Our Jeremy Morris. He’s one cool cat and tough as rawhide. He ran and won the Stampede Trail Run 50K on Saturday. One of Jim Craig’s events, about as low key as you can possibly imagine. Instead of a finish line you go to the bar across the street and tell them your time and what distance you ran. At least there is free beer I hear. Jeremy’s recap:
“Ran 3:39:10 2nd was 4:27 3rd was 4:41. Course was 3 approximately 10 mile loops. Trail was hard for first lap 2nd and third lap it was pretty sloppy. Was able to run pretty consistent pace for first 27-28 miles then slowed a bit. Started off easier than normal as my hip and knee had been bothering me the past two weeks. They didn’t hurt at all during the race. Think i need to make myself start off slow every race.”
He’s running the Wilderness Trail Marathon this coming weekend. Nebraska’s version of Michael Wardian? Wardian just missed the WR for 50K by running 3:06:24, on a treadmill, criminently! Paul Navesy of Great Britain had turned in 3:05:37, Michael is already mounting another attack.
Tested the knee out at this past weekend’s Valley Forge 10K. First run in almost 3 weeks and I was able to eke out a 51:10, 8:30 pace on nothing but “The Mind is the Athlete!” As my 84 year old neighbor Carl insists, “Its better than a kick in the ass!” Day to day these days but as my buddy Colin assures me, the warmer temps will help. He’s one of my favorites you know. And has one of the brightest potentials around.
Twelve flats already started and 8 more going today, all manner of cold hardy produce, started under the lights downstairs. Construction underway on the hoop house. Those flats will soon move outside to make room for the more tender and temperamentals such as tomatoes, peppers, etc. In only our second year Bar None Produce is right on track.
Hoop house envy. UNL owns a vast swath of Western Douglas Co., their research facilities dotting the landscape from Wahoo (Wahoo Wieners!) to Mead to Ashland.
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