Western States Recovery Run 6.30.10

Reminder: Group trail run in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve tomorrow morning 5:16 AM. Meet at the very top lot of Squaw Peak Drive north of Glendale / Lincoln. Plan on a little over one hour at a slow to moderate pace.

Runners of the week: Congrats to those that completed the Western States 100 mile endurance run on Saturday. This is the oldest and one of the most prestigious of all Ultra Runs. Out of a field that approached 500 runners Andrew Heard finished in 44th place with a time of 20:44:56. Very impressive in itself but when you factor Andrew was coming off a broken foot with limited training WOW. Jamil Coury finished just behind in 58th place. 21:41:08. Both those guys get the coveted Silver Buckle for finishing under 24 hours. Also finishing was Join Roig and Ron Harding. Both finished under the 30 hour cutoff to get the Gold Buckle.

Andrew at the finish with his his sister and pacer (not Higg or Cos! The've been replaced!)


Check out the last video instalment of JJ's 50 mile slam. Four 50 mile trail races within a couple months. The last one is from the San Juan Solstice 50 in Colorado. Beautiful scenery. Great work JJ!

2010 San Juan Solstice 50M Run from Jeff Jones on Vimeo.

Western States Taper Run 6.23.10

Reminder: Group trail run in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve tomorrow morning, 5:15 AM. Meet at the very top lot of Squaw Peak Drive. Plan on a little over one hour at a slow to moderate pace.

Runners of the Week: Congrats to Jody Chase (new Colorado Resident) who ran the Big Horn 100 mile trail run in Wyoming. She was having a stellar race through the first 48 miles until her IT band started acting up. Battling 28 degree temps at night she gutted it out to finish in 28:40. Way to get it done Jody.

Jeff Jones completed his season slam of running the four hardest 50 mile races within a two month period. Jeff ran the San Juan Solstice 50 mile on Saturday finishing in 14:07:41. Now Jeff has to rank the all and give us all a little perspective.

Huge weekend: Saturday is the granddaddy of them all. The Western States 100 mile trail run from Squaw Valley to Auburn. We have 3 runners from the Group. Andrew Heard, Jamil Coury and Jon Roig. Good luck to you all. The Western States has the best Webcast out there for 100 mile races. Follow along. This years field is incredible. Who is going to win: Koerner, Roes, Krupicka, Killian, Clark, Brimhall. The list goes on and one. Follow our local boys and the whole race here. Western States 100 Mile Webcast

Flagstaff 50K Results 2010

Flagstaff 50K Results are up. Check out here.

Flagstaff 50 Recovery Run 6.16.10

Reminder: Group trail run in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve tomorrow morning. Meet at the very top of Squaw Peak Drive at 5:15 AM. Plan on a little over one hour at a slow to moderate pace. Some good training going on so don't miss out!

Runner of the week: Congrats to Noah Dougherty for running his first Ultra (or Marathon) distance last weekend in the inaugural Flagstaff 50K. Nice picture of Noah on the Waterline. Also congrats to the first female finisher Honey. Jamil and Nick haven't posted the complete finishers list but it sounds like it was a very fun time for all. Paul R, Paulette, Kirk, Donovan and Jeremy included.

Laura P just forwarded the news that Caballo Blanco, the central figure in the book Born To Run is appearing at Sole Sports in Tempe for a group run and Benefit talk on Thursday June 24th. More info Here. Bring your book to get signed.

Good luck to Jeff Jones who is going for number 4 in his 50 mile slam this weekend running the San Juan Solstice 50 mile in Colorado. Also good luck to our WMRC Colorado friend Scott Jaime who is also running. Scott has had an impressive 2010 leading up to Hardrock 100 in July. Keep it going!

Squaw Kettle Deuce Recovery Run 6.9.19

Reminder: we are on for a group trail run tomorrow morning 5:17 AM within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Plan on a little over one hour at a slow to moderate pace. Meet at the same location as always. Very top of Squaw Peak Drive north of Glendale / Lincoln Ave.Runners of the Week... and Tri-athletes too? We were spread out last weekend. Jeff Jones completed his 3rd 5o mile race this season running the Squaw Peak 50 mile above Provo Utah. 12:37 very nice. One more to go to complete his slam! Check out his latest video below. Congrats to Aaron Mascarella on completing the Kettle Moraine 100 mile run in Wisconsin. Aaron battled the weather / rain / cold. I've been assured that the picture above is indeed Aaron. Debbie Leftwich ran the 100K at Kettle Moraine and finish 3rd Women overall. Nice work Deb!

Two notables Tri-Athletes (former Ultra Trail Runners) completed in the Deuceman. Chris Latvaaho finished the Deuce's Wild Olympic Distance 6th overall 2:14:12. Very impressive but raise your hand if you want Chris to get back to 50 and 100 mile trail runs.....I do! Joe Galope who actually hasn't given up on Ultra Trail runs finished the Deuceman Triathlon 70.3 in 6:25:16. Great job Joe!!!

Squaw Peak 50 from Jeff Jones on Vimeo.

WMRC Squaw Peak 50 Taper Run

Taper for whom? Jeff Jones that’s who! Reminder: We are on for a group trail run in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve tomorrow morning. 5:16 AM at the very top lot of Squaw Peak Drive. Get it while its good. 72 degrees at kickoff tomorrow. 108 degrees this weekend! Ugh.

Good luck to Jeff Jones who continues his quest on running the hardest 50-mile races this season. Only 2 weeks out from Jemez 50 Jeff is going to Utah and running the Squaw Peak 50 on Saturday. Another very tough but beautiful course. Good luck JJ!

Runner of the week goes to Andrew Heard who did the Western States training runs this past weekend. Over 70 miles of the Western States Trail over a three-day period. Nice picture of the Rucky Chucky crossing at the American River. Paul Bonnet was up there visiting and ran day 1.

Need some more motivation to get out tomorrow? Its National Running Day.