Ancient Oaks 100 Mile Endurance Run Dec. 9, 2006 Titusville FL 1. Noora Aladina 24:38 2. Tony Rouse 26:12 - first male 3. Matt Mahoney 26:19 4. Ray Krolewicz 26:51 5. Ernest Stolen 26:54 6. Don Landry 28:14 7. Richard Westbrook 29:04 8. Mike Melton 29:20 9. Steve Richey 29:31 10 Doug Dawkins 31:18 11 Marion Landry 31:20 12 David Hughes 31:23 23 starters Race director, Stu Gleman, arvcsg at earthlink.net Unofficial results and report by Matt Mahoney, matmahoney at yahoo.com Most notable among the DNFs was course record holder (19:19, for both men and women) Monica Scholz. She quit after 76 miles in 14:22 with a huge lead. She was vague about her reason for quitting. Shane Sampson, who was third last year in 20:13, pulled out at 50 miles with iliotibial band problems. Several other runners had diahrrea, and a few others quit when it became apparent that making the 32 hour cutoff was hopeless. The race is 29 laps of a 3.5 mile trail loop in the Enchanted Forest in Titusille FL from 7 AM Saturday to 3 PM Sunday. The course goes through a deep canopy of huge oak trees. The trail has lots of roots and sandy sections, a few boardwalks and some small hills. Runners score themselves after each lap so everyone can always tell where their competition is. The weather was perfect, 50-65 F with clear skies and a 3/4 moon for the 13 hour night section. We also got to watch and hear the roar of a night space shuttle launch that lit up the sky. I was disappointed to not break 24 hours as I had the previous 4 years, and also to arrive 14 minutes late for the start and lose to second place by 7 minutes. I was running rather slow for some reason, 11 hours for the first 50 miles instead of the usual 10. Also I had forgotten my nice LED flashlight and ended up buying a cheap light at 7-11. I prefer the diffuse light from a LED light to the spot beam of a normal light so I can run faster over the roots. Also, on the third night lap my batteries died and I had to wait for the next runner and run in his light to the aid station. After that I changed batteries every 2 laps. Late at night I had real problems staying awake and took several short naps (a few minutes) sitting against a tree. I dropped from 6th place at sunset (mile 50) to 10th at midnight, then moved up to 5th by sunrise (mile 86), not because I was running very fast (30 minute miles) but because other runners were taking long sleep breaks or dropping out. A funny thing happened at sunrise. I got a second wind, as if the last 86 miles were erased from my legs and all that remained was a 14 mile trail race (4 laps), which I ran at about 37-39 minutes per lap. I quickly passed Ray Krolewicz and chided him about taking a nap last night and giving me a lap. He had a 2 lap lead on me midway through the race, this in spite of a mishap in the first few miles where we were talking trash, goading each other into pushing the pace, when I ducked under a low tree and he didn't. Now in 4th with 3 laps to go, I noticed from the split sheets that Tony Rouse and Ernest Stolen, who were a lap ahead, were