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May Madness 50K by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon When Doug Dawkins, aka The Boogieman posted this event for his Wild Card run for 2012 I was already looking forward to it and hoping it would fit my schedule before he ... Read on »

Time to re-focus. by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon It occurred to me a couple of days ago that since the Umstead 100 miler I have "just " been running. Not that there is anything wrong with that but I think the time has come ... Read on »

Capital City Classic 10k by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon and now for something completely different; Back when I was much younger and early in my running, 10k was the most popular distance for road racing but now it seems th ... Read on »

Promise Land 2012 or Running with Miss Leah by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I thought about titling this post "Two Races in One" due to the Jeckyl and Hyde nature of the days weather but we'll get to that later. As I posted in my preview, I was ho ... Read on »

Off to the Promise Land by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon The Promise Land 50K++ that is. This is one of my favorite races so I'm really looking forward to going back and racing it while I'm in decent shape. The race is held in ... Read on »

Umstead 2012- A look back by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon It's been three weeks now since the race so I've had a lot of time to look back on it. Not much time for writing though due to a busy time at work. Although my time was a l ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 8. The 2012 Race by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon As always there was much excitement in the air as I arrived at Camp Lapihio for the Friday evening check in and spaghetti dinner. It was a wonderful afternoon and early ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 7. going for the PR in 2012 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 6. 2005 through 2011 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon After completing the race in 2004 I went ahead and did the Lynchburg Ultra Series as well as another full schedule of Triathlons over the summer months. by 2005 I was a comm ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 5. My first 100 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I hadn't really planned on Umstead being my 1st 100 miler for a couple of reasons but mainly because I had no desire to run 100 miles on rough gravel roads. For those of you ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 4. The Birth of Ultraman by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon After the ACL blowout I began going to the Y for swimming and weight work to strengthen the legs and stay in shape as well as biking more. I figured while I was doing those ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 3. First race impressions by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon And now back to our regularly scheduled Umstead stories. The Umstead 100 was first held in 1994 and included just two entrants, RD Blake Norwood and Tom Newman. Beginn ... Read on »

Riser Run 5k XC by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon We now interrupt our Umstead history series to bring you a short race report. Racing a 5k a week before running a 100 miler is not the best way to taper I'm sure so I p ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 2. First runs by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon My first encounter with Umstead as a runner came back in October of 1978. I had been running for about 16 months and racing for about 7 months and now I was looking forward ... Read on »

Me and Umstead. Part 1 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon With the Umstead 100 fast approaching, I have been thinking about my relationship with the park and race so I thought I might give you a little history. My first encou ... Read on »

Which is harder? the old 10 lap Umstead course or the current course ? by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon That's a question I have often wondered about since the course was changed after my debut 100 miler in 2004. That year the bridle trails had just been re-surfaced in time f ... Read on »

Pilot Mountain Payback by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon It has taken me awhile to get around to posting this report but that is not a reflection of how much I enjoyed this race but rather finding the time to put my though ... Read on »

Pilot Mountain Payback Trail Marathon Preview by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I'm looking forward to some fun and racing at this event on Saturday. My training has been going very well and I'm feeling confident that I'll have a good run here. ... Read on »

NCFA 50k+ by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I hadn't planned on running this one until a month or so ago when I had to make an adjustment to my racing calender for February but with the change this would fit p ... Read on »

Weymouth Woods 100k by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I hope my readers don't find this one too boring. When reading Ultra-marathon reports it's much more interesting when there is lots of pain and suffering going on ... Read on »

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