Titusville FL, Dec. 9, 2000
Race director, Stu Gleman
Results submitted by Matt Mahoney
1. Mike Dobies, MI 22:46:30! 2. Monica Scholz, CAN 23:30:55! 3. Matt Mahoney, FL 26:16:52 4. Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, GER 27:53:45 5. Conrad Pomykala, IL 28:47:55 6. Ray Krolewicz, SC 30:24:24 7. Stu Gleman, FL 31:05:42 TSgt David Wick USAF DNF (71 miles) Sue Thompson, MI DNF (68 miles) Maj. Johnny Raney USMC DNF (60 miles) Taylor Hamilton, AL DNF (46 miles)
The Ancient Oaks 100 Mile run was held in the Enchanted Forest, a park in Titusville. The course was a 2.75 mile trail loop, repeated 37 times, with a 32 hour time limit. The trails were mostly flat to 1% grades at 10 to 27 ft. elevation, with a dense canopy of oaks and palm trees. The weather was 55 to 80 F, about 80% humidity and no rain. There were exactly 888 logs to hurdle, and 4.5 miles of 2 x 10 inch, 8 foot planks arranged in a staggered pattern (like this ---___---___---___) over the normally muddy sections, although the trail was dry. The trail had a lot of roots (but no rocks) at the lower elevations, and was sandy and grassy higher up.
The runners included Hans-Dieter Weisshaar, 60, of Germany, who was running his 20'th 100 mile race this year, breaking the old record of 14 set here last year by Jose Wilkie. Monica Scholz of Canada was running her 16'th 100 miler, a new women's record. Ray Krolewicz, Mike Dobies, race director Stu Gleman and I had run this race last year. The two military men, Johnny Raney and David Wick, were experienced at the 100 mile distance, Raney running 20 hours at Rocky Raccoon. The others were experienced at 50K to 50 miles but were attempting new territory.
Krolewicz went out hard, as he is known to do. This would normally be foolish, but it's hard to argue with over 150 ultramarathon wins in 20 years, more than anyone else. He once ran a 2:38 marathon split in a 100K, and has a 100 mile PR of 13:57. Today he led for 25 miles until he was passed by Raney. By 46 miles, he had dropped to third as he was passed by Mike Dobies.
Taylor Hamilton of Birmingham was the first casualty. Arriving 33 minutes late, she ran with the lead pack a lap behind for as long as she could. Problem was, her longest race was 50K and she forgot about the last 70 miles. She took a long break at 38 miles, walked 3 more laps, then had to be taken to the hospital for 3 liters of IV fluids.
At 55 miles, Monica Scholz passed Mike Dobies for second place, 15 minutes behind Raney, and 30 minutes ahead of Krolewicz, now walking quite a bit. On the next lap, at sunset, Scholz and Dobies, running together, passed Raney for the lead in a devastating blow. Raney dropped at 60 miles with nothing left.
I wanted to get in as many miles as I could before dark, figuring on mostly walking through the night. But as Monica lapped me for the second time, I stayed with her, figuring that two flashlights were better than one. She pushed the pace hard, she in second place (a few minutes behind Dobies) and me in fifth. Krolewicz and Wick were in third and fourth place. At 66 miles they were 30 minutes ahead of me. On the next lap, I saw from the time sheets that we signed each lap that I had cut their lead to 8 and 4 minutes. I smelled blood. Running with Monica, we hammered the next lap, looking for their flashlights. Ray's ability to destroy his competition is legendary. In a 24 hour track run, he might run 130 miles. If you tried to run with him, he would pick up the pace to 6 minute miles. If you stayed with him, he would run faster. But now at age 45 (my age), he could no longer run 150 mile weeks. Life gets in the way. What would happen if it came down to a sprint in the last half mile?
The result was anticlimatic. We never saw Krolewicz or Wick. After the last lap, they went into their cars and slept. Krolewicz handed me three laps. Wick dropped out. I held third place to the end, never a threat to Dobies or Monica. Everyone else finished except Sue Thompson, who quit at 1:49 AM after 68 miles. Hans and Monica both extended their records, looking fresh. Conrad Pomykala of Chicago, who only started running 3 years ago, finished his first 100 miler. I was reduced to walking the last few laps, and an achilles tendon and a hamstring started to flare up in the last 5 miles. Krolewicz looked worse, but did not quit. Stu Gleman, running his own race, was the last finisher at 1:05 PM, over 31 hours, 7'th out of 11 starters.
Mile Dob- Sch- Maho- Weis- Pomy- Krol- Gle- Wick Thom- Raney Hami-
ies olz ney shaar kala ewicz man pson lton
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0.00 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 633
2.75 631 622 631 633 633 627 633 627 631 627 703
5.50 703 655 703 710 708 653 710 700 703 652 730
8.25 731 722 733 748 739 717 739 726 731 717 759
11.00 759 751 810 822 814 740 811 756 821 741 830
13.75 831 822 847 858 846 804 847 824 857 806 901
16.50 859 852 922 934 920 831 922 853 932 834 932
19.25 931 923 959 1010 955 859 954 923 1017 904 1005
22.00 1003 953 1034 1048 1032 930 1037 954 1112 933 1042
24.75 1034 1026 1112 1127 1109 1002 1114 1029 1207 1003 1122
27.50 1108 1059 1157 1206 1149 1040 1153 1059 1241 1029 1205
30.25 1142 1132 1225 1245 1226 1126 1247 1132 1322 1058 1245
33.00 1217 1207 1305 1329 1315 1206 1327 1212 1402 1129 1328
35.75 1252 1241 1342 1408 1353 1241 1407 1251 1441 1205 1426
38.50 1334 1316 1422 1452 1436 1317 1445 1333 1520 1245 1513
41.25 1410 1352 1501 1534 1519 1352 1526 1413 1558 1323 1724
44.00 1442 1432 1543 1617 1601 1430 1618 1457 1638 1402 1830
46.75 1514 1512 1622 1701 1644 1521 1709 1534 1720 1440 1923
49.50 1546 1550 1656 1744 1731 1600 1755 1616 1800 1522
52.25 1618 1622 1729 1801 1827 1634 1859 1656 1859 1602
55.00 1651 1656 1809 1917 1920 1720 2005 1730 2005 1643
57.75 1730 1730 1853 2006 2013 1804 2104 1805 2114 1732
60.50 1807 1809 1936 2058 2105 1852 2215 1849 2215 1813
63.25 1851 1854 2022 2200 2203 1945 2319 1934 2320
66.00 1932 1937 2109 2258 2305 2039 034 2041 034
68.75 2007 2022 2148 2347 015 2140 251 2144 149
71.50 2045 2109 2228 037 128 030 338 2300
74.25 2125 2148 2312 127 246 122 430
77.00 2207 2228 2357 220 351 216 526
79.75 2252 2312 044 316 453 312 627
82.50 2336 2357 129 405 603 416 721
85.25 022 044 222 453 645 621 802
88.00 105 129 309 550 723 722 857
90.75 147 222 406 646 803 819 941
93.50 233 308 517 736 843 911 1029
96.25 323 355 620 827 923 1014 1121
99.00 405 422 721 922 1008 1127 1210
101.75 446 530 816 953 1047 1224 1305