taking 80 minutes per lap. I boldly announced that I would pass the only two men ahead of me. I caught Ernest with just over a lap to go and narrowed Tony's lead from over an hour to just 9 minutes. He was mine. Or so I thought. On the last lap I pushed hard expecting to see him any minute. He will no doubt be walking, and after I pass him I can relax. But it didn't work out that way. People at the start/finish let him know I was hot on his tail and that he had better work hard to keep his lead. It turns out there was nothing wrong with his legs, just a blister, which he popped, and then ran the last lap in 41 minutes to my 39. Official results and splits (updated Feb. 7, 2007 by Stu Gleman, arvcsg at earthlink dot net) Miles 3.459 6.918 10.377 13.836 17.295 20.754 24.213 27.672 31.131 34.59 38.049 41.508 44.967 48.426 51.885 55.344 58.803 62.262 65.721 69.18 72.639 76.098 79.557 83.016 86.475 89.934 93.393 96.852 100.311 Name/Lap 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Bib 100 Mile Place 50 Mile Place 113 Noora Aladina 36m 1h 12m 1h 44m 2h 24m 3h 02m 3h 41m 4h 02m 5h 46m 6h 21m 6h 35m 7h 17m 8h 03m 8h 48m 9h 36m 10h 23m 11h 16m 12h 13m 13h 18m 14h 06m 15h 02m 16h 07m 17h 07m 18h 08m 19h 19m 20h 28m 21h 33m 22h 44m 23h 48m 24h 38m 1 Noora Aladina 109 Tony Rouse 41m 1h 23m 2h 08m 2h 52m 3h 40m 4h 24m 5h 11m 5h 57m 6h 48m 7h 36m 8h 26m 9h 19m 10h 09m 11h 03m 11h 56m 12h 53m 13h 50m 14h 43m 15h 36m 16h 37m 17h 33m 18h 35m 19h 42m 20h 45m 21h 49m 22h 56m 24h 17m 25h 32m 26h 12m 2 Tony Rouse 114 Matt Mahoney 55m 1h 30m 2h 09m 2h 49m 3h 34m 4h 16m 4h 59m 5h 46m 6h 36m 7h 22m 8h 09m 9h 01m 9h 49m 10h 38m 11h 35m 12h 39m 13h 47m 15h 02m 15h 59m 17h 07m 18h 18m 19h 44m 20h 53m 22h 10m 23h 34m 24h 25m 25h 04m 25h 41m 26h 19m 3 Matt Mahoney 123 Ray Krolewicz 29m 58m 1h 29m 2h 04m 2h 37m 3h 09m 3h 42m 4h 16m 4h 54m 5h 44m 6h 36m 7h 26m 8h 10m 9h 02m 9h 53m 10h 43m 11h 40m 12h 52m 13h 59m 15h 57m 16h 06m 17h 06m 18h 15m 21h 10m 22h 32m 24h 13m 25h 10m 26h 04m 26h 51m 4 Ray Krolewicz 119 Ernest Stolen 33m 1h 07m 1h 49m 2h 22m 3h 01m 3h 45m 4h 29m 5h 14m 6h 00m 6h 40m 7h 22m 8h 05m 8h 51m 9h 39m 10h 36m 11h 35m 12h 47m 13h 44m 14h 47m 15h 50m 17h 05m 18h 24m 19h 27m 20h 46m 21h 58m 23h 07m 24h 22m 25h 44m 26h 54m 5 Ernest Stolen 103 Don landry 36m 1h 13m 1h 54m 2h 36m 3h 21m 4h 03m 4h 52m 5h 43m 6h 34m 7h 26m 8h 21m 9h 14m 10h 09m 11h 14m 12h 24m 13h 46m 14h 56m 16h 08m 17h 19m 18h 35m 19h 38m 20h 42m 22h 04m 23h 18m 24h 22m 25h 27m 26h 26m 27h 20m 28h 14m 6 Don landry 122 Richard Westbrook 39m 1h 2om 2h 00m 2h 40m 3h 23m 4h 09m 4h 59m 5h 43m 6h 28m 7h 45m 8h 04m 8h 55m 9h 46m 19h 41m 11h 46m 12h 54m 13h 55m 14h 58m 16h 03m 17h 21m 20h 02m 21h 10m 22h 20m 23h 46m 24h 46m 25h 44m 26h 57m 28h 03m 29h 04m 7 Richard Westbrook 108 Mike Melton 39m 1h 23m 2h 08m 2h 53m 3h 39m 4h 24m 5h 10m 5h 56m 6h 42m 7h 30m 8h 18m 9h 07m 9h 56m 10h 46m 11h 43m 12h 36m 13h 30m 14h 45m 15h 45m 16h 55m 18h 03m 19h 17m 23h 19m 24h 39m 25h 37m 26h 34m 27h 30m 28h 29m 29h 20m 8 Mike Melton 102 Steve Richey 39m 1h 20m 2h 00m 2h 40m 3h 22m 4h 03m 4h 49m 5h 35m 6h 