100 Mile Run Survey Raw Data The survey was taken Oct. 24-28, 1996 from two ultrarunning mailing lists (ius-l@american.edu and ultra@listserv.dartmouth.edu) among runners who had attempted any 100 mile race. ---------- > Year of birth: 1958 > M/F: M > Year you started running: 1983 > Year you started running ultras: 1986 > Best 10K time: 35:40 > year you ran it: 1986 > For each 100 mile race you have entered: > > year: 1988 > name of race: Leadville Trail 100 > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 55 > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:38:20 > reason for DNF: > > year: 1989 > name of race: Western States 100 > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 62 miles > reason for DNF: stomach problems, hyponatremia, foot problems (I > have tarsal tunnel syndrome in both feet.) ---------- Year of birth: 1950 M/F: M Year you started running: 1983 Year you started running ultras: 1988 Best 10K time: 45:?? year you ran it: 1984 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1993 name of race: WS100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 27:24 reason for DNF: - year: 1995 name of race: WS100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 55 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 27:56 reason for DNF: - ---------- Year of birth: 1947 M/F: M Year you started running: 1948 :-) - 1969 in competitions Year you started running ultras: 1975 ? Best 10K time: 34'28" year you ran it: 1973 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 197? name of race: (Road Loop in Texas) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: Little finish time or distance you ran before DNF: ~23:50' reason for DNF: year: 198? name of race: NY Shea Stadium average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: Little finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 65 miles reason for DNF: 1. Got too cold 2. Was not going to make the cutoff (14hrs/18hrs) NB: I believe there was only 3 finishers/ 40 starters year: 1996 name of race: Haliburton average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: None finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 75 miles reason for DNF: 1. Could not see much 2. Did not feel well 3. Last 5k in 1hr30' 4. While well within cutoffs (18hrs/30hrs) felt beat up 5. Could not feel if going up or down 6. Needed sleep etc... ----------- > Year of birth: 1970 > M/F: Yes (M) > Year you started running: 1991 > Year you started running ultras: 1993 > Best 10K time: 37:00 > year you ran it: 1992 > For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: 1995 > name of race: Mohican > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 35 miles, 30 min/day swimming, 30 min/day stairmaster > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 68 miles > reason for DNF: Mental, purely mental > 1995 Arkansas Traveller Training: see above, but running wazs increased to 50/week Time: 21:13:20 1996 Mohican Training: See above, but average running was 62/week Time: 21:46 1996 Leadville Training: As above Time: DNF at 60 miles due to arch pain, bloody urine, stomach problems. This one was physical, not mental. 1996 Angeles Crest Training: Average running, 65/week. Still swimming & Stairs Time: 28:02 ----------- Year of birth: 1959 M/F: M Year you started running: 1977 Year you started running ultras: 1996 Best 10K time: 40:04 year you ran it: 1996 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: VT100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 finish time: 22:48:57 ----------- DOB: 4/24/51 Gender: M Year start: 1982 Ultra year start: 1994 Best 10K time: 36:21 Year: 1987 Name of race: Summit City 10K Average mileage: 60 miles/week Name of race: Mohican 100 Trail Finish time: 27 hours 42 minutes (who cares about the seconds) ----------- Year of birth: 1955 M/F: M Year you started running: 1976 Year you started running ultras: 1992 Best 10K time: 34:05 year you ran it: 1988 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: name of race: Vermont 100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 mpw finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 78 miles, 15:30 reason for DNF: Sick, low blood pressure ----------- Year of birth: 1942 M/F: M Year you started running: 1967 Year you started running ultras: 1993 Best 10K time: 46:20 year you ran it: 1993 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: LT100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 30 mi run/20 mi walk finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 50 Mi reason for DNF: tired, just didn't want it bad enough. Also was doubtful if I would make the next cutoff. ----------- Year of birth:1964 M/F:M Year you started running:1988 Year you started running ultras:1991 Best 10K time:33:15 year you ran it:1994 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1994(2), 1995, 1996. 