My apologies for the Delay in this weeks race results! The wait was worth it. As ALWAYS MDRC CRUSHED IT!!
The Week Started with Beau Atwater running a local 5 miler. He want through plenty of crap during this race (maybe even literally) BUT came out on top and like ALWAYS WON his AG and age graded result! Week in and week out this guy gets it done!
Nicholas Forde Races the Ultra trail Lavaredo finishing in 27 hours and having an AMAZING race Pr'ing through 100k!!! He is so strong right now
Michael Lawson Raced the Mare Island Half marathon this weekend finishing it in 1:36. Course was actually longer than a half and was mostly trail! HE DESTROYS it finishing 3rd OVERALL!!!
Jason Hammel decided last minute to take a drive down to the LONESTAR state and crush souls over a trail 15k running 1:20!! So impressive as he went into the race with 30 miles already in his legs. This is going to be so good for longer term development as he just keeps getting stronger!!
Vilppu Huomo Took on the Aulanko Tower Trail 22 km Race as a good training run this weekend having a blast and crushing vert on an AWESOME trail!!
Kunal Yadav Raced 100k After dealing with a knee injury over the previous weeks. He got healthy enough just in time to CRUSH IT in just over 18 hours finishing in 21st out of 450 runners!! To be cruel I had him do a 90 min run the day after in prep for his 100 miler coming up...he Owned that run as well!!
Justin Brueggemann took on the Black Hills 100 this weekend! After flying through 40 miles he suffered some severe dehydration and was forced to pull out by medical staff. I am certain he is going to come back stronger and ready to rock!
Only because many of you were asking: I ran Western States this weekend and took 4th place. It was an experience of a lifetime. Many things went wrong and many things went right...thats what 100 milers are all about! One thing for certain is I had one of the best crews out there and my wife and MDRC runner Lauren Daniels was the most unbelievable support beam I could ask for! She took time away from her own training for the Olympic trails to be out there with me all weekend, scrap me up off the trail and give me that sweet kick in the ass when needed to finish something I have set my eyes on for a while. I know i've told you already but thank you so much. I love you.
AMAZING weekend as always. There were so many great race performances but I think what I was most impressed with was going through all the logs today and seeing how UNBELIEVABLE everyone trained this weekend...HOLY SMOKES! The world has no idea what is going to hit them in the face over the coming weeks! Also wanted to thank all the MDRC athletes who came out to support me during the race this weekend. It was so awesome getting to put faces to names and to see others out on the course. You all were a bright light of inspiration If you have any pictures from the weekend please post them! I will try to get the ones taken at the finish of us from my dad over the coming days!
Great Work out there everyone, remember on any bad run/race, you went out and did something, which is amazing on its own, if you also get something positive out of it like, "next time I am gonna do this or that different", even better and if you pull motivation out of a bad day, no one can stop you and you've won anyway
MDRC had our own firework show during the 4th of July weekend!!!!
Garrett Gardner Runs his first ever Ultra going after the 50k distance on a course with 6,000 ft of vert and at altitude. The dude runs 4:44 Breaks the course record by 38 minutes and takes 1st place OA!!!!!
Joe Miller Raced the Cry me a River 55k with 6,000ft of gain and checks of ANOTHER 1st place OA!!!! Running an unbelievable time of 5:40 on a tough course with LOADS of heat and humidity!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger Races a 50k This weekend Coming only 3 min off her PR on a TOUGH rocky course taking 1st in AG and 3rd FEMALE OA!!! She ran 5:27...best park is..her last mile was her fastest!! The possibilities with what she can run is scary!!
Doug Fontaine Runs his longest race yet The Dirty Dozen 6 hr! He has had an amazing year so far and continues it with this race taking a Tie in 4th place OA and 1st in his AG!!! in fact he was the first guy that wasnt in his 20's or 30's...STRONG day for Doug!!
Chad Bruce Takes on the Angeles National Forest 60k! TOUGH TOUGH course...didnt stop him though as he had strict instructions to just run chill and moderate...his chill and moderate though is so good!! He ran 1 hr and 13 minutes faster than last year on this course and took 18th place OA!! Perfect example of just sticking to the schedule day in and day out and making it happen!!
Andrea Soderin HEAVY in the middle of marathon training drops down to run a 5k on the 4th for some training...SHE CRUSHED IT running 21 min and taking 1st in her AG and I believe setting a new PR for 5k!! She is scary fit so cant wait to see how her Marathon goes!
Martin Criminale comes back after Broken Arrow and runs the Needles 50k..Extremely difficult course Running a new course PR!! Results are not out yet but we think he won his AG and was top 10! if not it was close!!
Sean Patton Ran the Firecracker 4 miler as a "tempo" this week crushing it 40 seconds faster than last year!! and PRing in the last KM and the last 2 miles which where net uphill!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Took on the Disney Castaway 5k this week Running a NEW PR of 29 minutes!! Pretty amazing for being on a cruise ship on holiday!!
Alex Barkley drops WAAAAYYYY down in distance taking on a Road mile in Flagstaff AZ this week. racing a mile at almost 8,000ft elevation can be challenging but not for him! He ran 4:57 in the middle of a BIG training week!!
David Lam Races for the first time in a while after being out with injury. Keeping it chill and relaxed with the game plan for this ...What does he do?? Snags a PR!! with that being a chill effort it makes me excited whats to come this fall!
Camille Messer Keeps her Racing at extreme elevations streak alive as she took on the Leadville Silver Rush 50 miler in prep for the Leadville 100 coming up! She continues to get better and better!! She ran 12 hours Snagging a 50k best effort in the process!! Her mile splits were so consistent and every video/picture I saw of her she was running with so much joy, love and with a smile!!! A coach cant ask for anything more from an athlete!
Jeff Divine Was also out in Leadville taking on the 15 miler he Crushed it in 3 hours! Jeff is new to MDRC and the future looks bright!!!
Josh Ferguson Ran the Cacapon 12-Hour Challenge. He has been battling a little shin injury over the past few weeks. He was in 1st place OA before pulling out and making the right call with shin pain at 40 miles. He has a big 100k coming up that he is fit and ready for so he played it very smart!!
This was one of the most impressive weekends in MDRC history! It is proof of all the hardwork put in by everyone. When you have one collective group crushing it week in and week out it allows for continued success. Great job everyone!! Also a reminder that with the hot and humid wether all over the world right now please keep the efforts more on the easier side. Your body knows stress and trust me it is getting worked much more than it you think in these conditions.
As always if I left anyone out please let me know and I am so sorry in advance!!
Jason Hammel Ran the Team Dirt and Vert Erwin 46k(actually about 29 miles)!! HE WON!! crushing this course in a little over 5 hours! Amazing work considering just a few months ago he was out with a big injury and not running at all!! Consistency and dedication to his schedule paid off as everything is clicking once again!
Ehrik Aldana Races for the first time in a while this weekend taking on the Across the Bay 12k in SF. He ran 47 min and snagged pr's in the 2 mile, 5k, and 10k all on route to finishing!!!!
Laurel DeVore is Brand Spanking new to MDRC.. her first race brought a whole new level of Bad ASS to our team as she raced the Silverton Alpine 8 miler...This whole race is above 9,000ft elevation and she clicked off some amazing splits taking 3rd Female OA!!!! Can not wait to see whats to come from her!
Malaina Collins Raced The Peak 50k. This race is a monster with 7,000ft of vert technical rocky trail and Extreme heat!! Being the bad ass Marine Veteran that she is she crushed it and ran 8 hours taking 2nd in her AG and 9th Female OA!!! For just starting ultra running she is building quite the resume!
Paul Booth Took on the Dolomyths Sellaronda Ultra Trail race. This race is what you expect for Euro Mountain racing...12,000+ft of vert in 37 miles....WHAT?! Anyways that didnt Bother Paul as he takes 27th OA in a HIGHLY competitive field!!
Paul Cothenet Raced the SOB 100k with a HUGE effort. If anyone hasn't seen this course before...its tough! 11,000ft of vert with a finishing climb that will make anyone want to go home and cry to mommy. Paul of course ran amazing and consistent finishing in 13hr 48 min!!
Jasha Reynolds Also raced the SOB 100k finishing in a little over 14 hours BUT....he decided to misread a sign and add on 5 bonus miles!!! so 66 miles in 14 hours on that course tells me one thing...HOLY COW HE IS FIT!! Overall Jasha had an amazing day and is ready for 100 miles.
Joe Miller Raced the Power of Four 50k! This is one of the hardest 50k's in the US and he crushed it finishing 17th in 6 hr 52 min and a SUPER competitive field!! Just for reference here is the elevation gain in the first 3 miles of this race...mile 1 :1,100 ft mile 2: 1,200ft mile 3: 700ft
Richard Dart Also ran the Power of Four 50k with strict instructions to keep it under control and fun with his Leadville 100 coming up! Even with a chill effort he slipped into the top 20 finishing in just hour 7 hours!! This guy was born to be in the mountains..leadville is going to be awesome!!
Amazing weekend of racing and training! As always if I left any results out please let me know!! Keep up all the incredible running!!!
Jordan Broghammer Ran the Palmer Lake Marathon this weekend Taking 2nd place OA and running the 3rd fastest time on the course of all time!!!
Thom Knowles Raced TWICE this weekend. Saturday he ran the NCCWMA 5k on the track taking 2nd place OA in 17:01!!!! He came back Sunday and followed up with another 2nd place OA finish at the NCCWMA 8k cross country race in a time of 28:52!! He has now run a trail race, a cross country race, a road race and a track race all in the last 6 weeks!
Alex Barkley Ran the 25k out at Speedgoat cruising to 4th place OA finish on a course that is unforgiving with high altitude technical terrain and a ton of vert!!
Jeremy Rampon Took on the PCTR Pacifica 50k Finishing 5th OA and 3rd in his AG!! This was an amazing performance on a course of 8,000 ft of vertical gain!!
At the speedgoat 50k Kritty Levorson, Justen Ortiz, and Jason Edwards all had amazing races Overcoming one of the hardest 50k courses in the world! Justen Took two hours off his time for last year running 8 hours 20 min. Kristy ran an unreal time of 10:50(in the middle of leadville training) and Jason cruising to a 9:38 finish. Three incredible performances!!
Cameron Wiggin Ran in the 12 hour Chase the Moon event completing 37 miles in 8 hours!! Amazing performance for Cameron who has a lights out work schedule and has found the time to put in an amazing training block for this event!!
Jorge Vivanco traveled from Canada to Switzerland for the Eiger Ultra trail race! This is up in the top 20 of one of the hardest mountain races on the planet! Jorge Gave it all and had an awesome day getting to experience this historic race. Congrats Jorge!!!
Sean Patton Ran Presque Isle Half marathon finishing in 1:54 overcoming some serious stomach illness that kept him from feeling anything remotely close to ideal. Way to stick it out and accomplish a finish Sean!!
So proud of everyone! The brutal heat waves everywhere is definitely making training and racing challenging BUT everyone is overcoming it and doing AMAZING!
Joe Miller WINS the Burning River 100 miler in 17 hrs 25 min!!!! He ran so smart starting out back in 10th place and working his way up..Once he hit a fast runnable section of this course it was all over. He ran his last 5 miles in under 39 minutes!!!
Andrea Soderin Gets her BQ by running a 6 minute PR of 3:29 at the Jack n Jill Marathon this weekend!! She has been training so hard all year long for this..the best part of all of this is she got a puppy a while back and before even qualifying decided to name the Puppy BOSTON...HOW FITTING!!
Martin Malherbe Raced a 20k this weekend during UTMB training..with a tempo effort he WON by 6 min running 1:27. Best part is the following day I had him do a 30k run and he crushed that too! He is so fit and ready!!
Ehrik Aldana Ran the San Fran Half coming in with a new PR of 1:24!!! He executed this race just as we discussed and kept it relatively chill until after 10k and then unleashed an amazing effort!
Michael Lawson Took on the Full Marathon out in San Fran for his Marathon debut he went for it and boy did it pay off!! he came in running 3:22 for his first ever marathon!! Unreal performance!
Nathan Johnson Raced a half marathon this weekend running a PR of 1:57!! Thats not all though..He PRed in the 5k and the 10k en-route! Great training with a big race on the horizon!
Thom Knowles Raced the Escarpment trail run just for fun this weekend. He started in the second wave to make sure he didnt run too hard as this was not the goal. He still crushed it finishing 9th over all and 3rd Masters!!
Chris Brown Raced in the weekly Portland Trail series this week running the 5 mile race in 37:54 finishing 15th place OA!! That isn't it though..He then came back to run the Wy'east Howl 50k over the weekend finishing in a stellar time of 6:28 and placing 25th OA!!
Jason Nicolai Raced Elk Valley 50k (super tough race) Finishing 17th in 7:20 and then coming back the next day for a 3.5 hour mountain run!! Excellent UTMB training..This guy is ready!!
Pramod Thangali Ran the Half marathon at San Fran as well Overcoming some very bad cramping issues he finished in a great time of 2:06!!!
Filsan Abdiaman Was part of a 50k Relay team this weekend. Her leg was 28k and she crushed it!! Excited for whats to come!
Another incredible weekend from everyone!! As always let me know if I missed any results
Benjamin Willis HAD A DAY! He went out and ran the Crystal Springs 50k. Despite falling 4 times and having to take the time at an aid station to get bandaged up he CRUSHED IT coming in 3rd OA!!!
