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[pawrestlersintn]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

 

[7brwnpsu]

What endurance!

 

[dmm53]

Damn. That's a real challenge, especially in this heat. Hopefully, there are medical personnel along the route and plenty of water stations.

The most I've run in a day was 30 miles. A mile warm up + the Harrisburg Marathon (2:56 finish at 6:43/mile pace) + 3 mile warm down with my Dad after I arrived home.

 

[PSU Mike]

Shoot me on the spot, twice, if I ever mention trying this.

 

[nittinsc]

Will Forrest be running?

 

[CentexLion]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

Awesome. Good for you. Look up the Barkley ultra run in Tennessee. Nice documentary on it. Also look up the 3100 mile ultra marathon in Queens. 1 city block that runners run around for a few months. Crazy. Sounds like a great time. Congrats for supporting it

 

[Creek Side]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

I can't believe I've never heard of this and it's basically where I live. That Ramsey Rd check point is only about 5 miles from my house. 100 miles on flat ground is so impressive by itself, but I just looked at the map of the route they're running and that's insane.

 

[CropDuster507]

This ain’t about beer and I’m disappointed.

 

[CropDuster507]

Cardio is for chumps.

 

[El-Jefe]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

This is why cars were invented.

But more importantly: which Lion was it? Cowbell? (Please say it was Cowbell.)

 

[amattaro]

Big Dog Ultra. Complete 4.167 miles in an hour, every hour, until everyone else quits. https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=80607

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Damn. That's a real challenge, especially in this heat. Hopefully, there are medical personnel along the route and plenty of water stations.

The most I've run in a day was 30 miles. A mile warm up + the Harrisburg Marathon (2:56 finish at 6:43/mile pace) + 3 mile warm down with my Dad after I arrived home.

Oh, yes, there are medical professionals, as well as HAM (I think) radio professionals scattered around the course.

The medics do pre-race weigh-ins, then check weight at the various check-in points. They also perform physical tests and interview the runners for mental awareness.

The HAM operators keep in touch with the previous aid station, who give bib numbers of each runner leaving a checkpoint. That way we know which runners are on which section, and approximately when to expect them at the next aid station.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Awesome. Good for you. Look up the Barkley ultra run in Tennessee. Nice documentary on it. Also look up the 3100 mile ultra marathon in Queens. 1 city block that runners run around for a few months. Crazy. Sounds like a great time. Congrats for supporting it

Thanks. I'll read up on those.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

I can't believe I've never heard of this and it's basically where I live. That Ramsey Rd check point is only about 5 miles from my house. 100 miles on flat ground is so impressive by itself, but I just looked at the map of the route they're running and that's insane.

I think one of those early aid stations would be pretty cool, because the runners would all still be pretty well bunched up, so the station would be a beehive of activity. By ours, at 89, runners are so scattered, we rarely have more that three or four, plus their pacers, at any given time.

I think I'm going to do (mostly walk) the Blackwell to Skytop section this morning.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

This ain’t about beer and I’m disappointed.

Every once in a while, a runner will request a beer, which we are happy to provide. Feel better?

 

[pawrestlersintn]

This is why cars were invented.

But more importantly: which Lion was it? Cowbell? (Please say it was Cowbell.)

It was not Cowbell, but Cowbell knows him.

 

[DELion]

I crewed for a friend running the Eastern States about 10 ago. It was 95 degrees and runners were hit by a massive thunderstorm midway through that at least cooled things down. My friend bailed around mile 60 but then went back a few years later and completed it. It is a badass race.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

I crewed for a friend running the Eastern States about 10 ago. It was 95 degrees and runners were hit by a massive thunderstorm midway through that at least cooled things down. My friend bailed around mile 60 but then went back a few years later and completed it. It is a badass race.