1996 name of race:Western States, Arkansas Traveller, Arkansas Travleer, Barkley, Arkansas Traveller average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70-110 miles with a track workout, tempo run, and long run each week. finish time or distance you ran before DNF:WS(94)-25:40, AT(94)-DNF at 70 miles (knee injury), AT(95)-21:38, Barkley(96)-1 loop 9:03 (I will be back, it is perhaps the best race I have ever been to), AT(96)-18:35 (on less miles, but more speed work and quality runs). reason for DNF: AT(94) IT band injury) - Barkley(96) only planned on doing 1 loop and purposefully left my cold weather and night gear at home. I wanted to see what I needed to try for at least 3 loops (my goal for 1997). ---------- Year of birth: 1968 M/F: M Year you started running: 1977 Year you started running ultras: 1979 Best 10K time: 39:39 year you ran it: 1978 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: Rocky Raccoon average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 11.3 running + 13.6 walking = 24.9 total finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 21:31 reason for DNF: n/a year: 1996 name of race: Kettle Moraine average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 18.3 running + 16.9 walking = 35.2 total finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 26:46 reason for DNF: n/a year: 1996 name of race: Angeles Crest average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 15.8 running + 16.4 walking = 32.2 total finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:12 reason for DNF: n/a ---------- I've entered 2 (WS and Leadville) and finished both. The altitude at Leadville was PRETTY hard on me. Year of birth: 1952 M/F: M Year you started running: 1972 Year you started running ultras: 1994 Best 10K time: 36:58 year you ran it: 1992 (and have not run one since) For each 100 mile race you have entered: Western States year: 1995 name of race: Western States average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 40 (I do 50-65 during the final 8 weeks) finish time: 26:18 year: 1996 name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 45 (final 8 weeks as above) finish time: 28:39 ----------- Year of birth:1954 M/F:F Year you started running:1992 Year you started running ultras:1993 Best 10K time:44:30 year you ran it:1995 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1993, 94, 95, 96 (all Leadville) name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:40-60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 1993 - 29:52 1994 - 28:15 1995 - DNF 1996 - DNF reason for DNF: 1995 - Wasn't "Having Fun in the Rain"; No guts 1996 - Undertrained ----------- > Subject: 100 Mile Survey > Year of birth: 1952 > M/F: M > Year you started running: 1989 > Year you started running ultras: 1993 > Best 10K time: 0:44:18 > year you ran it: 1992 > For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: 1995 > name of race: Angeles Crest > avg. wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 33 MPW > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 30:24:31 > reason for DNF: > > year: 1996 > name of race: Rocky Racoon > avg. wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 30 MPW > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: DNF@40miles > reason for DNF: it was real cold and I had no reason to continue > > year: 1996 > name of race: Western States > avg. wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 36 MPW > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:46:05 > reason for DNF: > ---------- > Year of birth: 1964 > M/F: M > Year you started running: 1991 > Year you started running ultras: 1993 > Best 10K time: 38:18 > year you ran it:1995 > For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year:1996 > name of race: AT100 > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 20 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 25:09:08 > reason for DNF: > I'm a triathlete so mile per week is artificially low. I was sick a great deal this year, for instance only swimming 18 times in 6 months, biking less than 1000 miles. The training factor that probably helped most was the 2 50k ultras, a 40 mile ultra and ironman canada, all in the 6 months before the 100. In addition, I only run twice a week, so the miles come in 10-20 mile runs. I felt totally unprepared but did the race since I had planned on it. ---------- Year of birth: 1955 M/F: M Year you started running: 1995 (minor 2 mi jogging 10 year prior) Year you started running ultras: 1995 Best 10K time: NA ( guess about 34 min ) year you ran it: NA