6-hour Endurance Partipants (so far)

1. Michael Poole
2. Patrick Dodd
3. John Dodd
4. Holly Hen
5. Drew Hen
6. Mike Wallace
7. Janet Wallace
8. Laura Jaggar
9. Mike Hudson
10. Samm Schill
11. Chickie Messlein
12. John Rawlinson

**I have had many people tell me that they will be there running, so please either get your forms to me or drop us an email at memphisultra@gmail.com to let us know if you plan on coming - we want to make sure we have enough t-shirt, goody bags, and food for everyone!!

6-hour Endurance Run!!

On the way to Laurel, MS for the MS 50 Michael, Patrick, and myself starting tossing around ideas for a race. We have been talking about putting on a race for a while now, but that's all it was - just talk. We have heard from numerous sources that the death run is not going to happen this year, so we decided to hold an event of our own. After brainstorming, we decided to do something different for the Memphis area trail runners. We aren't going to hold a typical 10K, 25K, or 50K - we are going to hold a 6-hour endurance run!!

So what is a 6-hour endurance run? You have many options:
1. Run as far as you can in 6 hours.
2. Run as many miles as you want then stop before the 6-hour mark.
3. Run as far as you want, take an break, run again, take a break, run again.
4. You get the picture.

So you can try to run a 50K in 6 hours, you can try to run a marathon in 6 hours or you can come out for a long run. It doesn't matter to us - we just want a fun event for trail runners.

Here are the details:
When - April 13, 2008, start time at 9am, finish time at 3pm
Where - St. Columba Episcopal Conference Center - see map below for directions
Course - 3 mile loop on gravel road and green trails
Aid - One aid station at the start/finish with plenty of water, Gatorade, ultra food, and a bathroom
Awards - Awards given out at 3:15
Post-race party - Heck yeah! Stay around for food, drink, and music!!
Entry fee - $35 pre-registration (4/1/2008) $40 late and race day registration
Proceeds - Go to St. Columba so make checks payable to St. Columba
Swag - T-shirt plus a goody bag
Questions - post a comment below or email memphisultra@gmail.com

How do I register? Click on the picture below!!

Map to St. Columba

Take the Sycamore View exit 12 (the first exit east of I 240). Go north on Sycamore View through Bartlett, (it will change names to Bartlett Boulevard). At Memphis Arlington it will change to Billy Maher Road. Continue going north 2.1 miles, turn left into St. Columba.

We hope to see you all April 13!! Happy running!

Race updates!

Many of the Memphis Ultra crew have been busy running lots of races lately...and here are the results:

Sylamore 25K
Holly - 3:30
Vinnie - 3:30

Sylamore 50K
Drew - 6:14
Michael - 6:25
Patrick - 7:45
John Dodd - 8:26

Mississippi 20K
Holly - 2:01

Mississippi 50 miler!!
Michael - 10:42
Patrick - 11:32

Congrats to everyone!!