Posted by David Hanenburg on 30 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: race reports
Texas athlete, Drew Meyer, finished the Western States 100 (race day summary) in 29:39:42.
Enjoy his race report!
The conditions were fantastic for “States”. Long sleeve shirt to start. I never felt hot the first day. I was in direct sun for probably an hour, total, tops, and was apparently adequately heat-adapted (thanks to the 100+ temps in [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 13 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: race reports
You will be personally challenged at some point during an ultra, you just don’t know when.
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of joining 600+ athletes at the Bandera trail run located just a short drive northwest of San Antonio on the varied terrain at the Hill Country Natural Area. The race had 100 km, [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 17 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: race reports
I sat next to the trail on brown dried leaves that had fallen from nearby trees. Little ants scurrying here and there, busy attending to their daily tasks. I was in a bad place mentally after puking everything inside my stomach a quarter mile back down the trail. I was able to find this quite comfortable resting [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 19 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: race reports
(Photo by DP’s camera: TJ, Me, DP)
The 2009 Palo Duro trail run experience was special in a couple ways that didn’t even include the actual race.
6.5 hour (x2) road trip with DP and TJ (Palo Duro trail run newbies)
Camping in the canyon which would be my first within the rugged yet peaceful surroundings.
Friday
After traveling 6.5 [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 28 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: race reports
Quack Quack!
Over the weekend myself and ~40 other runners enjoyed eight hours of on-your-feet pleasure sprinkled with a bit of pain at the 8 Hour Run From the Ducks ultramarathon benefiting the Veterans War Museum. This was my first go at a timed event and I was actually quite excited to get a taste of [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 07 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: race reports
The short and sweet of it.
I was a DNS due to bug hickey on my ankle. It was still an enjoyable morning being a member of the family support team.
Here is a little picture montage capturing the morning.
Pre-race family picture
Wendy positioned (at least for a moment) to take on the big dogs at the front.
Griffin [...]
Posted by David Hanenburg on 24 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: race reports
Over the weekend about 1200 athletes enjoyed the overcast skies for The Hottest Half road race. There was both a half marathon and 10km race, with over 800 taking on the 13.1 miles. I had to go long!
The last two weeks of training leading up to the event didn’t provide much insight into what kind [...]
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