For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: WS 100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 mi finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 55 mi reason for DNF: Quads / Stomach problems ---------- Year of birth: 1957 M/F: M Year you started running: 1973 Year you started running ultras: 1993 Best 10K time: 38:12 at 5,000 feet altitude year you ran it: 1986 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1993 name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 80 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 27:55 reason for DNF: na, I have never had one year: 1994 name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 85 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 26:42 reason for DNF: na year: 1994 name of race: Western States average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 90 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 29:08 reason for DNF: na year: 1995 name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 90 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 27:06 reason for DNF: na year: 1996 name of race: Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 75 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:52 reason for DNF: na year: 1996 name of race: Hardrock average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 80 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 46:30 reason for DNF: na ---------- >Year of birth: 1958 >M/F: F >Year you started running: 1986 >Year you started running ultras: 1989 >Best 10K time: 41:37 > year you ran it:1995 (2 weeks after Wasatch) >For each 100 mile race you have entered: one only > year: 1995 > name of race:Wasatch > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: Running: 9.5 hours Weights: 2.5 hours Other 1.25 hours (cycle,hike,climb,xc-ski) > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 26:42 > reason for DNF: N/A > ---------- Year of birth: 1952 M/F: M Year you started running: 1989 Year you started running ultras: 1993 Best 10K time: 38:55 year you ran it: 1993 For each 100 mile race you have entered: just one, not counting 24 hr. runs year: 1995 name of race: Umstead average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 40 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 75 miles, 19 hours reason for DNF: not just one but numerous "little" things: - pollen in air stinging eyes, with no alternative to contact lenses, this was extremely painful - serious chafing - 85 degree heat early in Spring with no previous heat adaptation - inexperience dealing with sleep deprivation at 3:30 a.m. - needed a pacer to "trick" me into continuing - just totally bonked...not enough long runs prior to.....felt as though a steady diet of 50 mile runs every 4-6 weeks for 3-6 mos. leading up to it would have given more strength ---------- Vermont, this year, is my only 100 to date. I went in hoping to break 24 hours. I did not, but finished in 25:59:31. My average weekly mileage during the preceding 6 months was in the low to mid-40s. The highest was in the low 60s. While running my first trail 50, Mountain Masochist in 10/95, I made the commitment to go for the 100. I ran a marathon or ultra in 9 of the next 10 months. This helped build my confidence going into Vermont, especially the 7:51 road 50 in May and 100k 12 hour run in July. Mentally I felt confident that I was prepared, and went into Vermont having decided that I was not going to stop unless injured or pulled from the race, no matter how bad things got. The encouragement of some ultrarunners who had completed 100s also helped - they told me I was ready and I believed it totally. I was prepared for the peaks and valleys that I have heard are part of 100s. I did not, however, experience any big swings. I ran pretty conservatively through 63 miles, then hard to 85 miles. From here my condition slowly deteriorated, due entirely to thoroughly trashed calves. The quads were fine, mentally I was sharp, and DNFing was never considered. Looking back, I may have exaggerated the "choppy step" downhill running technique too much, putting too much stress on the calves. I had blister problems. I did not pre-tape the feet. In retrospect I also think I spent too much time at aid stations and probably drank too much. There are 36 aid stations at Vermont, and there is really no need to stop at them all if there are no problems. I also figure that I spent as much as 45 minutes going to the bathroom during the run; I was going 5 or 6 times per hour during the last 10 miles or so. I attribute this only to drinking too much. Lastly, I did not use any consistent run/walk strategy. I just took it easy and walked the hills up to mile 63, when I made a