Ehrik Aldana Raced the Skyline 50k this weekend Running an unbelievable 4:35 Taking 16th OA and 3rd in his competitive AG!! He PRed by 40 minutes!!!
Andrew Woolman Also Raced in the Skyline 50k running 5:34!! He took off 44 minutes from last year!! Crazy good shape!
Steven Brown competed in the Eagle Creek Trail Marathon running 4 hours flat and setting new PR by 15 minutes!! What a way to start the weekend off!
Jennifer Brackett Raced a trail 30k this weekend running 3 hours 47 min and finishing 2nd in her AG!! No taper for this race as she had a HUGE week of training!
Angie Woolman Went out and did a training run at the Lost and found 30k on the Crystal Peak course in prep for an upcoming race. Even on a training run she is crushing souls and taking names finishing in 5hr 54 min on a course that sits just under 10,000ft with 4,000ft of vert...BAD ASS!
Hans Allhoff Took on the Angeles Crest 100 finishing 52nd in 27:59!! What an incredible race for him as I believe this was his first 100!
Chad Bruce Also took on the Angeles Crest 100 finishing 56th in 28:10..He did this race solo with no crew!! Last year he did this race with a crew...in over 31 hours..HUGE progress!!
Camille Garcia Jumped into the Berry Picker 5k more like 4 miles with 2,200ft of vert today for one last big effort before leadville 100 coming up! She crushed it and had a damn good time while out there!
Jared Rammell Ran the Sheep Mountain 50k Sky race here in CO. he took a wrong turn on a challenging part of the course and ended up running 36 miles!! Still he finished 26th!! in 8 hours on a super slow course.
Dana Anderson Jumped into a Bigs backyard Ultra this week as part of training and finished 7 loops for 29 miles! Great practice for whats to come!!
Kunal Yadav Raced a 100 miler across the pound this weekend running an amazing effort on a bum knee completing 76.5 miles in 22 hr 7 min on a BRUTAL course before pulling out.
having a lot going on right now, so just letting you guys know, that surrendering should never be an option, and no, by this I dont mean you should finish every race/run no matter what costs, that would be stupid, but surrendering in form of stopping to move forward, thinking, that there is no way out.
Sometimes you have a bad day, each and everyone has, but do we give up? No, because in the long run, it doesn't make sense, wasting time with being down, just focus on the positive things, accept what happened and let the bad things go you cant have an impact on the past anyway, so instead of griefing about the past, focus on the moment and what you can do NOW to prevent that from happening next time or to just focus on what you can influence at the moment.
As a smart person once said, if you are not focused in the NOW, where you can act, influence and change, you are being suboptimal and if you are suboptimal, with that you will go into the next moment also unfocused and suboptimal, you see where this is going so heads up, each and everyone of you is amazing and incredible in their own way. Stay Positive
Thom Knowles Uses a 20 mile race (Wildcat Ridge Romp) this week as his long run. Strict instructions to not run too hard. With an easy relaxed effort he WON!! On top of winning this was his longest run in his life by 1 mile! THAT IS FITNESS!!
Whitney Heavner Raced a local 10k this weekend training through the week setting a new PR and placing 5th Female and 3rd in AG!! Just seconds away from cracking 40 min WOW!
Beau Atwater Trained through the week and jumped into a 5 mile race running 33 minutes finishing 3rd masters and 8th OA!!
Greg Price Raced the Ultra Trail Wales this weekend. Due to terrible weather there was a complete new course just a day before the race! The races opted for a 2 lap event or a 3 lap event and Greg chose the 2 lap! He WON the 38 mile race!! Lots of greatness to come from Greg in the near future!
Chris Brown ran the Garlic Festival 10k this weekend finishing in 40 minutes for 8th place on a VERY hilly course!!
Chris Martin Ran the UTE 100 this weekend traveling ALL the way from the EAST coast to experience a SUPER technical and high elevation course. He pulled out of the race at mile 70 as he was unable to hold any calories in. I am so proud of Chris. Just two years ago he couldn't even run, he has come such a long ways and has so much greatness ahead!!
Stellar week by everyone racing and training! As always let me know if I missed any results!!
Chris Sadie This week trained through his race in order to prep for bigger and better things. He went out and ran the Magaliesberg Challenge 36K and taking 2nd place OA!!! He has had such an awesome progression this year and can't wait to see whats ahead.
Laurel DeVore Ran the transrockies Stage race a 3 day event that consisted of 22, 13, and 25 miles through the high altitude rockie mountains! She took 3rd OA!! Running more and more amazing each day! Such a strong performance!
Felix Moisel took on the Sengbach-Reservoir Run 30K placing 8th OA and 2nd in his AG!! He pushed so hard to make this happen..Amazing prep for some good stuff ahead!!
Evan Birch Ran the Iron Legs 60k placing 10th OA!! Evan is new to MDRC but already making a huge impact! This was a strong day!
Greg Pappas Takes 12th OA in the highly competitive Squamish 50!! This is just the start of so much amazingness to come from Greg!
Nathan Johnson took on the gnarly Kodiak 50k actually...36 miler! He had a day of a few ups and down but overcame it all to finish strong and take down a course that crushes souls!! he finished in 10 hours I think setting a pr through 50k in route!!
Richard Dart Went out and had a DAY at Leadville! This was Richards first 100 (not the easiest first 100)!! He started off conservative just like the plan and moved up through the field the whole way finishing in 26 hours!!
Brandon Wilmoth Came all the way from Sea level to take on Leadville as well..not an easy thing to do..he battled so many ups and down to come out and finish in 28hours!!
Kritty Levorson Ran Leadville this year with less than ideal training over the past month but decided to give it everything! Battling some stomach issues she was forced to call it a day at 85 miles. Such a strong effort! As she ran with so much heart!
Camille Garcia Came to me a little over a year ago saying she had gotten into leadville by chance of a lucky draw! She new she was in over her head but had so much excitement to toe the line for her first 100! With some unbelievable performances leading up to this race she was prepared to give it hell. She did just that! She just missed cutoff but ran an amazing 100k of this historic course giving an unbelievable effort!
Blake Trotter Also made the trip from Sea Level to Leadville. He ran out of his mind amazing showing his incredible fitness until a lingering IT BAND injury forced him to stop at mile 88. Blake's fitness is through the rough right now and I know after he gets over this injury he is going to do some truly special things!
Jordan Broghammer Ran in the Habanero Hundred in Texas this weekend...Highs were over 117 degrees with heat index of only God knows...he went for it and was forced to pull the plug by medical staff at 40 miles in 4th place. Another incredible effort!
This weekend was filled with so much amazingness!! Way to go everyone!
pop your popcorn..pour your drink...and sit down for this one!🤯
Mark Bottenhorn II Got MDRC started this weekend with a big fat W....W stands for WIN at the North County Trail run 50 miler in Michigan...He ran one of the fastest times over this technical course!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Races TWICE this weekend. Both 5k's one on Saturday and one on Sunday....He PR'ed by almost a minute on Saturday and was 1st place OA on Sunday!!!
David Lam Ran the Santa Rosa Marathon Getting a 10 MINUTE PR!!! just less than 4 months ago David was injured and couldn't even run. This is a perfect example of someone who was patient and stuck with the process...10 minutes is HUGE!!
Martin Criminale and his Buddy also named Martin took on the team challenge at the Ragnar event Winning outright by A TON!! This was a three day event and Martin SHOWED UP!
Garrett Gardner Raced at the Headlands 50k..Really challenging trails with lots of up and down. He took 4th OA in only his second 50k!! He even got list and ended up running extra. Garrett rocked out to snag a PR!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz CRUSHED the Lost Cat 50k this weekend running I believe a PR in the 50k and a few distances along the way! He completed this in 7:24!!
Keely Dunleavy Fitzpatrick Raced the Annapolis 10 miler CRUSHING IT running unbelievable split the whole way finishing in 1 hr 26 minutes!! Thats smoking fast!
Thom Knowles raced in the USATF NJ 5k champs this weekend to help out his team. They Won easily so Thom got to use it as a workout and cruise around 5:50 mile pace!!
Doug Fontaine Also raced the Headlands 50k this weekend. I was so stoked to see him toe the line after having 4 weeks of vacation under his belt :) He went out there and ran amazing!! finishing in 5:39. Lots of positives to take away from this effort as we now gear up for TNF!!
Angie Woolman Ran in arguably one of the most challenging 100k's in the U.S this weekend. The Castle Peak 100k offers over 16,000ft of vert and extremely technical terrain. It's not for most people, but Angie decided to give it a go. She had an awesome day with fellow MDRC teammate Greg Bowyer helping out with pacing. Way to go Angie!!
Marco Stolba Raced the Greina Trail 27k A very technical steep trail race in Europe finishing in just over 3:26!! We used this race as a long run and to have fun. He executed it perfectly!!
While we are talking about incredibly Challenging courses... Jason Hammel Went out to race The Pikes Peak Ascent!! Jason lives in Oklahoma (sea Level) and this race ends at up over 14,000ft!!! He ran so AMAZING and way beyond what anyone could imagine coming from sea level. Awesome job Jason..I dont know how you did it!!
Ehrik Aldana Also was out at the Santa Rosa Marathon running the Half marathon as a marathon paced workout! He also paced a friend to an unreal time as they finished in 1:28!! Ehrik has some big stuff ahead!!
Nicholas Forde Races on his local trails at Tiger Head in Hong Kong this weekend on a very challenging 16k route. This is super short in distance for Nick but he had a great effort getting to work on nutrition and some other things for his longer races to come!
Dana Anderson Raced a 10 mile race with his son this weekend. This result really stood out to me because thats what this is all about. In his log Dana said "This was the single best run of my life" Being a proud father and getting to share that moment with your son sounds magical!! Congrats to you and him Dana!
Jeff Divine Crushes 3 6-8 mile legs out at Hood 2 Coast this weekend helping his crew to an awesome two days. His times for those splits on tired legs were Some of his best!!
Jeremy Rampon Had some Ragnar Action running super speeds for two legs and setting segment pr's after segment pr's!! This was great training as he gears up for his 100!
James Ferris Used Hood to Coast relay as some good training smashing a 6 and 7.8 mile leg!! Lots of greatness to come!
WOW what a weekend everyone!! SO pumped. Please let me know if I missed any results as this was a HUGE weekend!
Paul Booth WINS the Peak District ultra 50 miler Slowing even to help cheer on 2nd place. He was an hour and a half ahead of 3rd!! What a performance!
MDRC coach and my amazing wife Lauren Daniels Crushes the Overlake Labor Day half in Redmond Washington running a new PR of 78:07 and taking 2nd place!!
Also out at the Overlake Labor Day Half was Whitney Heavner who ran AMAZING Also Snagging a PR by over 1 minute to finish in 1:26:38 Taking 13th out of 400 Females!! She Also negative split..WHAT!?
Anna Purcell Raced the Endurance Santa Fe 50 miler. She had to overcome so much adversity as the course was vandalized and which caused the runners to get lost multiple times running WAY longer than the actual 50 miles. It didnt stop her though as she crushed this course which is almost entirely above 10,000ft with over 13,000ft of gain taking 2nd place!!!
Nick Stollings took on the Three Corner Rock PCT 50k this weekend Finishing 11th OA, 3rd in AG and Setting a NEW PR!!!! He ran 5:27 LIKE A BOSS!
Nicholas Forde Ran a local 5k trail race part of a summer series he has been doing for years now. He ran 22:41 matching his best place 10th from 10 years ago!!! and a minute faster from this race in 2009!! WOW!
Camille Garcia Just a few short weeks After Leadville jumped into the Breck Crest Half marathon..trail race way up in Breckinridge Colorado ..No real goal other than to HAVE FUN and that she did!! Her Husband crushed it taking second in his AG!
And Last But not Least we had UTMB weekend!
Martin Malherbe and Jason Nicolai Went out and accomplished the goal of finishing this brutal race. At UTMB you never know what kind of day you are going to get. People spend years training for this race and end up dropping out and then you have runners training for a few weeks who end up slaying....This race will ALWAYS be a mystery, but the real WIN is completing it and having a damn good experience and thats what these two did! Martin ran 31hrs46 min and Jason ran 32 hrs 53min. CONGRATS to both for an amazing run!!
I'm beginning to wonder if I'm dreaming every week when writing these awesome results. You guys and Gals continue to throw it down and celebrate all the amazing work you put in!!
As Fall approaches things are still HOT with MDRC!!
Greg Bowyer Got us started off with Racing the J.P Morgan corporate challenge 3.5 miles on Wednesday! We trained right through this race and he KILLED IT! running 17:04 5k en route to his finish which is about as fast as he has run in the last 10 years!!
John Hughes WINS his trail marathon this weekend setting a new course record!! He had no one to challenge him from the gun. NOW THATS A PERFORMANCE!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger BLASTS her first 50 miler at the HAWK 50, placing second in her AG and 24th OA!!!! Heat index was in the mid 90's...UNREAL!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Raced the Surftown Half marathon this weekend running a PR and PRing in EVERY...YES EVERY distance en route to the finish..holy...SHIT!!!
Adam Harry Raced the historic Imogene pass Mountain run this weekend clocking his fastest time ever on that course and placing 90th!! A top 100 here is SO HARD to get. For anyone not familiar with this race..look it up. IT. IS. A. BEAST!