23m 7h 15m 8h 04m 8h 56m 9h 50m 10h 43m 11h 40m 12h 49m 13h 59m 15h 08m 16h 19m 17h 33m 18h 56m 21h 59m 23h 09m 24h 22m 25h 27m 26h 31m 27h 34m 28h 35m 29h 31m 9 Steve Richey 110 Doug Dawkins 45m 1h 33m 2h 18m 3h 06m 3h 53m 4h 45m 5h 38m 6h 41m 7h 38m 8h 42m 9h 38m 10h 42m 11h 55m 13h 08m 14h 23m 15h 19m 16h 21m 17h 29m 18h 50m 20h 11m 21h 49m 23h 10m 24h 28m 25h 45m 26h 45m 27h 50m 29h 07m 30h 13m 31h 18m 10 Doug Dawkins 104 Marion Landry 44m 1h 32m 2h 26m 3h 24m 4h 22m 5h 21m 6h 21m 7h 22m 8h 25m 9h 31m 10h 44m 11h 54m 13h 13m 14h 39m 15h 52m 17h 06m 18h 18m 19h 34m 20h 52m 22h 04m 23h 18m 24h 22m 25h 19m 26h 22m 27h 27m 28h 23m 29h 22m 30h 22m 31h 20m 11 Marion Landry 115 David Hughes 43m 1h 29m 2h 15m 3h 06m 3h 51m 4h 38m 5h 31m 6h 25m 7h 20m 8h 15m 9h 15m 10h 09m 11h 19m 12h 41m 14h 12m 15h 38m 17h 02m 18h 19m 19h 45m 20h 55m 22h 12m 23h 40m 24h 41m 25h 45m 26h 48m 27h 59m 29h 09m 30h 18m 31h 23m 12 David Hughes 101 Monica Scholz 36m 1h 12m 1h 48m 2h 24m 3h 01m 3h 38m 4h 16m 4h 54m 5h 31m 6h 08m 6h 47m 7h 26m 8h 05m 8h 44m 9h 23m 10h 02m 10h 41m 11h 21m 12h 05m 12h 54m 13h 35m 14h 22m DNF X X X X X X Monica Scholz 1 111 Mike Arnstein 36m 1h 12m 1h 49m 2h 24m 3h 2xm 3h 42m 4h 20m 4h 59m 5h 44m 6h 35m 7h 21m 8h 10m 9h 09m 10h 00m 10h 46m 11h 31m 12h 19m 13h 19m 14h 25m 15h 34m 16h 44m 18h 00m DNF X X X X X Mike Arnstein 2 121 Shane Sampson 35m 1h 10m 1h 47m 2h 22m 2h 58m 3h 34m 4h 11m 4h 50m 5h 29m 6h 10m 6h 47m 7h 37m 8h 29m 9h 54m 11h 09m DNF X X X X X X X X X X X X X Shane Sampson 3 107 Bob Pope 39m 1h 23m 2h 07m 2h 53m 3h 39m 4h 24m 5h 10m 5h 56m 6h 42m 7h 30m 8h 18m 9h 07m 9h 56m 10h 46m 11h 41m 12h 32m 13h 22m 14h 15m 15h 10m 16h 14m 17h 27m 18h 43m 20h 08m DNF X X X X X Bob Pope 4 116 Pam Byrne 42m 1h 28m 2h 12m 2h 57m 3h 40m 4h 24m 5h 08m 5h 58m 6h 48m 7h 36m 8h 27m 9h 24m 10h 13m 11h 03m 11h 58m 12h 56m 14h 14m 15h 42m DNF X X X X X X X X X X Pam Byrne 5 117 Cheryl Ibarra 41m 1h 23m 2h 06m 2h 51m 3h 39m 4h 22m 5h 10m 5h 59m 6h 47m 7h 35m 8h 26m 9h 18m 11h 08m 11h 02m 12h 06m 13h 09m 14h 07m 15h 03m 15h 58m 16h 59m 17h 56m 18h 50m 19h 53m 21h 15m DNF X X X X Cheryl Ibarra 6 120 Jim Sullivan 41m 1h 22m 2h 05m 2h 51m 3h 37m 4h 22m 5h 10m 5h 57m 6h 47m 7h 34m 8h 26m 9h 18m 10h 08m 11h 08m 12h 06m DNF X X X X X X X X X X X X X Jim Sullivan 7 105 Rick Valentine 46m 1h 37m 2h 28m 3h 19m 4h 13m 5h 06m 6h 04m 7h 04m 8h 06m 9h 09m 10h 11m 11h 19m 12h 31m 13h 36m 14h 58m 16h 14m 17h 38m 18h 57m 20h 23m 21h 50m 23h 24m 24h 50m 26h 11m DNF X X X X X Rick Valentine 8 106 Steve Strait 46m 1h 37m 2h 28m 3h 19m 4h 13m 5h 06m 6h 04m 7h 04m 8h 06m 9h 09m 10h 11m 11h 19m 12h 31m 13h 36m 14h 58m 16h 14m 17h 38m 18h 57m 20h 23m 21h 50m 23h 24m DNF X X X X X X X Steve Strait 9 112 Rick French 45m 1h 33m 2h 22m 3h 12m 4h 07m 5h 06m 6h 09m 7h 13m 8h 21m 9h 31m 10h 42m 11h 55m 13h 08m 14h 30m 15h 43m DNF X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rick French 10 118 Stuart Gleman 43m 1h 29m 2h 40m 3h 33m 4h 26m 5h 23m 6h 23m 7h 37m 9h 06m 10h 36m 11h 55m 13h 26m 23h 11m 26h 35m 28h 12m DNF X X X X X X X X X X X X X Stuart Gleman 11