big push as I saw the 24 hour goal slipping away. I was born in 1966, have been running since 1992, and started ultras during 1995. I am male. My 10k PR is 36:55, run during 1995. ---------- >Year of birth: 1966 >M/F: M >Year you started running: 1985 >Year you started running ultras: 1990 >Best 10K time: 35:59 > year you ran it: 1992 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: 1992 > name of race: Vermont > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 mi/wk (7-9 hrs/wk) had not seen course before race > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 17:26 > reason for DNF: > 1994 Arkansas 55 mi/wk (8-10 hr/week) one 25 mile training run on the course 20:27 1995 Angeles Crest 67 mi/week (8-14 hr/week) lots of training on the course (> 250 mi from June til September) 23:10 1996 Western States 52 mi/week (6-12 hr/week) saw 70 miles of the course in training over Labor day weekend 22:57 I would estimate that my 10k times for these periods would be about 36:00-37:30, faster just before Vermont (back when I ran more speed sessions), and slowest before AC (when I did more mountain running, and no speed work). ---------- Year of birth: 1954 M/F: M Year you started running: 1978 Year you started running ultras: 1990 Best 10K time: 32:30 year you ran it: 1980 For each 100 mile race you have entered: (ONLY 1, SO FAR) year: 1996 name of race: THE EAGLE average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 75-90 MILES finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 21 HRS 91 MILES reason for DNF: HYPOTHERMIA ---------- Year of Birth: 1963 F Year started running:1983 Year started ultras: 1989 Best 10K time: 52 min--Yes I was born to do ultras! Year ran: 1986 100 mile races: 1. 1994 Mile High 24 hour run--I ran 102.3 miles Ave. training: 60 miles/week Finish time: I passed the 100 mile mark in 23 h, 10 min 2. 1994 (It was a good year!) Leadville 100 Ave training: 65 miles/wk Finish time: 29 h, 10 min 3. 1995 Western States 100 Ave training: 70 miles/wk The big DNF Reason: Sprained ankle 4. 1996 Pueblo Nuevo 100 Ave training: 70 miles/wk Finish time: 28 h, 53 min 5. 1996 Leadville 100 Ave training: 72 miles/wk Finish time: 29 h, 46 min--Yes, we must have been within sight of each other at the end of this one! ---------- >Year of birth:45 >M/F:m >Year you started running:78 >Year you started running ultras:81 >Best 10K time:39:?? > year you ran it:82 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: > name of race: > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: > reason for DNF: OD: four times (85 - 88) best time 23:06 about 50 miles per week WS: 89 (dnf at 70 miles--puking) Only dnf in a 100 miler 92 finish 29:?? about 40 miles per week VT: twice 89 and 90 best time 22:30? AC: 94 and 96 best time 30:39? 35 miles per week a lot of guesses at data! ---------- Year of birth: 1949 M/F: M Year you started running: 1961 Year you started running ultras: 1971 Best 10K time: 36:03 (runnning)/ 52:03 (racewalking) year you ran it: 1971/1984 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: AT100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 40 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 75 miles reason for DNF: exhausted ---------- 1958 M 1978 1995 34:10 in 1995 Only one 100 miler: WS 100--60 miles per week ave.--22:20 finish. ---------- began running in 69 ultras in 71 age 64 best 10k 35min during a 15k run!! train same year round 50-90 miles /wk dnf ws100:pulled muscle-dnf old dom:aid station was removed and i spent too much time trying to figure out what was going on!!leadville100 dnf(2) stepped in pot hole 100 yds from start and pooped out on 2nd try. finished ws,the one in raleigh, and leadville plus 101mi in 24hr run. ---------- >Year of birth: 1955 >M/F: Male >Year you started running: 1983 >Year you started running ultras: 1993 >Best 10K time: never tried, probably 42:00 > year you ran it: now? >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: all 1996 > name of race: VT100 21:54 finish 20 July Spartathlon 152M 20:00 DNF (@103M) 28 Sept > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: VT100 30/mpw Spartathlon 42/mpw > reason for DNF: Spartathlon mind-fatigue ----------- Year of birth: 9/7/53 M/F:M Year you started running:1977 Year you started running ultras:1994 Best 10K time:40:30 year you ran it:1979 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1994 name of race:LVT100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:35 miles running finish time or distance you ran before DNF:DNF-50 miles reason for DNF:Missed cut-off (I bonked on Hope Pass) year:1995 name of race:LVT100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:35 miles running finish time or distance you