Brian Martin Raced a 10k this weekend getting a HUGE PR!!! He finished over a minute faster than last time he ran this race AND placed 4th!!! SO much to come from Brian in the future.
Beau Atwater Went down in Distance and took on the MILE!! He ran a 5:24 and was 4th in his heat which was loaded with fast dudes!! Age graded that comes out to about a 4:15 mile!!!!
Dana Anderson Raced 100 miles this weekend CRUSHING it in 24 hours!! The most exciting thing is whats to come in other distances soon!!
Garrett Gardner Goes from 50k Ultra to racing a 4 mile cross country race in the bay this weekend! Incredible transition in distance with lots more fun speed to come as he gets ready for a big marathon!!
Samantha Friedman Goes out and crushes the New Forest Marathon....basically blind as she forgot her contacts and glasses on this trip...to top off a very stressful week before hand. Sami is the perfect example of what can happen when you just let things go sometimes and go have fun! This race should not have happend..but she made it happen and had a damn good time doing it!!! Sami gets bad ass runner of the week!
Thom Knowles Tempo'ed a 12k race in the middle of his 18 mile run to top of one of his biggest and best training weeks of his life! Thought this was at least worth a mention!!!
Rachela Lack CRUSHED the Woodstock 100 placing 1st in her AG and running 26 hours!! Rachela just started running for MDRC and WOW the future is bright!
Don Knight Jumped into the FAAP fall classic 20k trail run last minute as his kids were running the 5k! He ran it as part of a training run clicking off 10 minute miles like he can do all day long!!!
Chris Sadie Ran in the 174k UTMR stage race with weather issues this was condensed and he killed it running unbelievable splits EVERY DAY!!!
Jared Rammell Went out and had a day at the Devin on the Divide 50k...The race maybe didn't go as great as he wanted it to but he fought so hard and accepted the day and still had an awesome time!!
Jorge Vivanco Gave it hell at the Haliburton Forest 100 but made the smart call and pulled out short with an achilles injury. This race proved to be insane as the drop out rate was really high! Great work to Jorge as he has had an amazing year of training and racing!!
WOW. EVERY WEEK! These results are getting me excited to get out and want to race again soon! Keep crushing it everyone!
Weekends are my favorite as I get to track all of your AMAZING results!!
Garrett Gardner Raced 6k XC this week again cruising to an 11th place finish in 21:03!! Great speed session as he gets ready for some BIG races to come!
Steven Brown HAD A DAY at the Northface Wisconsin 50k placing 14th OA, 3rd in AG and running a speedy 4:46!!!
Richard Floyd Used a half marathon this weekend as a tune up for his upcoming marathon. He CRUSHED it running a HUGE PR in 85 min!! He also PRed in MANY distances along the way. The goal was to run under 90 min on a good day and he beat that by 5 min on a hot humid and REALLY hilly course!!
Angie Woolman Continues to do what she does best and thats crush trail races!! She used thee Night sweats marathon as a training run this weekend in prep for some BIG stuff to come! She was 3rd woman and 1st in AG and 15th OA!!!
Jasha Reynolds Ran in the Pin to Palm 100 over 20,000ft of vert h CRUSHED it running 26 hours and ready for thee next challenge!! An incredible run for Jasha!
Gunnar Fontain Raced the Run Rabbit 100...A brutal race at high elevations with a crazy amount of very. Gunnar ran amazing coming all the way from Bend Oregon to finish in 35 hours!!
Brian Hickey Raced the Tahoe 100k...an extremely difficult course with high altitude and lots of vert! He gave it everything and came out with a great finish despite some really low points. This is what ultra marathoning is all about! Way to gut it out Brian!
Don Knight Raced the Rock N knob Mountain marathon this weekend in prep for Grindstone 100 He had a challenging day but was able to finish running Amazing considering all that he dealt with in just over 6 hours!! TONS OF VERT here!
Also out at Tahoe is Rob Steger He is currently at mile 172 of 200+ miles to run!! After a late start and a crazy good first 155 miles he is rallying and getting it done! Can't wait to see the result as we will have him post all about it post race!! YOU GOT THIS ROB!!
Anna Purcell Ran in a local Half marathon for fun this weekend as she is coming off of recovery from her big ultra a few weeks ago. In typical Anna Fashion she blazed a 1:39 as a training run at altitude!!
David Lim took to the roads and ran a local 10k this weekend running 44 min in extremely hot and humid conditions! This was a great training run for David as h now gets to look forward to some great things ahead!!
AWESOME weekend everyone!! Please let me know if I missed any results!
Sam Cotton Has had a LONG road back from injury....Shew as set to race a trail marathon this past weekend and was ready to go then BOOM! She got sick..didn't stop her as she CRUSHED her race taking 3rd Female OA!! The amount of Patience and Grit that Sam has displayed over the last 6-7 months is what MDRC is all about!!
Greg Price Raced the Inov8 Snowdania 14 miler this weekend on a crazy tough course overcoming many things during the race and holding off a hard charging 4th place runner to finish 3rd place OA!!!!
Paul Cothenet has been grinding away and training so hard month in and month out and HOT DAMN did it pay off this weekend as he takes 3rd place OA at the Whiskey Hill Redwood Run!!
Vilppu Huomo Used the Sipoonkorpi Trail 30k race as a moderate long run in prep for some upcoming races. He Ran amazing an in control for 11th place OA!!! in 2:46!
Andre Ramisch Took on a 12 hour event for the first time ever having so much fun and running a total of 46 miles in 6 hours!!! Smart call stopping at 6 as he is training for an 8k coming soon!
Whitney Heavner Did some more XC racing this weekend! This time racing 6k. She PRed and took 13th place OA!!! She can do anything!
David Lam Raced in the Golden Ultra 30k..Brutal Mountain race running an incredible time of 3:32 on this course finishing in 13th OA!! Next up..Chicago marathon!
Jeff Hsu Put out an INCREDIBLE effort on a gnarly course XTE Naked Trail Chase 12 miles with almost 4,000ft of vert finishing 40th OA in a loaded field!! He Also PRed in so many distances along the way!
Beau Atwater Races again this week taking it to the xc course for an 8k and finishing 2nd place in his AG!! pretty incredible as he was diagnosed with lymes earlier this week and is on some pretty heavy meds!
Evan Birch Ran the MEC Trail race 24k in 2 hr 8 min in 6th OA and 2nd in his AG!! An incredible run while training through the week in prep of some bigger races to come! He PRed in so many distances along the way which means ...HE IS FIT!
Andrew Smith Also ran the Inov8 Snowdania race but did the 64k! He crushed this brutal course earning his 3 points for UTMB entry!!
Justin Brueggemann Took on the Heartland marathon and was cruising comfortably in 4th before a severe Thunderstorm forced race directors to pull all runners off the course at 6 miles! Justin will be looking to capitalize on his fitness soon!!
Ludwig Falkman Runs in his first EVER race (16k) and comes away with a medal and a great experience after being sick for the last two weeks!
Felix Moisel Ran the world famous Glen Coe Sky race. For those of you have never seen this race I suggest you go on youtube and watch clips from it...its BRUTAL! He ran amazing finishing the race and survived without any broken bones!! Pretty impressive for only have 1 300meter hill to train on!
Adam Harry Raced in the Sunset Trail series 50k up in Gold Hill Colorado 8-10,000ft elevation. He ran amazing!! A really strong first 22 miles before some sever psoas pain but he still finished running amazing in 5 hours 19 min!!!
Adam Danks Raced the Stagecoach 55k. We trained right through this race as he is in the process of putting in some serious consistency that is going to pay off in the long run! He still finished in 6:29!!
Tim Krauss Took a risk this weekend and went for it at the sky island 25k. With a blazing start and a battle with the front pack while dealing with some extreme leg cramps(It was 95 degrees ) Tim ran amazing!! This was such a good tune up for his 10 miler coming up!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Races again this time a half marathon! While the performance isn't what he wanted, he competed well and ran 1:50. In good spirits Fernando is already stoked about his upcoming big A races!!
Filsan Abdiaman Raced the WAM 110k! She has come such a long ways since we started working together. She just missed the cut off at 83k! This race is a dangerous one as she fell multiple times. She stuck it out and really had an amazing day!! Way to go Filsan!
Jason Cashdollar Showed some real Grit and resilience this weekend at the Berkeley Trail Adventure 50k! He had a great first 18 miles before heat and exposure got the best of him. He took his time at an aid station and eventually snapped out of the funk to finish strong and have an awesome day!!!
Jeff Divine Raced a trail half this weekend. He overcame some stomach issues to finish strong and have a good race! Excellent prep for whats to come!!
Martin Criminale Found out last week that he had PF. For anyone that has dealt with PF you know how painful that can be. He was set to go run the Whistler 100miler in the mountains of Canada and enjoy a vacation out there. He decided to Start before having to pull out late in the race. He had an amazing time and a great experience though and has SO SO SO Much to look forward to!
WOW! What a weekend. I'm so proud of everyone who raced and is overcoming different things! That is what this is all about!
Going to start this week off with Anna Marie crushing a 55k in the high altitude of Crested Butte Colorado! She ran 7:29 Which I believe is faster than her 50k! She put in some amazing training during a busy life/work schedule to come out on top!!
Jared Rammell also raced in Crested Butte this weekend. He took on the 105k running amazing and finishing 14th OA!!!
Thom Knowles Raced the USA Mountain running championships this weekend in NH.. BRUTAL BRUTAL course this year. This was Thoms first Mountain race and he crushed it taking 5th in his AG in a HIGHLY competitive race!
Evan Birch Raced Lewiston Ultra 60km placing in the top 15!! This was an unbelievable turn around from just racing last week!
Jeremy Rampon, Laurel DeVore, Justen Ortiz, and Jason Edwards all raced the Bear 100 this weekend. For anyone not familiar with this race, it is a BRUTAL mountain 100 with loads of vert at very high elevations and this year with just about every type of weather imaginable! They all ran amazing with so much grit and toughness!! This race is unforgiving..especially this year. All 4 of these athletes have so much planned and to look forward to in the coming months!!
Jennifer Brackett Raced the world Famous Berlin Marathon while out on Vacation in Germany! She spent most of her time weaving in and out of people trying to find pace(Berlin is insane) She had an awesome day with all eyes set towards CIM this winter!!
Benjamin Willis Raced a fun 10 miler while on his trip to Paris enjoying every minute of it and getting in some awesome training!
Daniel Balestrieri has been putting in some AMAZING work in prep for a 50k trail race to start his season. All the hard work paid off as he crushed it running amazing with all eyes set on some big goals this winter!!
Marco Stolba Went to do some Swiss trail tour work and decided to jump into a fun mountain 10k with his brother! They had a Damn good time and enjoyed every second of the day out on the trail!!
Chris Brown Raced the Rose city mile right off the couch in the middle of 100 mile training, finishing in 5:18!!
I'm so incredibly Proud of everyone! This can be a tough time of year as its starting to be darker in the mornings and evenings for your training runs, motivation may be lacking as races are winding down and the body is tired from all the hard work you have put in over the summer. Use thee team and results for motivation!! You guys and gals are amazing!!
There is absolutely no slowing down for team MDRC...WOW!
Whitney Heavner Last minute jumped into a half marathon this weekend training 100% through this week and decided she was going to knock it out of the park!! She ran 1:25 which was good enough for 2nd female OA!!!!
Rachela Lack Dominates the St. George Marathon this weekend running 3:11!! I believe a pr?? The best part of her story is that this morning she was selected for the Abbott world marathon major age group world championships which will take place at the London Marathon!!! Congrats Rachela!
Efe Aksan races a marathon in Lyon off of less than ideal training the past two months. That didn't matter though because I knew he was fit! He PRed!!! Running 3:39..best part was he ran completely even splits!!
Nick Stollings Raced the Three Sisters Skyline 50k coming away with a sub 5 hour race and PRing by almost 30 minutes!!!! He took 10th place OA! Nick is just getting started!
Alex Barkley just a week after setting 2 HUGE FKT's in Washington takes on the Sky Peaks 28k in Flagstaff! He woke up sick and decided to go ahead with the plan and crushed it finishing in 9th place OA!!! Alex has had an amazing year not just with running but outside of that too!!
Chad Bruce race at the Cuyamaca 100K this weekend. This race is hard! Super rocky and relentless! Didn't stop Chad from running amazing as usual though!!! He finished in 13:39 taking 10th in his AG and 37th OA!!
Jeff Hsu Raced the Lantau 2 peaks sky race this weekend. GNARLY run with insane climbing and technical terrain over 23k you gain nearly 6,000ft. He placed in the 115 out of over 500 runners on a trail that isn't his specialty! Jeff is showing how well rounded he is!! Up next some fast runnable stuff!!
Jason Hammel Hosted his Charity run (RUN4MDA) go check it out!! He completed 31.5 miles in 5 hr 35 min racing over $2,500 int he process!!!! Now thats a win! You are doing so much for the world around us Jason thanks for being an amazing human!!
Martin Malherbe Took park in a Backyard Ultra event! With record heat it was a challenging day for everyone. Martin was cruising along though through nearly 50k before having contact lense issues and one falling out causing him to run blind forcing him to make the tough decision to pull out. Thats ok though because I'm still riding the high from Martins UTMB finish!!!
Laurel DeVore Paced her Husband in his first ever 50k this weekend at the castle rock trail fest. They crushed it and Josh her husband ran amazing!! CONGRATS!
