated so dramatically. My ITB was caused (I think) by tight glutes, which led to tight hips, which led to my ITB (which is now going down my leg to my peroneal tendon in my foot).
My ITB hurt after 15 minutes at Umstead, but it gradually went away I took 3 ibuprofen before the race, then 3 more each at 3, 7, 10, 14, and 17 hours, for a total of 18 ibuprofen. In the future I plan to try to get by on fewer ibuprofen.
I plan to start doing core strength training 3 x per week, focusing on my glutes, hips, and groin (I am following the exercise plan in _Core Performance Endurance_ by Mark Verstegen. I also plan to stretch much more consistently, doing AIS (Active Isolated Stretching), and self-massage with a foam roller. I am also planning on building up my base by running more consistently (4-5 days per week) but without many long runs (at least one long run/race per month).
I looked for results of the Harbison Forest 50K to see how it went but I couldn't find any results. Congratulations to Lucinda on attempting (and I assume completing) her first Ultra! How was it? Write a race report!
Matt
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Post by lucinda on Apr 15, 2008 22:04:53 GMT -5
Matt and Tony, Thanks for the info! As for Harbinson Forest, I gave it my best shot and was happy with my performance. My intention was to complete as much of the race as I could before my ITB started hurting. I told myself that, at that point, I would stop no matter what. I made it 26 miles before stopping. I didn't want to risk trashing it. The weather was fantastic and it was a wonderful course. Not too hilly, just nice rolling hills although a bit sandy. Terri Hayes is a fantastic RD. I'm hoping I can race the Buncombe Trail in a few of weeks. I'm chalking up the Harbison as a training run for Buncombe, provided my ITB cooperates. The race results are here: www.ultrasontrails.com/HarbisonResults.html. Congratulations to Michael for a great race! I finally met another GUTS person! Cheers, Lucinda
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Post by TheVogels on Apr 20, 2008 14:15:36 GMT -5
Once again Matt, Awsome running out there, everytime I saw you it was like a bolt of lighting in blue! Hopefully next year you will win- I will hit Serg in the knees if I need to. Next year as for myself I will take a pacer and actually finish the full 100, though I had a good 75 with the exception of the mind screwing dark and rain. Look forward to hitting the Keys 100 to make up for the Umstead run. Just another though I was told Umstead was a flat run? Not so... fun though! Lane
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