ran before DNF:62 reason for DNF:Missed cut-off-(I bonked going back over Hope Pass) year:1996 name of race:Rocky Raccoon average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:30 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF:28:00 reason for DNF: year:1996 name of race:LVT 100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:40 miles with long bike rides 100 - 150 once per week for about 3 months before the race finish time or distance you ran before DNF:70 Miles reason for DNF: Missed cut-off (bonked between TL & HM) ---------- Year of birth: 1958 M/F: M Year you started running: 1968 Year you started running ultras: 1995 Best 10K time: 31:30 year you ran it: 1980 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1995 name of race: Atlantic City 24 hour race average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 121.5 miles (1st overall); approx 16.20 @ 100 miles reason for DNF: year: 1995 name of race: Atlantic City 24 hour race average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 121.5 miles (1st overall); approx 16.20 @ 100 miles reason for DNF: year: 1995 name of race: Eco Challenge (note: includes navigation, bushwhacking, biking, climbing and paddling) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 370 miles (1st overall) in 7 days reason for DNF: year: 1995 name of race: Extreme Games (note: includes navigation, bushwhacking, biking, climbing and paddling) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 325 miles in 6.25 days (3rd overall) reason for DNF: year: 1996 name of race: Superior 100 snowshoe average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 mpw running (+20 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 4 days (3rd overall) reason for DNF: year: 1996 name of race: Western Isles Challenge, Scotland (includes mountain biking and paddling) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 mpw running (+20 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 250 KM in 3 days (3rd overall) reason for DNF: year: 1996 name of race: X Games (note: includes navigation, bushwhacking, biking, climbing and paddling) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 350 miles in 6 days (2rd overall) reason for DNF: year: 1996 name of race: Eco Challenge (note: includes navigation, bushwhacking, biking, climbing and paddling) average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 70 mpw running (+25 hours other training) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 338 miles in 6 days (1st overall) - total elevation gain 60,000 feet reason for DNF: ---------- Year you started running: 1965 Year you started running ultras: 1981 Best 10K time: ~32:00 year you ran it: 1982 For each 100 mile race you have entered: 1 year: 1996 name of race: WS100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 25miles + X-training finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 29:44 ---------- Year of birth: 48 M/F: M Year you started running: as steady diet, '80 Year you started running ultras: '79 Best 10K time: not sure, but I think under 36 (never ran one for speed) year you ran it: a few times from '78 - '88 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 85 name of race: Holy Jim 100 avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 55 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 69 miles reason for DNF: time out on the course (only 1 out of 8 starters finished, Ken Hamada and I getting the most distance behind the "winner" year: 87 name of race: OD avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 50-60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 76 miles reason for DNF: chemical shutdown year: 87 name of race: Leadville avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 55 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 83 reason for DNF: we went to Leadville on a lark after DNFing at OD, totally unprepared for the rain; dropped w/ wimpering hypothermia year: 88 name of race: OD avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 84 reason for DNF: ITB problems miles 23-quit (was overseas 89-91) year: 93 name of race: Vermont avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 19:54 reason for DNF: year: 95 name of race: MMT avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:29 reason for DNF: year: 96 name of race: Angeles Crest avg wkly training during the 6 months before the race: 40 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:36 reason for DNF: ---------- Year of Birth 1948 M/F Male Year Started running Ultras 1993 Best 10K time 59:45 Year you ran best 10K time 1993 Year 1995 Name of Race Arkansas Traveller 100 Avg Weekly training during six months before race: 35 miles/week Finish Time 28:26 ---------- Year of birth: 1952 M/F: M Year you started running: 1983 Year you started running ultras: 1990 Best 10K time: 41 minutes year you ran it: 1991 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1993 name of race: Western States average weekly training: 55 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 28:16:03 year: 1994 name of race: Leadville average weekly training: 40 miles finish time: 28:48:16 year: 1995 name of race: Wasatch average weekly training: 52 miles finish time: 32:29:59 year: 1996 name of race: Hardrock average weekly training: 45 miles miles to DNF: 57 (Ouray) reason for DNF: My legs felt dead... I could no longer maintain pace to stay ahead of the cutoffs. ----------- Year of birth: 1946 M/F:M Year you started running:1970 Year you started running ultras:1984 Best 10K time:35:05 year you ran it:1984 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1992 name of race:Hardrock average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:40 mi finish time or distance you ran before DNF:37:19 reason for DNF: year:1993 name of race:Hardrock average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF:32:36 reason for DNF: year:1993 name of race:Leadville average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:65 finish time or distance you ran before DNF:24:12 reason for DNF: year:1994 name of race:Hardrock average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:50 finish time or distance you ran before DNF:61 reason for DNF: pain from inflamed foot ---------- Year of birth: Old Fart, 1938 Male 1981 1985 (50 mile events) 44:44:44 (the god's honest truth. My watch went to hundredths, and I stopped it as I crossed the finish line. I had trouble believing it was correct.) 1985 1987 Ran and finished at Leadville in 29:24 1989 Ran and finished at Leadville in 28:12 1991 Ran Western States and finished just under 29 hours 1991 Ran and finished at Leadville in 27:45 (notice I'm still getting faster !) 1991 Ran at Superior and got lost, ran out of time, etc. about 90 miles 1992 Ran and finished at Hardrock in 47:15 1992 Ran at Leadville and dropped out at Halfmoon knowing that I was growing very tired, and had signed up for Superior which was just a month away. 1992 Ran and finished at Superior in 32:30 (the cutoff had been 30 hours the prior year) 1993 Ran and finished at Hardrock in 46 something. 1994 Ran and finished at Hardrock in 47:30 1995 Ran Wasatch and dropped with blistered feet at Scotts Peak (68miles ) 1996 Ran Hardrock and dropped at Ouray 1996 Ran Leadville and dropped 3 miles out of town. 1996 Cancelled my entry at Wasatch. Matt, my training (if you can call it that) has been a daily run during the week at lunchtime totaling about 4 to 6 miles. Weekends I try and hike, ski tour, or find some excuse to get into the mountains outside of Denver. Prior to Hardrock I've hiked for a week or two on the Colorado Trail. Prior to Leadville I had been in the habit of taking a week two weeks before the race to climb peaks, and jog the course at night. I then would return to Denver for a week at work with no running. It seemed to work. I also bicycle to work daily but it is only a seven mile round trip and hardly gets my heart rate up. This year I've been having knee problems, and had surgery in early June . I'm only now returning to running, still with a small bit of pain. Last week I ran (if you can call a 9 minute mile a run) on the local track and did two miles without stopping. ---------- Year of birth: 1943 M/F: M Year you started running: about 1975 Year you started running ultras: 1983 Best 10K time: 37:15 year you ran it: about 1984 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: name of race: average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: finish time or distance you ran before DNF: reason for DNF: Long Island 100 - 1995 40 miles per week (three month average would be more like 45). finish time was about 26:45 Vermont 100 - 1996 less than 40 miles per week (three month average would be above 40). DNF after 54 miles and about 13 hours. It just wasn't my day. My feet hurt, my quads hurt, and I don't like dirt roads. I will try again next year. ----------- >Year of birth:1930 >M/F:Male and make no mistake about it >Year you started running:1977 >Year you started running ultras:1980 >Best 10K time:46:15 > year you ran it:1981 maybe >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: > name of race: > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: > reason for DNF: > 1984 Western States 65 47 Stupidity 1984 Leadville 60 50 Cutoff 1985 Leadville 65 50 Cutoff 1986 Leadville 70 50 Dehydration 1987 Angeles Crest 50 80 Cutoff 1988 Western States 70 56 Dehydration 1989 Western