Brian Martin: while not a race I still think this needs to be acknowledged...Brian Set his half marathon PR this week in the middle of an easy day 90 minute training run! He is making progress like you wouldn't believe!!!
Andrew Smith took on the 10.5 km König Ludwig Trail race after being sick all week and running 42 minutes which was good enough for a top 20 finish and 5th in his AG!!!
Mike Lasher ran the Bogus 50k in Idaho cruising to a 7:11 finish on a really tough course! This was an awesome race for Mike as he really got to dial in nutrition and pacing!!
WOW HOLY SMOKES WHAT IS IN THE WATER????
Let me know if I missed any results. Thanks and keep on crushing it team!!
Team MDRC keep outdoing itself!! WOW I don't even know where to start!?!?!
Rob Steger COMPLETES THE TRIPLE CROWN OF 200'S!!! I was lucky to be part of his epic journey this weekend at the Moab 240 where he set off to finish the triple crown on 3 200+ mile races in 3 months. I got to pace his during the last 16.5 miles of moab where we were sitting in 21st place until the last 3 miles where Rob dropped a Sub 10 min mile..yees at the end of a 240 mile race lol to close hard and finish in the top 20!! The best part of this whole story is the fact that he raised an incredible amount of money through his fundraiser 401kforcancer!!!
Chicago marathon was one for the history books....not only for women's world record but for MDRC athletes SLAYING IT!
Richard Floyd snags an 11+ minute PR and qualifies for the Boston marathon by going sub 3 hours (2:56:24) for the first time!!!
David Lam snags a 7+ minute PR and qualifies for the Boston Marathon by going sub 3 hours (2:58:29) for the first time!!!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger just 35 days post 50 mile trail debut runs within 1 minute of her marathon pr!!! The story gets better. A few days before her race she was nearly bed written with shingles! Her doc suggested not racing but said she could and it would be painful...she kicked pain in the face and ran AMAZING!!!
Beth Hafer Greer Ran an INCREDIBLE...and I MEAN INCREDIBLE race at the Cloudsplitter 100k this weekend taking 2nd place female OA!!! She has improved light years since we started working together over a year ago. This performance has me all sorts of fired up!
Tim Oberholzer Raced the Sasquatch Shuffle 10k this weekend placing 2nd OA!!! Sometimes a result can be deceiving as we don't always know what each athlete has going on in his or her life. For Tim this weekend this 2nd place finish was truly inspirational and amazing!!!
Sean Patton Raced the Youngstown Peace Race 10k as a tune up/workout leading into his Marathon coming up He is fit because he PRed in the 5k and 10k today!!!! What a run!
Kunal Yadav Set the world on fire at the Autumn 100. He set a new 100 mile PR of 27:18!!! He also PRed in the 50 mile and 100k distances en route!! To make this performance even better is it was a MUD FEST!! Awesome pictures of what use to be shoes until the mud took them over on his strava!
Beau Atwater Ran the NJ Masters half marathon this morning at goal marathon effort in prep for NYC marathon coming up! He showed his excellent fitness as he ran so perfect!! He was 1st in his AG and ran an 1:27!!!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Ran the Hartford Marathon just a month after setting a PR in the half marathon and every distance in route...he PRed!!!! and runs 4:40 Woohoo!!
Adam Danks Raced the Soulstice 12.5 mile trail race in Flagstaff. Like any race in Flag this one was stacked!! He finished 16th OA and 5th in his AG running an incredible time of 1:35! Fitness is really coming together for Adam!!
Thom Knowles Goes out and does what he does just about every weekend and thats CRUSH IT!!! He ran the masters 5k xc champs finishing in 17:55 keeping it pretty chill throughout!
Evan Birch raced Canyon De Chelly Ultra 55km Running such a strong race after an incredible trip to the grand canyon! Evan PRed in just about every single distance leading up to the finish!!! He ended up 34th OA!!
Martin Criminale raced a local 10k after battling injury over the last couple weeks! He knocked it out of the park and picked up right where he left off!!
Nathan Johnson Ran in the Corner Canyon 25k running so strong placing 41st OA!! This is such an awesome run for Nathan!!!
Steven Brown Raced the Indiana Trail 100 giving an awesome effort finishing in 27 hours!! I know he wasnt happy with this performance but sometimes these types of days are the ones that lead us to those amazing ones!!
Camille Garcia Goes out and SLAYS her 15 mile trails race before heading out to a much deserved vacation!
Nate Snyder ran awesome and had a great time at his local 10 mile trail race! Lots to look forward to for him!!
Chris Martin Had an AWESOME weekend running a trail Half with one of his athletes he coaches pacing her to an AMAZING time on a pretty tough technical course! So proud of the amazing coaching job Chris has done!
Taylor Albanese RUNS A HUGE PR of 3:55 for the marathon at the Baltimore running Festival! Going under 4 hours for the first time and negative splitting like no ones buisness!!!
Jeff Divine Goes out to run the Ventura Marathon and PR's...by.....24 minutes!!!! Thats a scary thought given this was a bit of a training run as he is gearing up for a killer ultra in the near future!
Whitney Heavner Sent me a message a few days ago saying she was going to jump into a half marathon to run with friends and family and have fun for training...She got in found her self in 2nd place and rocked and rolled to a PR!!! She ran 1:25!! This is proof that no pressure chill efforts can lead to great performances!
Justin Brueggemann Snags a BIG 5 min pr in the GOATZ 50k taking 2nd place OA!!!! He nearly cracked 4 hours and the course conditions were absolutely horrendous with mud and uneven terrain. After 3 DNF's in a row he stuck with it and showed EVERYONE what he was capable of! So many more great races to come from him soon!!
Zack Roof Runs aHUGE PR at the Baystate Marathon finishing in an incredible 3:09:26!! It is just a matter of time before he goes under 3 hours!
Chris Brown Got a BIG PR at the Toronto Half Marathon!!! He has been through it all the last few months battling some little injuries, being a full time dad and training for hokey! What an awesome day as this is just a small glimpse of the greatness to come from him!!
Daniel Balestrieri PR's by 90 minutes in his 50k Going sub 6 for the first time and running insane negative splits!! SO SO SO STRONG!!
Satwik Rajani Was part of a HUGE triathlon relay in India this weekend. His run leg was 21.1k. We decided to train through this race since he has some big A goals coming up. That didn't stop him from bringing his team from 7th to 2nd place OA!!!! Such an impressive run considering how big his week has been.
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Raced the Detroit Half Marathon in prep for an upcoming marathon! He ran amazing finishing just outside of his PR and over a minute faster than he ran it last year!!! The best part of this is...he ran it all under control and in a happy place!!!
John Hughes Overcame a tough day out at the Bluesky trail marathon here in Colorado! He finished 20th place and still 20 minutes faster than his last trail marathon!! I'm so proud of him for over coming so of the adversity that was thrown his way on race day to rise to the occasion and have an awesome performance!!
Greg Bowyer Raced a half marathon this weekend in sub 1:18!! Thats sub 6 minute pace..the best part is we trained hard leading up to this and through it with all eyes set on CIM!!
Vilppu Huomo Raced the EPIC Templiers Endurance Trail 106 km! This race is so so so hard and he slayed it in finishing it 15 hours !! Vilppu lives in a flat area so for him to go out and do what he did here is mind blowing!!
Angie Woolman and Andrew Woolman Both did some Euro trail racing at Marathon du Larzac 37.5 K while on Vacation!! Angie came down with a cold a few days before the race but in typical fashion went out and finished 2nd in her AG and 31st OA female!!! Andrew overcame some foot injury issues to finish 17th in his AG!!! These two are the super hero husband and wife combo of the week!!
Evan Birch Jumped into a local 5k in support of children who need heart health helping out close friends in need. This deserves all the credit in the world even if he did this as a training run. Amazing stuff Evan!
Felix Moisel Jumped into a local half marathon this weekend to give the legs a test run for a big 65k he has coming up! He ran so strong!!
Paul Booth Jumped into a local trail race to get in part of his training run this weekend running super strong during a hard week of training!!
Thom Knowles Jumped into the Pennypack Trail fest 20k For a chill long run workout and in typical Thom fashion he WON!!
Sean Patton Raced a half marathon this weekend coming away with a HUGE PR running 1:36..what makes this so special is he also PRed through 10 miles All of this while fighting a STIFF headwind!!
Andre Ramisch Primed and ready set out to race 8k this weekend..He got food poisoning really bad before the race and STILL crushed it finishing 3rd OA and 2nd in his AG!! Just shows the strength this young man has. SO much to come from Andre in the future as we are just getting going.
Jason Hammel Took on the Lake Murray Endurance run 100k! The course was so so so sloppy...he made a wrong turn and ran a lot more than 100k That didnt stop him though because he SMASHED his PR even with the extra distance and left this race with so much knowledge !!
Garrett Gardner Races the Excelsior Open XC race with his team. They WON and he was 7th OA!! Garrett is in the midst of hard training for CIM so what better way to follow up a race with a workout that evening (special block) He crushed his workout too. Garrett is someone to seriously watch out for over the coming years!!
Martin Criminale Raced the Javelina 100k! He ran amazing for what I believe was his furthest race to date. He podium in his AG..as usual!!!
Malaina Collins Raced the Marine Corps 50k this weekend in a torrential DOWNPOUR!! Battling insane Hamstring issues rain and plenty of throwing up she STILL finished in 5 hr 22min!! With a 50 miler on the horizon keep an eye out for Malaina!!
Marco Stolba Raced the Gantrisch Trail 23k. Finishing 29th OA on a BRUTAL mountain course in Switzerland. Before this race he did trail work and was most def not rested!! He had an awesome day as this is just a glimpse of whats to come!
Jeff Hsu Raced a trail 50k in Hong Kong with 7,200 feet!! I love it..in his log he described this as a faster 50k haha HONG TRAILS ARE CRAZY!! He ran amazing He is getting stronger and stronger every race finishing 52nd out of nearly 800 runners!!
Beau Atwater Ran a local 12k for a workout this weekend before heading out for the NYC marathon. He ran perfect splits at marathon effort and got in one last big workout before NY!!
Felix Moisel Has battled SO much over the last few months. He went out and crushed it at the Roentgenlauf race running the marathon! Time for some speed development and shorter races for Felix!!! So excited to see what he does with a full speed block!
There is never a dull weekend!!! OH MY here we go..
Thom Knowles RACED the MOAB Marathon which is the USA trail marathon champs. This course is brutal, sandy, technical etc...He raced amazing finishing 1st OA Masters and winning the masters Trail marathon title!! This also put him in 15th OA!!!
Nicholas Forde Makes the last minute decision this weekend to jump into the MSIG Summits 17km in hong kong! He places 15th OA and WINS his AG!!! This is a huge victory for Nick!
Greg Pappas Took on the Rio Del Lago 100 miler placing an unbelievable 10th OA!!!! Tracking this race was fun as he just kept moving up through the field the whole way! Over the last 50k not one person past him as he slipped into the top 10 and held it!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Last minute jumped into a 5k this weekend right in the middle of full force marathon training....what does he do??? PR's of course!!! taking 4th OA and 1st OA masters!
Beau Atwater Raced the New York Marathon this weekend! At 61 years of age he CRUSHED it going sub 3 hours. I was so impressed with this race considering some of the issues he had during!! This is some top level running!!
Garrett Gardner Raced at the Clarksburg Half marathon Running within just a FEW seconds of his PR in the middle of marathon training!! It was a Hot one which makes his 74 min half all that much more impressive!!
Jasha Reynolds Also took on the Rio Del Lago 100! Jasha has had a jammed pack schedule of adventures lately. He didnt let the fatigue slow him down though as he finished in an amazing time of 22 hr 54 minutes placing him 50th OA!!!!
Martin Malherbe After race directing all weekend decides to jump in the 15k. In the middle of training and tired from the weekend (possibly a little hungover too) places 4th OA!!! BAD ASS!
Kevin Smith Jumped into a 15k in the middle of his 18 mile long run and raced at a conversational pace placing 10th is his AG!! This screams fitness!!
Kunal Yadav Just weeks after crushing a 100 miler does a 24 hour track event completing 116k before calling it a day!!! WOW the strength Kunal has is limitless
Tim Krauss Raced 10 miles through the hills of Austin Texas this weekend Having an awesome day while managing some back problems. This was a huge effort that is going to be money in the bank for what is to come!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz while out at Disney completes the 10k and half marathon for fun this weekend as awesome training runs in a race setting!!
SO PROUD OF EVERYONE!! There has been some amazing racing, training, and life stories happening over the last month! Thank you all for brining me so much joy! As always please let me know if I missed any results!
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**RACE RESULTS**
My apologies for the Delay in this weeks race results! The wait was worth it. As ALWAYS MDRC CRUSHED IT!!
The Week Started with Beau Atwater running a local 5 miler. He want through plenty of crap during this race (maybe even literally) BUT came out on top and like ALWAYS WON his AG and age graded result! Week in and week out this guy gets it done!
Nicholas Forde Races the Ultra trail Lavaredo finishing in 27 hours and having an AMAZING race Pr'ing through 100k!!! He is so strong right now
Michael Lawson Raced the Mare Island Half marathon this weekend finishing it in 1:36. Course was actually longer than a half and was mostly trail! HE DESTROYS it finishing 3rd OVERALL!!!
Jason Hammel decided last minute to take a drive down to the LONESTAR state and crush souls over a trail 15k running 1:20!! So impressive as he went into the race with 30 miles already in his legs. This is going to be so good for longer term development as he just keeps getting stronger!!
Vilppu Huomo Took on the Aulanko Tower Trail 22 km Race as a good training run this weekend having a blast and crushing vert on an AWESOME trail!!
Kunal Yadav Raced 100k After dealing with a knee injury over the previous weeks. He got healthy enough just in time to CRUSH IT in just over 18 hours finishing in 21st out of 450 runners!! To be cruel I had him do a 90 min run the day after in prep for his 100 miler coming up...he Owned that run as well!!
Justin Brueggemann took on the Black Hills 100 this weekend! After flying through 40 miles he suffered some severe dehydration and was forced to pull out by medical staff. I am certain he is going to come back stronger and ready to rock!
Only because many of you were asking: I ran Western States this weekend and took 4th place. It was an experience of a lifetime. Many things went wrong and many things went right...thats what 100 milers are all about! One thing for certain is I had one of the best crews out there and my wife and MDRC runner Lauren Daniels was the most unbelievable support beam I could ask for! She took time away from her own training for the Olympic trails to be out there with me all weekend, scrap me up off the trail and give me that sweet kick in the ass when needed to finish something I have set my eyes on for a while. I know i've told you already but thank you so much. I love you.
AMAZING weekend as always. There were so many great race performances but I think what I was most impressed with was going through all the logs today and seeing how UNBELIEVABLE everyone trained this weekend...HOLY SMOKES! The world has no idea what is going to hit them in the face over the coming weeks! Also wanted to thank all the MDRC athletes who came out to support me during the race this weekend. It was so awesome getting to put faces to names and to see others out on the course. You all were a bright light of inspiration If you have any pictures from the weekend please post them! I will try to get the ones taken at the finish of us from my dad over the coming days!
Great Work out there everyone, remember on any bad run/race, you went out and did something, which is amazing on its own, if you also get something positive out of it like, "next time I am gonna do this or that different", even better and if you pull motivation out of a bad day, no one can stop you and you've won anyway
**RACE RESULTS**
MDRC had our own firework show during the 4th of July weekend!!!!
Garrett Gardner Runs his first ever Ultra going after the 50k distance on a course with 6,000 ft of vert and at altitude. The dude runs 4:44 Breaks the course record by 38 minutes and takes 1st place OA!!!!!
Joe Miller Raced the Cry me a River 55k with 6,000ft of gain and checks of ANOTHER 1st place OA!!!! Running an unbelievable time of 5:40 on a tough course with LOADS of heat and humidity!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger Races a 50k This weekend Coming only 3 min off her PR on a TOUGH rocky course taking 1st in AG and 3rd FEMALE OA!!! She ran 5:27...best park is..her last mile was her fastest!! The possibilities with what she can run is scary!!
Doug Fontaine Runs his longest race yet The Dirty Dozen 6 hr! He has had an amazing year so far and continues it with this race taking a Tie in 4th place OA and 1st in his AG!!! in fact he was the first guy that wasnt in his 20's or 30's...STRONG day for Doug!!
Chad Bruce Takes on the Angeles National Forest 60k! TOUGH TOUGH course...didnt stop him though as he had strict instructions to just run chill and moderate...his chill and moderate though is so good!! He ran 1 hr and 13 minutes faster than last year on this course and took 18th place OA!! Perfect example of just sticking to the schedule day in and day out and making it happen!!
Andrea Soderin HEAVY in the middle of marathon training drops down to run a 5k on the 4th for some training...SHE CRUSHED IT running 21 min and taking 1st in her AG and I believe setting a new PR for 5k!! She is scary fit so cant wait to see how her Marathon goes!
Martin Criminale comes back after Broken Arrow and runs the Needles 50k..Extremely difficult course Running a new course PR!! Results are not out yet but we think he won his AG and was top 10! if not it was close!!
Sean Patton Ran the Firecracker 4 miler as a "tempo" this week crushing it 40 seconds faster than last year!! and PRing in the last KM and the last 2 miles which where net uphill!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Took on the Disney Castaway 5k this week Running a NEW PR of 29 minutes!! Pretty amazing for being on a cruise ship on holiday!!
Alex Barkley drops WAAAAYYYY down in distance taking on a Road mile in Flagstaff AZ this week. racing a mile at almost 8,000ft elevation can be challenging but not for him! He ran 4:57 in the middle of a BIG training week!!
David Lam Races for the first time in a while after being out with injury. Keeping it chill and relaxed with the game plan for this ...What does he do?? Snags a PR!! with that being a chill effort it makes me excited whats to come this fall!
Camille Messer Keeps her Racing at extreme elevations streak alive as she took on the Leadville Silver Rush 50 miler in prep for the Leadville 100 coming up! She continues to get better and better!! She ran 12 hours Snagging a 50k best effort in the process!! Her mile splits were so consistent and every video/picture I saw of her she was running with so much joy, love and with a smile!!! A coach cant ask for anything more from an athlete!
Jeff Divine Was also out in Leadville taking on the 15 miler he Crushed it in 3 hours! Jeff is new to MDRC and the future looks bright!!!
Josh Ferguson Ran the Cacapon 12-Hour Challenge. He has been battling a little shin injury over the past few weeks. He was in 1st place OA before pulling out and making the right call with shin pain at 40 miles. He has a big 100k coming up that he is fit and ready for so he played it very smart!!
This was one of the most impressive weekends in MDRC history! It is proof of all the hardwork put in by everyone. When you have one collective group crushing it week in and week out it allows for continued success. Great job everyone!! Also a reminder that with the hot and humid wether all over the world right now please keep the efforts more on the easier side. Your body knows stress and trust me it is getting worked much more than it you think in these conditions.
As always if I left anyone out please let me know and I am so sorry in advance!!
WOOHOO, everyone racing this weekend: strong legs and a truck filled with fun
**RACE RESULTS**
ROCKING AND ROLLING!
Jason Hammel Ran the Team Dirt and Vert Erwin 46k(actually about 29 miles)!! HE WON!! crushing this course in a little over 5 hours! Amazing work considering just a few months ago he was out with a big injury and not running at all!! Consistency and dedication to his schedule paid off as everything is clicking once again!
Ehrik Aldana Races for the first time in a while this weekend taking on the Across the Bay 12k in SF. He ran 47 min and snagged pr's in the 2 mile, 5k, and 10k all on route to finishing!!!!
Laurel DeVore is Brand Spanking new to MDRC.. her first race brought a whole new level of Bad ASS to our team as she raced the Silverton Alpine 8 miler...This whole race is above 9,000ft elevation and she clicked off some amazing splits taking 3rd Female OA!!!! Can not wait to see whats to come from her!
Malaina Collins Raced The Peak 50k. This race is a monster with 7,000ft of vert technical rocky trail and Extreme heat!! Being the bad ass Marine Veteran that she is she crushed it and ran 8 hours taking 2nd in her AG and 9th Female OA!!! For just starting ultra running she is building quite the resume!
Paul Booth Took on the Dolomyths Sellaronda Ultra Trail race. This race is what you expect for Euro Mountain racing...12,000+ft of vert in 37 miles....WHAT?! Anyways that didnt Bother Paul as he takes 27th OA in a HIGHLY competitive field!!
Paul Cothenet Raced the SOB 100k with a HUGE effort. If anyone hasn't seen this course before...its tough! 11,000ft of vert with a finishing climb that will make anyone want to go home and cry to mommy. Paul of course ran amazing and consistent finishing in 13hr 48 min!!
Jasha Reynolds Also raced the SOB 100k finishing in a little over 14 hours BUT....he decided to misread a sign and add on 5 bonus miles!!! so 66 miles in 14 hours on that course tells me one thing...HOLY COW HE IS FIT!! Overall Jasha had an amazing day and is ready for 100 miles.
Joe Miller Raced the Power of Four 50k! This is one of the hardest 50k's in the US and he crushed it finishing 17th in 6 hr 52 min and a SUPER competitive field!! Just for reference here is the elevation gain in the first 3 miles of this race...mile 1 :1,100 ft mile 2: 1,200ft mile 3: 700ft
Richard Dart Also ran the Power of Four 50k with strict instructions to keep it under control and fun with his Leadville 100 coming up! Even with a chill effort he slipped into the top 20 finishing in just hour 7 hours!! This guy was born to be in the mountains..leadville is going to be awesome!!
Amazing weekend of racing and training! As always if I left any results out please let me know!! Keep up all the incredible running!!!
Good Job y'all *flexing emoji*, make sure to recover amazingly, because thats what amazing people do haha *thumbs up*
**RACE RESULTS**
Another weekend to celebrate!!
Jordan Broghammer Ran the Palmer Lake Marathon this weekend Taking 2nd place OA and running the 3rd fastest time on the course of all time!!!
Thom Knowles Raced TWICE this weekend. Saturday he ran the NCCWMA 5k on the track taking 2nd place OA in 17:01!!!! He came back Sunday and followed up with another 2nd place OA finish at the NCCWMA 8k cross country race in a time of 28:52!! He has now run a trail race, a cross country race, a road race and a track race all in the last 6 weeks!
Alex Barkley Ran the 25k out at Speedgoat cruising to 4th place OA finish on a course that is unforgiving with high altitude technical terrain and a ton of vert!!
Jeremy Rampon Took on the PCTR Pacifica 50k Finishing 5th OA and 3rd in his AG!! This was an amazing performance on a course of 8,000 ft of vertical gain!!
At the speedgoat 50k Kritty Levorson, Justen Ortiz, and Jason Edwards all had amazing races Overcoming one of the hardest 50k courses in the world! Justen Took two hours off his time for last year running 8 hours 20 min. Kristy ran an unreal time of 10:50(in the middle of leadville training) and Jason cruising to a 9:38 finish. Three incredible performances!!
Cameron Wiggin Ran in the 12 hour Chase the Moon event completing 37 miles in 8 hours!! Amazing performance for Cameron who has a lights out work schedule and has found the time to put in an amazing training block for this event!!
Jorge Vivanco traveled from Canada to Switzerland for the Eiger Ultra trail race! This is up in the top 20 of one of the hardest mountain races on the planet! Jorge Gave it all and had an awesome day getting to experience this historic race. Congrats Jorge!!!
Sean Patton Ran Presque Isle Half marathon finishing in 1:54 overcoming some serious stomach illness that kept him from feeling anything remotely close to ideal. Way to stick it out and accomplish a finish Sean!!
So proud of everyone! The brutal heat waves everywhere is definitely making training and racing challenging BUT everyone is overcoming it and doing AMAZING!
Let me know if I missed any results please!
Three words: incredible, mindblowing performances
**RACE RESULTS**
WHAT A WEEKEND!!
Joe Miller WINS the Burning River 100 miler in 17 hrs 25 min!!!! He ran so smart starting out back in 10th place and working his way up..Once he hit a fast runnable section of this course it was all over. He ran his last 5 miles in under 39 minutes!!!
Andrea Soderin Gets her BQ by running a 6 minute PR of 3:29 at the Jack n Jill Marathon this weekend!! She has been training so hard all year long for this..the best part of all of this is she got a puppy a while back and before even qualifying decided to name the Puppy BOSTON...HOW FITTING!!
Martin Malherbe Raced a 20k this weekend during UTMB training..with a tempo effort he WON by 6 min running 1:27. Best part is the following day I had him do a 30k run and he crushed that too! He is so fit and ready!!
Ehrik Aldana Ran the San Fran Half coming in with a new PR of 1:24!!! He executed this race just as we discussed and kept it relatively chill until after 10k and then unleashed an amazing effort!
Michael Lawson Took on the Full Marathon out in San Fran for his Marathon debut he went for it and boy did it pay off!! he came in running 3:22 for his first ever marathon!! Unreal performance!
Nathan Johnson Raced a half marathon this weekend running a PR of 1:57!! Thats not all though..He PRed in the 5k and the 10k en-route! Great training with a big race on the horizon!
Thom Knowles Raced the Escarpment trail run just for fun this weekend. He started in the second wave to make sure he didnt run too hard as this was not the goal. He still crushed it finishing 9th over all and 3rd Masters!!
Chris Brown Raced in the weekly Portland Trail series this week running the 5 mile race in 37:54 finishing 15th place OA!! That isn't it though..He then came back to run the Wy'east Howl 50k over the weekend finishing in a stellar time of 6:28 and placing 25th OA!!
Jason Nicolai Raced Elk Valley 50k (super tough race) Finishing 17th in 7:20 and then coming back the next day for a 3.5 hour mountain run!! Excellent UTMB training..This guy is ready!!
Pramod Thangali Ran the Half marathon at San Fran as well Overcoming some very bad cramping issues he finished in a great time of 2:06!!!
Filsan Abdiaman Was part of a 50k Relay team this weekend. Her leg was 28k and she crushed it!! Excited for whats to come!
Another incredible weekend from everyone!! As always let me know if I missed any results
** RACE RESULTS**
THIS SUMMERS RACE RESULTS ARE GETTING HOT!
Benjamin Willis HAD A DAY! He went out and ran the Crystal Springs 50k. Despite falling 4 times and having to take the time at an aid station to get bandaged up he CRUSHED IT coming in 3rd OA!!!
Ehrik Aldana Raced the Skyline 50k this weekend Running an unbelievable 4:35 Taking 16th OA and 3rd in his competitive AG!! He PRed by 40 minutes!!!
Andrew Woolman Also Raced in the Skyline 50k running 5:34!! He took off 44 minutes from last year!! Crazy good shape!
Steven Brown competed in the Eagle Creek Trail Marathon running 4 hours flat and setting new PR by 15 minutes!! What a way to start the weekend off!
Jennifer Brackett Raced a trail 30k this weekend running 3 hours 47 min and finishing 2nd in her AG!! No taper for this race as she had a HUGE week of training!
Angie Woolman Went out and did a training run at the Lost and found 30k on the Crystal Peak course in prep for an upcoming race. Even on a training run she is crushing souls and taking names finishing in 5hr 54 min on a course that sits just under 10,000ft with 4,000ft of vert...BAD ASS!
Hans Allhoff Took on the Angeles Crest 100 finishing 52nd in 27:59!! What an incredible race for him as I believe this was his first 100!
Chad Bruce Also took on the Angeles Crest 100 finishing 56th in 28:10..He did this race solo with no crew!! Last year he did this race with a crew...in over 31 hours..HUGE progress!!
Camille Garcia Jumped into the Berry Picker 5k more like 4 miles with 2,200ft of vert today for one last big effort before leadville 100 coming up! She crushed it and had a damn good time while out there!
Jared Rammell Ran the Sheep Mountain 50k Sky race here in CO. he took a wrong turn on a challenging part of the course and ended up running 36 miles!! Still he finished 26th!! in 8 hours on a super slow course.
Dana Anderson Jumped into a Bigs backyard Ultra this week as part of training and finished 7 loops for 29 miles! Great practice for whats to come!!
Kunal Yadav Raced a 100 miler across the pound this weekend running an amazing effort on a bum knee completing 76.5 miles in 22 hr 7 min on a BRUTAL course before pulling out.
ANOTHER FANTASTIC WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!
As always let me know If I missed any results.
having a lot going on right now, so just letting you guys know, that surrendering should never be an option, and no, by this I dont mean you should finish every race/run no matter what costs, that would be stupid, but surrendering in form of stopping to move forward, thinking, that there is no way out. Sometimes you have a bad day, each and everyone has, but do we give up? No, because in the long run, it doesn't make sense, wasting time with being down, just focus on the positive things, accept what happened and let the bad things go you cant have an impact on the past anyway, so instead of griefing about the past, focus on the moment and what you can do NOW to prevent that from happening next time or to just focus on what you can influence at the moment. As a smart person once said, if you are not focused in the NOW, where you can act, influence and change, you are being suboptimal and if you are suboptimal, with that you will go into the next moment also unfocused and suboptimal, you see where this is going so heads up, each and everyone of you is amazing and incredible in their own way. Stay Positive
KILLER WEEKEND!!
Thom Knowles Uses a 20 mile race (Wildcat Ridge Romp) this week as his long run. Strict instructions to not run too hard. With an easy relaxed effort he WON!! On top of winning this was his longest run in his life by 1 mile! THAT IS FITNESS!!
Whitney Heavner Raced a local 10k this weekend training through the week setting a new PR and placing 5th Female and 3rd in AG!! Just seconds away from cracking 40 min WOW!
Beau Atwater Trained through the week and jumped into a 5 mile race running 33 minutes finishing 3rd masters and 8th OA!!
Greg Price Raced the Ultra Trail Wales this weekend. Due to terrible weather there was a complete new course just a day before the race! The races opted for a 2 lap event or a 3 lap event and Greg chose the 2 lap! He WON the 38 mile race!! Lots of greatness to come from Greg in the near future!
Chris Brown ran the Garlic Festival 10k this weekend finishing in 40 minutes for 8th place on a VERY hilly course!!
Chris Martin Ran the UTE 100 this weekend traveling ALL the way from the EAST coast to experience a SUPER technical and high elevation course. He pulled out of the race at mile 70 as he was unable to hold any calories in. I am so proud of Chris. Just two years ago he couldn't even run, he has come such a long ways and has so much greatness ahead!!
Stellar week by everyone racing and training! As always let me know if I missed any results!!
Very inspiring, keep being awesome
**RACE RESULTS**
WOW what a weekend!
Chris Sadie This week trained through his race in order to prep for bigger and better things. He went out and ran the Magaliesberg Challenge 36K and taking 2nd place OA!!! He has had such an awesome progression this year and can't wait to see whats ahead.
Laurel DeVore Ran the transrockies Stage race a 3 day event that consisted of 22, 13, and 25 miles through the high altitude rockie mountains! She took 3rd OA!! Running more and more amazing each day! Such a strong performance!
Felix Moisel took on the Sengbach-Reservoir Run 30K placing 8th OA and 2nd in his AG!! He pushed so hard to make this happen..Amazing prep for some good stuff ahead!!
Evan Birch Ran the Iron Legs 60k placing 10th OA!! Evan is new to MDRC but already making a huge impact! This was a strong day!
Greg Pappas Takes 12th OA in the highly competitive Squamish 50!! This is just the start of so much amazingness to come from Greg!
Nathan Johnson took on the gnarly Kodiak 50k actually...36 miler! He had a day of a few ups and down but overcame it all to finish strong and take down a course that crushes souls!! he finished in 10 hours I think setting a pr through 50k in route!!
Richard Dart Went out and had a DAY at Leadville! This was Richards first 100 (not the easiest first 100)!! He started off conservative just like the plan and moved up through the field the whole way finishing in 26 hours!!
Brandon Wilmoth Came all the way from Sea level to take on Leadville as well..not an easy thing to do..he battled so many ups and down to come out and finish in 28hours!!
Kritty Levorson Ran Leadville this year with less than ideal training over the past month but decided to give it everything! Battling some stomach issues she was forced to call it a day at 85 miles. Such a strong effort! As she ran with so much heart!
Camille Garcia Came to me a little over a year ago saying she had gotten into leadville by chance of a lucky draw! She new she was in over her head but had so much excitement to toe the line for her first 100! With some unbelievable performances leading up to this race she was prepared to give it hell. She did just that! She just missed cutoff but ran an amazing 100k of this historic course giving an unbelievable effort!
Blake Trotter Also made the trip from Sea Level to Leadville. He ran out of his mind amazing showing his incredible fitness until a lingering IT BAND injury forced him to stop at mile 88. Blake's fitness is through the rough right now and I know after he gets over this injury he is going to do some truly special things!
Jordan Broghammer Ran in the Habanero Hundred in Texas this weekend...Highs were over 117 degrees with heat index of only God knows...he went for it and was forced to pull the plug by medical staff at 40 miles in 4th place. Another incredible effort!
This weekend was filled with so much amazingness!! Way to go everyone!
Let me know if I missed any results!
**RACE RESULTS**
pop your popcorn..pour your drink...and sit down for this one!🤯
Mark Bottenhorn II Got MDRC started this weekend with a big fat W....W stands for WIN at the North County Trail run 50 miler in Michigan...He ran one of the fastest times over this technical course!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Races TWICE this weekend. Both 5k's one on Saturday and one on Sunday....He PR'ed by almost a minute on Saturday and was 1st place OA on Sunday!!!
David Lam Ran the Santa Rosa Marathon Getting a 10 MINUTE PR!!! just less than 4 months ago David was injured and couldn't even run. This is a perfect example of someone who was patient and stuck with the process...10 minutes is HUGE!!
Martin Criminale and his Buddy also named Martin took on the team challenge at the Ragnar event Winning outright by A TON!! This was a three day event and Martin SHOWED UP!
Garrett Gardner Raced at the Headlands 50k..Really challenging trails with lots of up and down. He took 4th OA in only his second 50k!! He even got list and ended up running extra. Garrett rocked out to snag a PR!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz CRUSHED the Lost Cat 50k this weekend running I believe a PR in the 50k and a few distances along the way! He completed this in 7:24!!
Keely Dunleavy Fitzpatrick Raced the Annapolis 10 miler CRUSHING IT running unbelievable split the whole way finishing in 1 hr 26 minutes!! Thats smoking fast!
Thom Knowles raced in the USATF NJ 5k champs this weekend to help out his team. They Won easily so Thom got to use it as a workout and cruise around 5:50 mile pace!!
Doug Fontaine Also raced the Headlands 50k this weekend. I was so stoked to see him toe the line after having 4 weeks of vacation under his belt :) He went out there and ran amazing!! finishing in 5:39. Lots of positives to take away from this effort as we now gear up for TNF!!
Angie Woolman Ran in arguably one of the most challenging 100k's in the U.S this weekend. The Castle Peak 100k offers over 16,000ft of vert and extremely technical terrain. It's not for most people, but Angie decided to give it a go. She had an awesome day with fellow MDRC teammate Greg Bowyer helping out with pacing. Way to go Angie!!
Marco Stolba Raced the Greina Trail 27k A very technical steep trail race in Europe finishing in just over 3:26!! We used this race as a long run and to have fun. He executed it perfectly!!
While we are talking about incredibly Challenging courses... Jason Hammel Went out to race The Pikes Peak Ascent!! Jason lives in Oklahoma (sea Level) and this race ends at up over 14,000ft!!! He ran so AMAZING and way beyond what anyone could imagine coming from sea level. Awesome job Jason..I dont know how you did it!!
Ehrik Aldana Also was out at the Santa Rosa Marathon running the Half marathon as a marathon paced workout! He also paced a friend to an unreal time as they finished in 1:28!! Ehrik has some big stuff ahead!!
Nicholas Forde Races on his local trails at Tiger Head in Hong Kong this weekend on a very challenging 16k route. This is super short in distance for Nick but he had a great effort getting to work on nutrition and some other things for his longer races to come!
Dana Anderson Raced a 10 mile race with his son this weekend. This result really stood out to me because thats what this is all about. In his log Dana said "This was the single best run of my life" Being a proud father and getting to share that moment with your son sounds magical!! Congrats to you and him Dana!
Jeff Divine Crushes 3 6-8 mile legs out at Hood 2 Coast this weekend helping his crew to an awesome two days. His times for those splits on tired legs were Some of his best!!
Jeremy Rampon Had some Ragnar Action running super speeds for two legs and setting segment pr's after segment pr's!! This was great training as he gears up for his 100!
James Ferris Used Hood to Coast relay as some good training smashing a 6 and 7.8 mile leg!! Lots of greatness to come!
WOW what a weekend everyone!! SO pumped. Please let me know if I missed any results as this was a HUGE weekend!
Great job everyone, hope even the ones not racing had a great mindful weekend
**RACE RESULTS**
A Labor Day weekend to remember!!
Paul Booth WINS the Peak District ultra 50 miler Slowing even to help cheer on 2nd place. He was an hour and a half ahead of 3rd!! What a performance!
MDRC coach and my amazing wife Lauren Daniels Crushes the Overlake Labor Day half in Redmond Washington running a new PR of 78:07 and taking 2nd place!!
Also out at the Overlake Labor Day Half was Whitney Heavner who ran AMAZING Also Snagging a PR by over 1 minute to finish in 1:26:38 Taking 13th out of 400 Females!! She Also negative split..WHAT!?
Anna Purcell Raced the Endurance Santa Fe 50 miler. She had to overcome so much adversity as the course was vandalized and which caused the runners to get lost multiple times running WAY longer than the actual 50 miles. It didnt stop her though as she crushed this course which is almost entirely above 10,000ft with over 13,000ft of gain taking 2nd place!!!
Nick Stollings took on the Three Corner Rock PCT 50k this weekend Finishing 11th OA, 3rd in AG and Setting a NEW PR!!!! He ran 5:27 LIKE A BOSS!
Nicholas Forde Ran a local 5k trail race part of a summer series he has been doing for years now. He ran 22:41 matching his best place 10th from 10 years ago!!! and a minute faster from this race in 2009!! WOW!
Camille Garcia Just a few short weeks After Leadville jumped into the Breck Crest Half marathon..trail race way up in Breckinridge Colorado ..No real goal other than to HAVE FUN and that she did!! Her Husband crushed it taking second in his AG!
And Last But not Least we had UTMB weekend!
Martin Malherbe and Jason Nicolai Went out and accomplished the goal of finishing this brutal race. At UTMB you never know what kind of day you are going to get. People spend years training for this race and end up dropping out and then you have runners training for a few weeks who end up slaying....This race will ALWAYS be a mystery, but the real WIN is completing it and having a damn good experience and thats what these two did! Martin ran 31hrs46 min and Jason ran 32 hrs 53min. CONGRATS to both for an amazing run!!
I'm beginning to wonder if I'm dreaming every week when writing these awesome results. You guys and Gals continue to throw it down and celebrate all the amazing work you put in!!
As always let me know if I missed any results!
**RACE RESULTS!!**
As Fall approaches things are still HOT with MDRC!!
Greg Bowyer Got us started off with Racing the J.P Morgan corporate challenge 3.5 miles on Wednesday! We trained right through this race and he KILLED IT! running 17:04 5k en route to his finish which is about as fast as he has run in the last 10 years!!
John Hughes WINS his trail marathon this weekend setting a new course record!! He had no one to challenge him from the gun. NOW THATS A PERFORMANCE!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger BLASTS her first 50 miler at the HAWK 50, placing second in her AG and 24th OA!!!! Heat index was in the mid 90's...UNREAL!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Raced the Surftown Half marathon this weekend running a PR and PRing in EVERY...YES EVERY distance en route to the finish..holy...SHIT!!!
