At the halfway point

50 down ... 50 to go ... at total time (with rests) is 8h 15m .... not bad for a mere 50 miles. Important thing is he's maintaining his pace ... Gatorade and Biofreeze and Roctaine ... stuff to live by

He got sticked by Janelle ... looked like she was rolling out cookie dough. Shaun said it looked like she was blowing him ... leave it Shaun to say that.

Have no idea what place he is in since we want to remain in blissful ignorance ... if we knew,we had to tell him and that would just spur him on to run faster than he needs to.

Kelly and Jess are pacing with him now ... expect him in around 4:30 pm ... if all holds well he should be finished by 1am ...

She looks like a east german water bearer

it was all in the shoulders ... and this is definitely not a reference to Jeff.

Okay .. so three loops in .. and one small blister ... and Peter is a good sherpa ... he popped the blister, aquaphor'd the feet, changed the socks .. now that's friendship.

Jess (Pete's girlfriend) is getting worked up about running loops 4 and 5 ... yes it's odd that she's excited about the 25 miles but she's getting her first taste of ultras.

Pictures of the foot work shall be on Facebook

25 miles - sweaty laundry drop off

He's done his first two laps ... done well with pace but talk about sweat monster. There must be 5 soaked shirts drying on the stumps around our makeshift based camp. He also changed out of his new shoes ... yes new shoes on race day - worn in the face of the don't use new equipment on race day!

Jon and Janelle showed up with coffee for the group - thanks to them for the caffeine boost! Shaun and Kelly will be along about the time that Jeff finishes his third loop.

12.5 in the books

perfectly on pace for this loop ... he'll probably go fast on the second loop ...

got his supplements, gave us an extremely sweaty sweatshirt (which is drying outside before being allowed in the car) ... the new shoes are working out well ...

As Miranda Priestly would say .... "That's all"

and he's off ...

It's 6am and the 100 mile endurance insanity, I mean race has begun. It's dark, it's cold but at least it's not raining. Perfect day to run - at least for Jeff.

We expect him finish the first 12.5 mile loop in 1.5 to 2 hours ... keep an eye out for the next post.

One DAY To Go!

I'm here in Raleigh and ready to hit this thing hard!  I feel good and I've got all my supplies ready to go.  We're just about ready to go to packet pickup and the race briefing, followed by a yummy Italian dinner.  18 hours to go!!

One Week To Go!

Here we go people!!  In one week I will begin another 100 mile journey at Umstead State Park in Raleigh, NC.  I will post updates during the week as the day nears.

So far this year, I've run the Disney Marathon (3:13, 172nd of 16885 overall), the Gasparilla Marathon (3:04 - a new PR, 37th overall of 2090), and a long slow 32 mile run in Tampa with some friends.  I'm ready to conquer the 100 mile challenge again!  This time I hope to run the race smarter (which hopefully means "faster"...last year I went out too fast and slowed WAY down at Mile 80) and be able to PR.  I hope I've learned my lesson!

More details to come!