States 70 56 Dehydration 1989 Leadville 80 28:34 1991 Vermont 60 28:15 1991 Leadville 70 50 Dehydration 1991 Wasatch 70 65 Cutoff 1991 Arkansas 70 27:43 1992 Leadville 70 50 Cutoff 1992 Wasatch 70 40 Cutoff 1992 Arkansas 70 29:35 1994 Arkansas 65 17 Injury 1995 Hardrock 65 28 Cutoff 1996 Massanutten 60 35 Cutoff 1996 Hardrock 55 16 Cutoff ---------- Year of birth: 1929 M/F: m Year you started running: @1970 Year you started running ultras:1980 Best 10K time:@44:00 year you ran it: 1981 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1993 name of race:FANS 24 hour (Minneapolis)-entered with 100 mile goal. average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 20 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 23:13 (103.3 miles overall) reason for DNF: ---------- >Year of birth: 2-4-43 >M/F: M >Year you started running: 80 >Year you started running ultras:86 >Best 10K time:38:58 > year you ran it: 85 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year:86-WS,40Miles,DNF,Never ran on trails and did not know how to run >on them. 87-OD-40miles-29:26 88-Leadville-50miles,28:32 89-Wasatch-30miles,34:01 90-OD-30miles-DNF-Bad knees from start 91-WS-40miles- 27:32 92-Hardrock-40miles-DNF-Was not prepared for the hardness and I was scared of the course 91,92,93,94,95,96-Ark Traveller-40miles, except 96 and it was 20 miles-27:25, 26 ?, 24:58, 26:?, 26:15, 28:18 93,94-Hardrock- 40miles-42:19, 46:48 96-Hardrock-15 miles a week- DNF at 81 + miles and I was sick when I started the run. ---------- Year of birth: 1961 M/F: M Year you started running: 1992 Year you started running ultras: 1992 Best 10K time: ? i think 34:?? year you ran it: 1992 For each 100 mile race you have entered: (only one so far) year: 1996 name of race: Washie average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: between 30km and 50km /week (divide by 1.6 for miles ;-) finish time: 21:12?:xx reason for DNF: this was the worst race of my life (I was hoping for 16 to 18 hours) - but I had flu 14 - 10 days before the "race". ---------- Year of birth:1941 M/F:Male Year you started running:1987 Year you started running ultras:1991 Best 10K time:42:10 year you ran it:1989 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1995 name of race: Western States average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 45 (A guess, I don't keep a log) finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 93 miles reason for DNF: Cutoff For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: 1996 name of race: Vermont 100 average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 40 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 26:45 reason for DNF: N/A ---------- > Year of birth: 1945 > M/F: M > Year you started running: 1985 > Year you started running ultras: 1989 > Best 10K time: 38:40 > year you ran it:1988 > For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year:1995 > name of race: Vermont > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 21:01 > reason for DNF: ---------- YOB 1937 F Started running 1980 Started Ultras 1986 Best 10km 41:58 on track 1984 42:08 on road 1986 100 milers 1988 Sri Chinmoy New York 19:10:50 average of 60 mile training weeks 1989 TAC 100 New York DNF completed 37 miles (50km in 4:36) quit due to bad weather, average 60 mile training weeks. ... has bettered 100 miles in 9 out of 13 24Hour races that she participated in during the last 10 years 1986 to 1996. ---------- >Year of birth: 1951 >M/F: male >Year you started running: 1977 >Year you started running ultras: 1981 >Best 10K time: 38 minutes > year you ran it: 1982 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: > name of race: > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: > reason for DNF: 1982 WS 21+29 60miles/week 1984 WS 20+03 70miles/week 1987 WS 21+03 60 miles/week 1988 OD 20+01 55 miles/week 1988 Leadville 24+40 55 miles/week 1990 Leadville 22+40 65 miles/week 1991 WS 20+00 75 miles/week 1992 Vermont 17+54 70 miles/week 1993 WS 22+45 60 miles/week 1993 Leadville 22+30 65 miles/week 1994 Vermont 18+45 65 miles/week 1995 Angeles Crest 23+40 55 miles/week 1995 Leadville 24+20 55 miles/week 1996 WS 20+54 75 miles/week 1996 Hardrock 34+54 75miles/week ---------- Age: 45 D.O.B.: 4/8/51 Running Start: 1989 Ultra Start: 1994 Best 10K: 45:45 1995 95' AT100 27:14 35-40 mi/wk 96' Mardi Gras Ultra 125 (Chip Marz Run) DNF @ 77 miles 35-40 mi/wk Cold & Bored, Mental not Physical (Go Figure :) ) 96' AT 100 28:3 30-35 mi/wk ---------- Year of birth: 1955 M/F: M Year you started running: 1985 Year you started running ultras: 1990 Best 10K: 38:55 in 1996 1993 Key to Shining Keys, DNF, 68 mi, swollen feet 1994 Leadville, DNF, 52, exhausted 1994 Arkansas Traveller, DNF, 