Right along that is. My miles are starting to gradually go back up but boy I still feel like a chunky little monkey. A little jiggle here, a little shaking there, roly poly right along. Am I really going to have to do planks?
Sorry to have missed my boy Dylan Wilson when reporting yesterday’s Buffalo Run results, 30:56 for 21st overall. And Matt Pohren reports continuing an impressive string. Matt won the Northwest Open XC race at his alma mater Northwest Missouri State on Saturday in 25:34 over the 8K course. He’s a stud so that is no surprise, but what is remarkable is that this is the 8th straight year he has won the race which always hosts 4 or more collegiate teams. Way to keep it rolling Matty P!
Mike Morton won the World Championships and broke the American Record for the 24 hour run in Katowice, Poland over the weekend. He ran 172.45 miles to smash Scott Jurek’s previous mark of 165.7 miles. Crazy to be able to roll that long and that far. “Previously in the year, Mike won the Long Haul 100 with a course record of 13:18:58, the Umstead 100 with a course record of 13:11:40, the Keys 100 with a course record of 13:42:52 (all of these on trail with significant gain/drop) and the Badwater 135 (135 miles from death valley to mt whitney, almost all uphill, on roads, in extreme temperatures, high of 118 F at the hottest spot on the course this year) with a time of 22:52:55, 86 seconds off the course record. 5 races in one year, all 100 miles or longer, netted him 5 victories, 4 course records, an individual gold in a World Champs event, and an American record by a huge margin.” (courtesy of LetsRun.com)
Mike Morton, a man and now a legend.
My brother Jim with his new grand baby. Jim has tipped the scales at 300+ and uses a treadmill to jog/walk to battle his weight. I’ve got a sister that has also tipped in over 200 in the past, she too uses walking to keep her weight in check. I’ll keep running and running and rolling, rolling, rolling until these last few pounds melt away.
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