Adam Harry Raced the historic Imogene pass Mountain run this weekend clocking his fastest time ever on that course and placing 90th!! A top 100 here is SO HARD to get. For anyone not familiar with this race..look it up. IT. IS. A. BEAST!
Brian Martin Raced a 10k this weekend getting a HUGE PR!!! He finished over a minute faster than last time he ran this race AND placed 4th!!! SO much to come from Brian in the future.
Beau Atwater Went down in Distance and took on the MILE!! He ran a 5:24 and was 4th in his heat which was loaded with fast dudes!! Age graded that comes out to about a 4:15 mile!!!!
Dana Anderson Raced 100 miles this weekend CRUSHING it in 24 hours!! The most exciting thing is whats to come in other distances soon!!
Garrett Gardner Goes from 50k Ultra to racing a 4 mile cross country race in the bay this weekend! Incredible transition in distance with lots more fun speed to come as he gets ready for a big marathon!!
Samantha Friedman Goes out and crushes the New Forest Marathon....basically blind as she forgot her contacts and glasses on this trip...to top off a very stressful week before hand. Sami is the perfect example of what can happen when you just let things go sometimes and go have fun! This race should not have happend..but she made it happen and had a damn good time doing it!!! Sami gets bad ass runner of the week!
Thom Knowles Tempo'ed a 12k race in the middle of his 18 mile run to top of one of his biggest and best training weeks of his life! Thought this was at least worth a mention!!!
Rachela Lack CRUSHED the Woodstock 100 placing 1st in her AG and running 26 hours!! Rachela just started running for MDRC and WOW the future is bright!
Don Knight Jumped into the FAAP fall classic 20k trail run last minute as his kids were running the 5k! He ran it as part of a training run clicking off 10 minute miles like he can do all day long!!!
Chris Sadie Ran in the 174k UTMR stage race with weather issues this was condensed and he killed it running unbelievable splits EVERY DAY!!!
Jared Rammell Went out and had a day at the Devin on the Divide 50k...The race maybe didn't go as great as he wanted it to but he fought so hard and accepted the day and still had an awesome time!!
Jorge Vivanco Gave it hell at the Haliburton Forest 100 but made the smart call and pulled out short with an achilles injury. This race proved to be insane as the drop out rate was really high! Great work to Jorge as he has had an amazing year of training and racing!!
WOW. EVERY WEEK! These results are getting me excited to get out and want to race again soon! Keep crushing it everyone!
** RACE RESULTS**
Weekends are my favorite as I get to track all of your AMAZING results!!
Garrett Gardner Raced 6k XC this week again cruising to an 11th place finish in 21:03!! Great speed session as he gets ready for some BIG races to come!
Steven Brown HAD A DAY at the Northface Wisconsin 50k placing 14th OA, 3rd in AG and running a speedy 4:46!!!
Richard Floyd Used a half marathon this weekend as a tune up for his upcoming marathon. He CRUSHED it running a HUGE PR in 85 min!! He also PRed in MANY distances along the way. The goal was to run under 90 min on a good day and he beat that by 5 min on a hot humid and REALLY hilly course!!
Angie Woolman Continues to do what she does best and thats crush trail races!! She used thee Night sweats marathon as a training run this weekend in prep for some BIG stuff to come! She was 3rd woman and 1st in AG and 15th OA!!!
Jasha Reynolds Ran in the Pin to Palm 100 over 20,000ft of vert h CRUSHED it running 26 hours and ready for thee next challenge!! An incredible run for Jasha!
Gunnar Fontain Raced the Run Rabbit 100...A brutal race at high elevations with a crazy amount of very. Gunnar ran amazing coming all the way from Bend Oregon to finish in 35 hours!!
Brian Hickey Raced the Tahoe 100k...an extremely difficult course with high altitude and lots of vert! He gave it everything and came out with a great finish despite some really low points. This is what ultra marathoning is all about! Way to gut it out Brian!
Don Knight Raced the Rock N knob Mountain marathon this weekend in prep for Grindstone 100 He had a challenging day but was able to finish running Amazing considering all that he dealt with in just over 6 hours!! TONS OF VERT here!
Also out at Tahoe is Rob Steger He is currently at mile 172 of 200+ miles to run!! After a late start and a crazy good first 155 miles he is rallying and getting it done! Can't wait to see the result as we will have him post all about it post race!! YOU GOT THIS ROB!!
Anna Purcell Ran in a local Half marathon for fun this weekend as she is coming off of recovery from her big ultra a few weeks ago. In typical Anna Fashion she blazed a 1:39 as a training run at altitude!!
David Lim took to the roads and ran a local 10k this weekend running 44 min in extremely hot and humid conditions! This was a great training run for David as h now gets to look forward to some great things ahead!!
AWESOME weekend everyone!! Please let me know if I missed any results!
** RACE RESULTS**
Some AWESOME Stories and race results this week!
Sam Cotton Has had a LONG road back from injury....Shew as set to race a trail marathon this past weekend and was ready to go then BOOM! She got sick..didn't stop her as she CRUSHED her race taking 3rd Female OA!! The amount of Patience and Grit that Sam has displayed over the last 6-7 months is what MDRC is all about!!
Greg Price Raced the Inov8 Snowdania 14 miler this weekend on a crazy tough course overcoming many things during the race and holding off a hard charging 4th place runner to finish 3rd place OA!!!!
Paul Cothenet has been grinding away and training so hard month in and month out and HOT DAMN did it pay off this weekend as he takes 3rd place OA at the Whiskey Hill Redwood Run!!
Vilppu Huomo Used the Sipoonkorpi Trail 30k race as a moderate long run in prep for some upcoming races. He Ran amazing an in control for 11th place OA!!! in 2:46!
Andre Ramisch Took on a 12 hour event for the first time ever having so much fun and running a total of 46 miles in 6 hours!!! Smart call stopping at 6 as he is training for an 8k coming soon!
Whitney Heavner Did some more XC racing this weekend! This time racing 6k. She PRed and took 13th place OA!!! She can do anything!
David Lam Raced in the Golden Ultra 30k..Brutal Mountain race running an incredible time of 3:32 on this course finishing in 13th OA!! Next up..Chicago marathon!
Jeff Hsu Put out an INCREDIBLE effort on a gnarly course XTE Naked Trail Chase 12 miles with almost 4,000ft of vert finishing 40th OA in a loaded field!! He Also PRed in so many distances along the way!
Beau Atwater Races again this week taking it to the xc course for an 8k and finishing 2nd place in his AG!! pretty incredible as he was diagnosed with lymes earlier this week and is on some pretty heavy meds!
Evan Birch Ran the MEC Trail race 24k in 2 hr 8 min in 6th OA and 2nd in his AG!! An incredible run while training through the week in prep of some bigger races to come! He PRed in so many distances along the way which means ...HE IS FIT!
Andrew Smith Also ran the Inov8 Snowdania race but did the 64k! He crushed this brutal course earning his 3 points for UTMB entry!!
Justin Brueggemann Took on the Heartland marathon and was cruising comfortably in 4th before a severe Thunderstorm forced race directors to pull all runners off the course at 6 miles! Justin will be looking to capitalize on his fitness soon!!
Ludwig Falkman Runs in his first EVER race (16k) and comes away with a medal and a great experience after being sick for the last two weeks!
Felix Moisel Ran the world famous Glen Coe Sky race. For those of you have never seen this race I suggest you go on youtube and watch clips from it...its BRUTAL! He ran amazing finishing the race and survived without any broken bones!! Pretty impressive for only have 1 300meter hill to train on!
Adam Harry Raced in the Sunset Trail series 50k up in Gold Hill Colorado 8-10,000ft elevation. He ran amazing!! A really strong first 22 miles before some sever psoas pain but he still finished running amazing in 5 hours 19 min!!!
Adam Danks Raced the Stagecoach 55k. We trained right through this race as he is in the process of putting in some serious consistency that is going to pay off in the long run! He still finished in 6:29!!
Tim Krauss Took a risk this weekend and went for it at the sky island 25k. With a blazing start and a battle with the front pack while dealing with some extreme leg cramps(It was 95 degrees ) Tim ran amazing!! This was such a good tune up for his 10 miler coming up!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Races again this time a half marathon! While the performance isn't what he wanted, he competed well and ran 1:50. In good spirits Fernando is already stoked about his upcoming big A races!!
Filsan Abdiaman Raced the WAM 110k! She has come such a long ways since we started working together. She just missed the cut off at 83k! This race is a dangerous one as she fell multiple times. She stuck it out and really had an amazing day!! Way to go Filsan!
Jason Cashdollar Showed some real Grit and resilience this weekend at the Berkeley Trail Adventure 50k! He had a great first 18 miles before heat and exposure got the best of him. He took his time at an aid station and eventually snapped out of the funk to finish strong and have an awesome day!!!
Jeff Divine Raced a trail half this weekend. He overcame some stomach issues to finish strong and have a good race! Excellent prep for whats to come!!
Martin Criminale Found out last week that he had PF. For anyone that has dealt with PF you know how painful that can be. He was set to go run the Whistler 100miler in the mountains of Canada and enjoy a vacation out there. He decided to Start before having to pull out late in the race. He had an amazing time and a great experience though and has SO SO SO Much to look forward to!
WOW! What a weekend. I'm so proud of everyone who raced and is overcoming different things! That is what this is all about!
let me know if I missed any results!
**RACE RESULTS**
These results were worth the wait!!
Going to start this week off with Anna Marie crushing a 55k in the high altitude of Crested Butte Colorado! She ran 7:29 Which I believe is faster than her 50k! She put in some amazing training during a busy life/work schedule to come out on top!!
Jared Rammell also raced in Crested Butte this weekend. He took on the 105k running amazing and finishing 14th OA!!!
Thom Knowles Raced the USA Mountain running championships this weekend in NH.. BRUTAL BRUTAL course this year. This was Thoms first Mountain race and he crushed it taking 5th in his AG in a HIGHLY competitive race!
Evan Birch Raced Lewiston Ultra 60km placing in the top 15!! This was an unbelievable turn around from just racing last week!
Jeremy Rampon, Laurel DeVore, Justen Ortiz, and Jason Edwards all raced the Bear 100 this weekend. For anyone not familiar with this race, it is a BRUTAL mountain 100 with loads of vert at very high elevations and this year with just about every type of weather imaginable! They all ran amazing with so much grit and toughness!! This race is unforgiving..especially this year. All 4 of these athletes have so much planned and to look forward to in the coming months!!
Jennifer Brackett Raced the world Famous Berlin Marathon while out on Vacation in Germany! She spent most of her time weaving in and out of people trying to find pace(Berlin is insane) She had an awesome day with all eyes set towards CIM this winter!!
Benjamin Willis Raced a fun 10 miler while on his trip to Paris enjoying every minute of it and getting in some awesome training!
Daniel Balestrieri has been putting in some AMAZING work in prep for a 50k trail race to start his season. All the hard work paid off as he crushed it running amazing with all eyes set on some big goals this winter!!
Marco Stolba Went to do some Swiss trail tour work and decided to jump into a fun mountain 10k with his brother! They had a Damn good time and enjoyed every second of the day out on the trail!!
Chris Brown Raced the Rose city mile right off the couch in the middle of 100 mile training, finishing in 5:18!!
I'm so incredibly Proud of everyone! This can be a tough time of year as its starting to be darker in the mornings and evenings for your training runs, motivation may be lacking as races are winding down and the body is tired from all the hard work you have put in over the summer. Use thee team and results for motivation!! You guys and gals are amazing!!
Let me know if I missed any results!
** RACE RESULTS**
There is absolutely no slowing down for team MDRC...WOW!
Whitney Heavner Last minute jumped into a half marathon this weekend training 100% through this week and decided she was going to knock it out of the park!! She ran 1:25 which was good enough for 2nd female OA!!!!
Rachela Lack Dominates the St. George Marathon this weekend running 3:11!! I believe a pr?? The best part of her story is that this morning she was selected for the Abbott world marathon major age group world championships which will take place at the London Marathon!!! Congrats Rachela!
Efe Aksan races a marathon in Lyon off of less than ideal training the past two months. That didn't matter though because I knew he was fit! He PRed!!! Running 3:39..best part was he ran completely even splits!!
Nick Stollings Raced the Three Sisters Skyline 50k coming away with a sub 5 hour race and PRing by almost 30 minutes!!!! He took 10th place OA! Nick is just getting started!
Alex Barkley just a week after setting 2 HUGE FKT's in Washington takes on the Sky Peaks 28k in Flagstaff! He woke up sick and decided to go ahead with the plan and crushed it finishing in 9th place OA!!! Alex has had an amazing year not just with running but outside of that too!!
Chad Bruce race at the Cuyamaca 100K this weekend. This race is hard! Super rocky and relentless! Didn't stop Chad from running amazing as usual though!!! He finished in 13:39 taking 10th in his AG and 37th OA!!
Jeff Hsu Raced the Lantau 2 peaks sky race this weekend. GNARLY run with insane climbing and technical terrain over 23k you gain nearly 6,000ft. He placed in the 115 out of over 500 runners on a trail that isn't his specialty! Jeff is showing how well rounded he is!! Up next some fast runnable stuff!!
Jason Hammel Hosted his Charity run (RUN4MDA) go check it out!! He completed 31.5 miles in 5 hr 35 min racing over $2,500 int he process!!!! Now thats a win! You are doing so much for the world around us Jason thanks for being an amazing human!!
Martin Malherbe Took park in a Backyard Ultra event! With record heat it was a challenging day for everyone. Martin was cruising along though through nearly 50k before having contact lense issues and one falling out causing him to run blind forcing him to make the tough decision to pull out. Thats ok though because I'm still riding the high from Martins UTMB finish!!!
Laurel DeVore Paced her Husband in his first ever 50k this weekend at the castle rock trail fest. They crushed it and Josh her husband ran amazing!! CONGRATS!
Brian Martin: while not a race I still think this needs to be acknowledged...Brian Set his half marathon PR this week in the middle of an easy day 90 minute training run! He is making progress like you wouldn't believe!!!
Andrew Smith took on the 10.5 km König Ludwig Trail race after being sick all week and running 42 minutes which was good enough for a top 20 finish and 5th in his AG!!!
Mike Lasher ran the Bogus 50k in Idaho cruising to a 7:11 finish on a really tough course! This was an awesome race for Mike as he really got to dial in nutrition and pacing!!
WOW HOLY SMOKES WHAT IS IN THE WATER????
Let me know if I missed any results. Thanks and keep on crushing it team!!
**RACE RESULTS**
Team MDRC keep outdoing itself!! WOW I don't even know where to start!?!?!
Rob Steger COMPLETES THE TRIPLE CROWN OF 200'S!!! I was lucky to be part of his epic journey this weekend at the Moab 240 where he set off to finish the triple crown on 3 200+ mile races in 3 months. I got to pace his during the last 16.5 miles of moab where we were sitting in 21st place until the last 3 miles where Rob dropped a Sub 10 min mile..yees at the end of a 240 mile race lol to close hard and finish in the top 20!! The best part of this whole story is the fact that he raised an incredible amount of money through his fundraiser 401kforcancer!!!
Chicago marathon was one for the history books....not only for women's world record but for MDRC athletes SLAYING IT!
Richard Floyd snags an 11+ minute PR and qualifies for the Boston marathon by going sub 3 hours (2:56:24) for the first time!!!
David Lam snags a 7+ minute PR and qualifies for the Boston Marathon by going sub 3 hours (2:58:29) for the first time!!!
Jennie Nemeth Terflinger just 35 days post 50 mile trail debut runs within 1 minute of her marathon pr!!! The story gets better. A few days before her race she was nearly bed written with shingles! Her doc suggested not racing but said she could and it would be painful...she kicked pain in the face and ran AMAZING!!!
Beth Hafer Greer Ran an INCREDIBLE...and I MEAN INCREDIBLE race at the Cloudsplitter 100k this weekend taking 2nd place female OA!!! She has improved light years since we started working together over a year ago. This performance has me all sorts of fired up!
Tim Oberholzer Raced the Sasquatch Shuffle 10k this weekend placing 2nd OA!!! Sometimes a result can be deceiving as we don't always know what each athlete has going on in his or her life. For Tim this weekend this 2nd place finish was truly inspirational and amazing!!!
Sean Patton Raced the Youngstown Peace Race 10k as a tune up/workout leading into his Marathon coming up He is fit because he PRed in the 5k and 10k today!!!! What a run!
Kunal Yadav Set the world on fire at the Autumn 100. He set a new 100 mile PR of 27:18!!! He also PRed in the 50 mile and 100k distances en route!! To make this performance even better is it was a MUD FEST!! Awesome pictures of what use to be shoes until the mud took them over on his strava!
Beau Atwater Ran the NJ Masters half marathon this morning at goal marathon effort in prep for NYC marathon coming up! He showed his excellent fitness as he ran so perfect!! He was 1st in his AG and ran an 1:27!!!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz Ran the Hartford Marathon just a month after setting a PR in the half marathon and every distance in route...he PRed!!!! and runs 4:40 Woohoo!!
Adam Danks Raced the Soulstice 12.5 mile trail race in Flagstaff. Like any race in Flag this one was stacked!! He finished 16th OA and 5th in his AG running an incredible time of 1:35! Fitness is really coming together for Adam!!
Thom Knowles Goes out and does what he does just about every weekend and thats CRUSH IT!!! He ran the masters 5k xc champs finishing in 17:55 keeping it pretty chill throughout!
Evan Birch raced Canyon De Chelly Ultra 55km Running such a strong race after an incredible trip to the grand canyon! Evan PRed in just about every single distance leading up to the finish!!! He ended up 34th OA!!
Martin Criminale raced a local 10k after battling injury over the last couple weeks! He knocked it out of the park and picked up right where he left off!!
Nathan Johnson Ran in the Corner Canyon 25k running so strong placing 41st OA!! This is such an awesome run for Nathan!!!
Steven Brown Raced the Indiana Trail 100 giving an awesome effort finishing in 27 hours!! I know he wasnt happy with this performance but sometimes these types of days are the ones that lead us to those amazing ones!!
Camille Garcia Goes out and SLAYS her 15 mile trails race before heading out to a much deserved vacation!
Nate Snyder ran awesome and had a great time at his local 10 mile trail race! Lots to look forward to for him!!
Chris Martin Had an AWESOME weekend running a trail Half with one of his athletes he coaches pacing her to an AMAZING time on a pretty tough technical course! So proud of the amazing coaching job Chris has done!
**RACE RESULTS**
ANOTHER PR FILLED WEEKEND HOLY CRAP!!
Taylor Albanese RUNS A HUGE PR of 3:55 for the marathon at the Baltimore running Festival! Going under 4 hours for the first time and negative splitting like no ones buisness!!!
Jeff Divine Goes out to run the Ventura Marathon and PR's...by.....24 minutes!!!! Thats a scary thought given this was a bit of a training run as he is gearing up for a killer ultra in the near future!
Whitney Heavner Sent me a message a few days ago saying she was going to jump into a half marathon to run with friends and family and have fun for training...She got in found her self in 2nd place and rocked and rolled to a PR!!! She ran 1:25!! This is proof that no pressure chill efforts can lead to great performances!
Justin Brueggemann Snags a BIG 5 min pr in the GOATZ 50k taking 2nd place OA!!!! He nearly cracked 4 hours and the course conditions were absolutely horrendous with mud and uneven terrain. After 3 DNF's in a row he stuck with it and showed EVERYONE what he was capable of! So many more great races to come from him soon!!
Zack Roof Runs aHUGE PR at the Baystate Marathon finishing in an incredible 3:09:26!! It is just a matter of time before he goes under 3 hours!
Chris Brown Got a BIG PR at the Toronto Half Marathon!!! He has been through it all the last few months battling some little injuries, being a full time dad and training for hokey! What an awesome day as this is just a small glimpse of the greatness to come from him!!
Daniel Balestrieri PR's by 90 minutes in his 50k Going sub 6 for the first time and running insane negative splits!! SO SO SO STRONG!!
Satwik Rajani Was part of a HUGE triathlon relay in India this weekend. His run leg was 21.1k. We decided to train through this race since he has some big A goals coming up. That didn't stop him from bringing his team from 7th to 2nd place OA!!!! Such an impressive run considering how big his week has been.
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Raced the Detroit Half Marathon in prep for an upcoming marathon! He ran amazing finishing just outside of his PR and over a minute faster than he ran it last year!!! The best part of this is...he ran it all under control and in a happy place!!!
John Hughes Overcame a tough day out at the Bluesky trail marathon here in Colorado! He finished 20th place and still 20 minutes faster than his last trail marathon!! I'm so proud of him for over coming so of the adversity that was thrown his way on race day to rise to the occasion and have an awesome performance!!
Greg Bowyer Raced a half marathon this weekend in sub 1:18!! Thats sub 6 minute pace..the best part is we trained hard leading up to this and through it with all eyes set on CIM!!
Vilppu Huomo Raced the EPIC Templiers Endurance Trail 106 km! This race is so so so hard and he slayed it in finishing it 15 hours !! Vilppu lives in a flat area so for him to go out and do what he did here is mind blowing!!
Angie Woolman and Andrew Woolman Both did some Euro trail racing at Marathon du Larzac 37.5 K while on Vacation!! Angie came down with a cold a few days before the race but in typical fashion went out and finished 2nd in her AG and 31st OA female!!! Andrew overcame some foot injury issues to finish 17th in his AG!!! These two are the super hero husband and wife combo of the week!!
Evan Birch Jumped into a local 5k in support of children who need heart health helping out close friends in need. This deserves all the credit in the world even if he did this as a training run. Amazing stuff Evan!
Felix Moisel Jumped into a local half marathon this weekend to give the legs a test run for a big 65k he has coming up! He ran so strong!!
Paul Booth Jumped into a local trail race to get in part of his training run this weekend running super strong during a hard week of training!!
Killer Weekend once again!!
**RACE RESULTS**
This team is on a tear!
Thom Knowles Jumped into the Pennypack Trail fest 20k For a chill long run workout and in typical Thom fashion he WON!!
Sean Patton Raced a half marathon this weekend coming away with a HUGE PR running 1:36..what makes this so special is he also PRed through 10 miles All of this while fighting a STIFF headwind!!
Andre Ramisch Primed and ready set out to race 8k this weekend..He got food poisoning really bad before the race and STILL crushed it finishing 3rd OA and 2nd in his AG!! Just shows the strength this young man has. SO much to come from Andre in the future as we are just getting going.
Jason Hammel Took on the Lake Murray Endurance run 100k! The course was so so so sloppy...he made a wrong turn and ran a lot more than 100k That didnt stop him though because he SMASHED his PR even with the extra distance and left this race with so much knowledge !!
Garrett Gardner Races the Excelsior Open XC race with his team. They WON and he was 7th OA!! Garrett is in the midst of hard training for CIM so what better way to follow up a race with a workout that evening (special block) He crushed his workout too. Garrett is someone to seriously watch out for over the coming years!!
Martin Criminale Raced the Javelina 100k! He ran amazing for what I believe was his furthest race to date. He podium in his AG..as usual!!!
Malaina Collins Raced the Marine Corps 50k this weekend in a torrential DOWNPOUR!! Battling insane Hamstring issues rain and plenty of throwing up she STILL finished in 5 hr 22min!! With a 50 miler on the horizon keep an eye out for Malaina!!
Marco Stolba Raced the Gantrisch Trail 23k. Finishing 29th OA on a BRUTAL mountain course in Switzerland. Before this race he did trail work and was most def not rested!! He had an awesome day as this is just a glimpse of whats to come!
Jeff Hsu Raced a trail 50k in Hong Kong with 7,200 feet!! I love it..in his log he described this as a faster 50k haha HONG TRAILS ARE CRAZY!! He ran amazing He is getting stronger and stronger every race finishing 52nd out of nearly 800 runners!!
Beau Atwater Ran a local 12k for a workout this weekend before heading out for the NYC marathon. He ran perfect splits at marathon effort and got in one last big workout before NY!!
Felix Moisel Has battled SO much over the last few months. He went out and crushed it at the Roentgenlauf race running the marathon! Time for some speed development and shorter races for Felix!!! So excited to see what he does with a full speed block!
As always an incredible weekend Team!!
** RACE RESULTS**
There is never a dull weekend!!! OH MY here we go..
Thom Knowles RACED the MOAB Marathon which is the USA trail marathon champs. This course is brutal, sandy, technical etc...He raced amazing finishing 1st OA Masters and winning the masters Trail marathon title!! This also put him in 15th OA!!!
Nicholas Forde Makes the last minute decision this weekend to jump into the MSIG Summits 17km in hong kong! He places 15th OA and WINS his AG!!! This is a huge victory for Nick!
Greg Pappas Took on the Rio Del Lago 100 miler placing an unbelievable 10th OA!!!! Tracking this race was fun as he just kept moving up through the field the whole way! Over the last 50k not one person past him as he slipped into the top 10 and held it!
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe Last minute jumped into a 5k this weekend right in the middle of full force marathon training....what does he do??? PR's of course!!! taking 4th OA and 1st OA masters!
Beau Atwater Raced the New York Marathon this weekend! At 61 years of age he CRUSHED it going sub 3 hours. I was so impressed with this race considering some of the issues he had during!! This is some top level running!!
Garrett Gardner Raced at the Clarksburg Half marathon Running within just a FEW seconds of his PR in the middle of marathon training!! It was a Hot one which makes his 74 min half all that much more impressive!!
Jasha Reynolds Also took on the Rio Del Lago 100! Jasha has had a jammed pack schedule of adventures lately. He didnt let the fatigue slow him down though as he finished in an amazing time of 22 hr 54 minutes placing him 50th OA!!!!
Martin Malherbe After race directing all weekend decides to jump in the 15k. In the middle of training and tired from the weekend (possibly a little hungover too) places 4th OA!!! BAD ASS!
Kevin Smith Jumped into a 15k in the middle of his 18 mile long run and raced at a conversational pace placing 10th is his AG!! This screams fitness!!
Kunal Yadav Just weeks after crushing a 100 miler does a 24 hour track event completing 116k before calling it a day!!! WOW the strength Kunal has is limitless
Tim Krauss Raced 10 miles through the hills of Austin Texas this weekend Having an awesome day while managing some back problems. This was a huge effort that is going to be money in the bank for what is to come!!
Jeff Wojtkiewicz while out at Disney completes the 10k and half marathon for fun this weekend as awesome training runs in a race setting!!
SO PROUD OF EVERYONE!! There has been some amazing racing, training, and life stories happening over the last month! Thank you all for brining me so much joy! As always please let me know if I missed any results!