70, tendonitis in hip flexor and ankles 1995 Vermont, 27:53 1995 Leadville, 29:49 1995 Arkansas Traveller, 28:53 1996 Leadville, 29:47 Trained 15 mi/wk for all of the above, plus 50-70/wk biking, 0.5/wk swimming, 10 mi/wk walking, weights 1X/wk ---------- Thanks for sending along the survey questions. To respond, I've been running for 4 years and running ultras for 3. I've never run a 10K, so I don't have a pr for the distance. My first 100 mile attempt was Arkansas Traveller several weeks ago, where I dropped out at mile 63, having cooked my goose by starting way too fast (before the race, I knew I'd need between 28-30 hours to finish but ran much of the first 40 miles at 22 hour pace). For the six months prior to the race, I averaged between 55 and 60 miles weekly. ---------- Year of birth: 1954 M/F: M Year you started running: 1981 Year you started running ultras: 1986 Best 10K time:34:50 year you ran it:1987 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year: name of race: Kettle Moraine 100 trail average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 60 finish time or distance you ran before DNF: no dnf, finished in 25:30 ran it easy for a training run. reason for DNF: ----------- >Year of birth: 1965 >M/F: M >Year you started running: 1978 >Year you started running ultras: 1991 >Best 10K time: 32:15 > year you ran it: 1987 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: 1994 > name of race: Vermont 100 > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 27:08 > year: 1995 > name of race: Vermont 100 > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 50 > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: DNF > reason for DNF: Knee pain at 40 miles, dropped at 80 miles with knee problems ----------- >Year of birth: 1948 >M/F: M >Year you started running: 1977 >Year you started running ultras: 1983 >Best 10K time: 36:18 > year you ran it: 1981 >For each 100 mile race you have entered: > year: 1986 > name of race: Old Dominion > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 50 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: DNF at about 56 miles > reason for DNF: heel spur pain (due to overtraining). (Note significant mileage decrease in subsequent years.) > year: 1987 > name of race: Old Dominion > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 35 mpw, including several shorter ultras > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: finished in 22:48:xx > reason for DNF: na > year: 1989 > name of race: Wasatch > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 26 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: finished in about 32:04 > reason for DNF: na > year: 1990 > name of race: Wasatch > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 21 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: finished in about 29:09 > reason for DNF: na > year: 1991 > name of race: Angeles Crest > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 23 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: finished in about 27:40 > reason for DNF: na > year: 1992 > name of race: Wasatch > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: about 23 mpw > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: DNF at about 40 miles > reason for DNF: lost my desire/determination > year: 1996 > name of race: Arkansas Traveller > average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 22.24 mpw (26-week av.) > finish time or distance you ran before DNF: finished in 26:45:52 > reason for DNF: na ----------- Year of birth:1957 M/F:male Year you started running:1989 Year you started running ultras:1991 Best 10K time:40:30 year you ran it:1993 For each 100 mile race you have entered: year:1994/1996 name of race:Angeles Crest average weekly training during the 6 months before the race:85/85 with a couple of 100+ weeks in both years finish time or distance you ran before DNF:1994= a very elated 32:15 1996= a very disappointing 31:22 reason for DNF: ----------- Year of birth: 1950 M/F: male Year you started running: Jan 1985 Year you started running ultras: 1989 Best 10K time: 36:05 year you ran it: May 1989 For each 100 mile race you have entered: 1) year: June 1992 name of race:Mohican average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 48 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 20:57:?? reason for DNF: 2) year: July 1994 name of race:Vermont average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 51 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 21:57:?? reason for DNF: 3) year: Aug 1996 name of race:Haliburton Forest average weekly training during the 6 months before the race: 47 miles finish time or distance you ran before DNF: 19:28:?? reason for DNF: