Swamp Stomper 2008

A congratulations to all of the finishers in the Swamp Stomper from Memphis Ultra. It was a twelve degree morning. Very Chilly!!!

The 25K Racers
Holly- 3:11:47 41 of 86
Laura- 3:11:47 40 of 86

Look at Holly's blog for her run down of the race. Her and Laura started out slow and steady and picked it up towards the end. As they approached the finish, Laura edged out Holly to finish in 40th place. Laura said she wanted to cross first because she had the age advantage on Holly. Great Race, Fast Time!!!

The 50K Racers
Michael- 6:49:39 32 of 52
Patrick- 7:38:34 44 of 52
Vinnie- 7:46:27 45 of 52
M. Mobley- 7:50:43 47 of 52
M. Hudson- 8:35:00 50 of 52

Check Patrick and Mike Hudsons blog's to get their account of the race. It was a blast. This was Vinnie's first attempt at an Ultra Marathon. He now has one under his belt and is hungry for more. Vinnie, Patrick, and Michael Mobley ran the majority of the race together and got strung out across the last few miles.

Overall, it was a great race and everyone did fantastic.

New Ultra Member!!!

I was just notifying everyone to be on the look out for a new member of the Memphis Ultra crew. Vinnie Spataro will be attempting his first Ultra this coming Sunday. He has been training with us for the past couple of months and will be officially inducted after the completion of the Swampstomper 50K. You will be able to spot Vinnie by the Memphis Ultra jersey.

Also be on the lookout for the other Memphis Ultra members. Holly will be running the 25K portion of the race and the rest of the crew will be cheering everyone on throughout the course.

A special shout out to Ultra Mike Hudson who will be participating in the 50K as well.

Good Luck and Happy Trails

3K

I think I'm the only Memphis Ultra runner participating in the Memphis Runners Winter Cross Country series. Probably because the races aren't very ultra-y. It started with a 3K today, then it goes up to a 5K, 8+k, and 10K. Getting ready for the race today I wondered if I should wear my Memphis Ultra shirt, then I decided against it. Thought that might be a little weird. But I will definitely wear it to the Swampstomper 25K next weekend even though I'm just running the 25K. I need to do some advertising for our little group!

Happy running!

Work in progress

Well, the Memphis Ultra blog is as the title reads, a work in progress. We have all been busy lately with new babies, work, etc. I think it is all most of us can do just to get a run in! Michael, Patrick, and Drew went on a long run this morning with Michael and Patrick running 30 and Drew running 20! I headed out today at Shelby Farms for an 8 miler that turned into a 5 miler because of a huge blood blister plus I have my first race of the season tomorrow - a 3K at Overton Park. I know, a 3K is not very ultra, but running some small races for a while so I can possibly build up to another 50K.

Hopefully we can get some work on this blog done and hopefully do a profile of it's members, plus start some discussions or post some times to run. Until then...

Happy running!