Hometown: Don’t really have one: Texas originally but most recently Ashland Oregon
Family: Happily married for four years; no kids yet
Education: Working towards a degree in Business Management 2012 and then and MBA 2013
Years Running: 5
Avg Weekly Miles Ran: 25-35
Avg Weekly Miles Biked: in the summer about 100; in the winter zero
Avg Weekly Meters/Yards Swam: about 2 miles
Favorite Run: The Wild & Scenic Trail on the Rogue River (43 Miles from Graves Creek to Agnes)
Favorite Bike Course: Don’t have one?
Favorite Workout: I enjoy being punished at CrossFit NRG; James and Dave run a brutal show there.
Favorite Race: IRONMAN is a fun one…
Dream Race: Western States 100
Current Running Shoe: ASICS Fortitude
All Time Favorite Running Shoe: Anything that fits (14-4E)
Current Running Goals: Looking to knock out a 100 miler- Pine To Palm in Ashland Oregon
Hi Colin!
I enjoyed meeting you and your brother and friend at Pine to Palm. You picked a very hard race for your first hundred. I think you must be very strong but perhaps your weekly training mileage was insufficient. But it must have been a good learning experience. Myself, I just barely made the (extended) cutoffs. Once I made it past Dutchman’s peak, I should have been good to finish, on paper, but the injury knocked me out. Dissapointing. I have been working with a physical therapist who thinks I have some stride inefficiencies which contributed to the injury, causing me to drop. So hopefully next year will be better.
I just heard about a hundred in your area in April:
http://www.saltflats100.com
It has less elevation gain than P2P and a 36 hour cutoff. That might be a good first hundred for you. Heck, we could walk that one!
David Elsbernd