Ah, yes, the year of the storm. Apparently, one part of the course was so torn up that a lot of runners got discouraged and dropped. They were having to climb over and under downed trees

 

[nittinsc]

I think one of those early aid stations would be pretty cool, because the runners would all still be pretty well bunched up, so the station would be a beehive of activity. By ours, at 89, runners are so scattered, we rarely have more that three or four, plus their pacers, at any given time.

I think I'm going to do (mostly walk) the Blackwell to Skytop section this morning.

Don't forget your harness!

 

[billrag]

Wish I was young again. I've run marathons, but nothing further than that, although I do know a couple of guys that did this stuff when they were younger. Not really much of a spectator sport, but I guess there's always beer.

 

[Creek Side]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

I just found out a few minutes ago that a guy from my gym is running in this. I hope he pulls it off and finishes. Go Jordan!

 

[SRATH]

my cousins wife did some 300 mile thing in TN this summer. God bless t people who do this and the support folks.

 

[86PSUPaul]

My nephew did the 100k Ultramarathon at Worlds End State Park back in June.
I cannot imagine….

 

[johnstownsteel]

Crazy the things people are doing these days. If I make it downstairs to the kitchen for a beer without stopping for a breather I feel pretty good about myself...

 

[HOCKEYGOD11]

Awesome. Good for you. Look up the Barkley ultra run in Tennessee. Nice documentary on it. Also look up the 3100 mile ultra marathon in Queens. 1 city block that runners run around for a few months. Crazy. Sounds like a great time. Congrats for supporting it

The 3100 is pure torture. I saw the documentary. Why anyone would be driven to do it is beyond me.

 

[HOCKEYGOD11]

Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[HOCKEYGOD11]

40 days 9 hours is the men’s record.

 

[District four]

But, this group seems to like amazing sports feats...

This weekend is The Eastern States 100, a 103 mile trail race through the north central PA mountains. It starts and ends at Little Pine State Park, goes up and down and around the mountains, with 20,000 vertical feet of climb. Runners will start at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning, and have 36 hours to complete the course.

My brother in law belongs to a camp at mile 89, which hosts an aid station. The first runners should appear at camp around 9:00 tomorrow night, and we will be up all night long, giving them aid, food and encouragement.

The current record for the course is 18:23, which means 103 10:42 miles. People arrive to us in all sorts of physical and mental conditions, including one girl who was convinced a bear had been chasing her for miles. Slow bear? Fast runner? Delusional from 89 miles of running through the night?

I have even taken a former Nittany Lion mascot from our aid station back to the start/ finish line. He was not in costume, however.

I was just out to tomb flats today wondered what all the hub bub was about. That's a long ass race

 

[ClarkstonMark]

Crazy the things people are doing these days. If I make it downstairs to the kitchen for a beer without stopping for a breather I feel pretty good about myself...

Seriously.
I had a customer who was an ultra-runner or whatever they call themselves.
We had meetings in Germany one week after he had been in the UK the prior week.
When we engaged in small talk Monday morning, I asked what he did over the weekend.
His response was that he ran 50 miles Saturday and then flew over to Germany Sunday afternoon. Nuts!

 

[johnstownsteel]

Seriously.
I had a customer who was an ultra-runner or whatever they call themselves.
We had meetings in Germany one week after he had been in the UK the prior week.
When we engaged in small talk Monday morning, I asked what he did over the weekend.
His response was that he ran 50 miles Saturday and then flew over to Germany Sunday afternoon. Nuts!

That is crazy. I’ll say this though, my senior year of high school I could run forever and never seem to tire out. Prior to first week of football camp was nothing but running. I was never the fastest but pretty confident I could run longer than anyone else on team. I attribute it to my old jr high wrestling coach that use to run us up steps and out on a steep hill from the high school. He got us use to trying to get ourselves to the point that we’d quit on the run. It was to make us mentally tough. Through high school years I just ran all the time because of it. Once I was done with school and sports I quit on it. But don’t tell coach…. Lol

 

[johnstownsteel]

The 3100 is pure torture. I saw the documentary. Why anyone would be driven to do it is beyond me.

