keys 100 race report

5/19/18: Location. Key Largo, FL to Key West, FL: Avg Temps f. 87/69: Gain/Loss in ft < 500 ft: Highest Elev. After that check-in I was in interval mode doing 5 minutes running, 1 minute walking and sometimes I’d skip a walking interval depending on my heart rate and how I felt. When I crossed the timing area and gave my chip to the time keeper, I immediately went back to my family grabbed them all and we crossed the finish line together hand-in-hand. I got fully stocked up before embarking on the stretch that meant I needed to cross the 7 miles with no more refills of ice/water/food. I’d run and mix in small one minute walk breaks here and there and meet my wife. I thought at the time it was casual chatter but came to realize after the race that maybe with a whole heaping ton of hard work, I might be able to have some success in Ultrarunning! I’ll cut to the chase by saying I completed it but I was finally hit head on with a firm dose of reality in ultrarunning, you cannot run the whole thing. Known as the MarathonMan he has completed some amazing feats including winning the Race Across America and…, Written by Neil Turnbull - https://thefarsideofbeyond.wordpress.com I reached my home and collapsed on the floor. I did a recon mission by bicycle tracing the path I’d run on foot. My target practice method was in full effect as well. It was further away on the calendar than I wanted because, being the impatient person I am, I preferred to do the attempt in late February/early March. 20 hours and 28 minutes from the time I started I was at the end. There was a sign but no cooler. Luckily there was a construction site which meant port-o-potty to the rescue. Run 39 miles prior to my 39th birthday. I think it’s why I did so well in baseball as a kid. If I stop now, I’ll have to run all those km/mi over again just to have a chance to finish 50km. I wasn’t in terrible shape anymore, nor overheating due to always having ice in my hat and ice in my bottles. In the meantime I figured out a new goal–I decided I was going to run across the country of Luxembourg. This was the day after, having…, Written by Guy Mawson - https://guymawson.wordpress.com Again I went to the Google machine to search for “Longer than a marathon”. Eventually I reached the 70 mile marker (30 miles into the race) and was running by myself again. After just under 13 hours I had completed the 100 km. The Keys 100 was the first race of my life. After 38 miles I had an amusing conversation with my Uncle, who joined me to run some…, Written by Aleks Kashefi - https://pursuingthevoid.wordpress.com I had two 16 oz bottles. My experience from training in 103-108 degree F (39-42 C), made me drink lots of my tailwind concoction. From that point on I did intervals of about 20 min of slow running with 5 min of walking. Was I going to DNF my first 100 miler, my first race of my life or was I going to push through and do it?? I met my incredible wife at a predetermined location as a makeshift aid station and told her that she may need to start accompanying now because I’m not sure I am going to make it. I had to stop running for 2-3 months and just cycled instead. I did some soul searching while hobbling forward and said to myself that I was going to get there some way or another. I’m beginning in ultra running and I’m considering the Keys 100 for my first 100 miles in 2018. I had always wanted to live in México because my wife is from the country. That led me to the Keys 100 in May 2015. He commented on my shirt that my wife had designed that said Te Amamos Papá (We Love You Papa). Frustrating but I didn’t let it get me down. This was quite a bit slower than I normally run at that heart rate in equivalent temperatures and humidity in México. My phone, which was not a US phone and didn’t have much airtime to work in the US, received a call from my wife but in my sweaty fumbling I couldn’t get the call. I had completed just shy of 70 km of the 100 but there was no more running left in my legs. If the next meeting point was a 1.5 miles or less, I’d run all the way until I saw her. Containing comprehensive and informative articles about all aspects of the sport of ultramarathoning, UltraRunning is a must-read … Very interesting, I thought. The first two weeks were a bear but I am one stubborn person when I am challenged with something or someone tells me it can’t be done. For my first race of my life, I was pleased but I know I can improve quite a bit with refined training and strengthening. Now that I got my feet wet so to speak, I have plenty of new goals and challenges to set for myself. It’s only 20km from a 100km so I said what the heck I’m going to do 100km in the summer of 2014. I was still too hot and was really looking forward to finding the next water station so I could fill one bottle with water and one with Tailwind to help find a balance for my stomach. 3. I plodded away at my training and was starting to run over 100km/60mi weekly prior to my 100km attempt. I thought at the time it was casual chatter but came to realize after the race that maybe with a whole heaping ton of hard work, I might be able to have some success in Ultrarunning! At this point I was running by myself but with runners within view in front and behind. The research continued. A Brazilian and Luxembourgish for my two daughters, a Mexican for my wife, and an American for me. I was definitely rescued in more ways than one. I wouldn’t give up and just walk. Yet a funny thing happened when I finished the marathon distance, I felt like I could run farther.