I could kinda sorta relate. I use to get such a high every time I’d break my personal record for distance. I mean I was nowhere near what those guys are doing but I’d image they get get such a rush doing it.

 

[El-Jefe]

Seriously.
I had a customer who was an ultra-runner or whatever they call themselves.
We had meetings in Germany one week after he had been in the UK the prior week.
When we engaged in small talk Monday morning, I asked what he did over the weekend.
His response was that he ran 50 miles Saturday and then flew over to Germany Sunday afternoon. Nuts!

He should've taken a taxi to the airport instead.

 

[dmm53]

Distance runners, like many (but not all) wrestlers, often develop monastic or ascetic tendencies given the extreme demands related physical sacrifice, mental and bodily discipline, and psychological pain.

I recall Zain saying a couple of years ago that he went out for a 13 mile run on the weekend just to see if he could do it. And he certainly doesn't have a typical runner's body.

Retherford is also a guy who cuts the rug on the dance floor: https://www.pennstatewrestlingclub.org/content/read_news.php?id=1803

 

[nittinsc]

He should've taken a taxi to the airport instead.

I'll bet this arms were tired.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

So, I woke up at 5:30, 30 minutes after the race started.
Drove 1.5 hours to camp, dropped stuff off at camp, then drove to Blackwell.
Grabbed a breakfast sandwich, then hiked the 4.3 miles back to camp (1.75 hours).
Ate lunch, helped set up the aid station, then drove back down to Blackwell to pick up the truck.
Ate dinner, then took a nap, then sat around for another two hours.
And, the first runner showed up at 11:00 PM.

 

[WexfordWarrior]

Speaking of Endurance races. I grew up with this guy. Incredible achievements.

Latrobe attorney takes on another brutally cold, long Alaskan wilderness run

Latrobe labor attorney Tim Hewitt is at it again, putting his body through yet another outrageously long journey through the Alaska wilderness in the middle of winter. He set the record for running the famed Iditarod Trail Invitational, billed as the “world’s longest winter ultra-marathon,”...

triblive.com

Here is a link to a book about his historic running of the Iditarod on foot alongside the dog sleds. Great read.

8,000 Miles Across Alaska: A Runner's Journeys on the Iditarod Trail

Biographies & Memoirs · 2014

books.apple.com

 

[SWPA]

 

[backdrft76]

So, I woke up at 5:30, 30 minutes after the race started.
Drove 1.5 hours to camp, dropped stuff off at camp, then drove to Blackwell.
Grabbed a breakfast sandwich, then hiked the 4.3 miles back to camp (1.75 hours).
Ate lunch, helped set up the aid station, then drove back down to Blackwell to pick up the truck.
Ate dinner, then took a nap, then sat around for another two hours.
And, the first runner showed up at 11:00 PM.

So how'd it go? Any good stories?

 

[Creek Side]

So how'd it go? Any good stories?

I believe its still going on. The guy from my gym is expected to finish between 3 and 4 pm.

 

[pawrestlersintn]

So how'd it go? Any good stories?

I'm back home now.

It was a slow night. First runner at 11:00, second at 12:30. Then, they just trickled in until about 6:45 this morning. From 6:45 until 10:45, it was pretty steady, with a runner every 5 to 10 minutes.

Many runners dropped out of the race at various checkpoints, but we were aware of one runner who dropped between the aid station before us and ours. He was vomiting blood, but a doctor who was with us evaluated him, and didn't believe there would be any lasting effect. They took him to the previous aid station and called an ambulance.

Two runners dropped when they reached us, and I ended up transporting them back to Little Pine SP.

All in all, it was a great weekend with great, but crazy, people. I'm not sure of any results, yet, but I suspect the finish rate will be about average, and average finish time will be slower than normal.

@Creek Side, ask your friend how Skytop aid station was. We usually get good reviews in people's race reports, so I hope he has good things to say.